New York Rens, American professional basketball team that was among the most accomplished and storied teams in the history of the game. The Rens, an African American-owned all-Black team based in the Harlem section of New York City during the era of segregated basketball teams, won the first world

New York Rens, American professional basketball team that was among the most accomplished and storied teams in the history of the game. The Rens, an African American-owned all-Black team based in the Harlem section of New York City during the era of segregated basketball teams, won the first world

literary criticism: Functions: … (London) Times Literary Supplement and The New York Review of Books, are far from indulgent toward popular works. Sustained criticism can also be found in monthlies and quarterlies with a broad circulation, in “little magazines” for specialized audiences, and in scholarly journals and books.

New York school, those painters who participated in the development of contemporary art from the early 1940s in or around New York City. During and after World War II, leadership in avant-garde art shifted from war-torn Europe to New York, and the New York school maintained a dominant position in

Joseph Papp: …York City, Papp founded the New York Shakespeare Festival, which became a unique institution in the New York theatrical milieu. The festival gave free performances of Shakespearean plays in various locations around the city, including outdoor productions in Central Park. (In 1962 the company received a newly built, permanent home…

Joseph Papp: In 1967 he founded the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, which concentrated on contemporary and experimental dramas. Several of its productions eventually traveled to Broadway, including Hair (1967), Sticks and Bones (1971), That Championship Season (1972), and A Chorus Line (1975). The latter musical became one of the longest-running…

Professional Women’s Hockey League: Organization: Each team carries 23 players on its active roster. The PWHL’s first regular-season game was contested on January 1,

New York slave rebellion of 1712, a violent insurrection of slaves in New York City that resulted in brutal executions and the enactment of harsher slave codes. The population of New York City in 1712 numbered between 6,000 and 8,000 people, of whom approximately 1,000 were slaves. Unlike Southern

New York slave rebellion of 1741, a supposed large-scale scheme plotted by enslaved Black people and poor white settlers to burn down and take over New York City. Possibly fueled by paranoia, the city’s white population became convinced that a major rebellion was being planned. After a

New York Manumission Society, early abolitionist group (founded 1785) that worked to end the slave trade in New York, to ban slavery, to gradually emancipate slaves, and to protect and defend free people of colour. The group provided both legal and financial aid to those ends. The society’s desire

New York State Canal System, system of state-owned, state-operated waterways, 524 miles (843 km) in length, linking the Hudson River with Lake Erie, with extensions to Lakes Ontario and Champlain and Cayuga and Seneca lakes (in the Finger Lakes region). It incorporates the Erie Canal, from Troy via

New York State Canal System, system of state-owned, state-operated waterways, 524 miles (843 km) in length, linking the Hudson River with Lake Erie, with extensions to Lakes Ontario and Champlain and Cayuga and Seneca lakes (in the Finger Lakes region). It incorporates the Erie Canal, from Troy via

George Meany: …a vice president of the New York State Federation of Labor, and he served as its president from 1934 to 1939. His work moved to the national level with his 1939 election as secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Upon the death of William Green in 1952, Meany…

gun control: Gun control in the United States: In New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022), however, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to carry firearms outside the home for the purpose of self-defense.

New York: Transportation: The Thruway connects at Albany to the Adirondack Northway, which extends northward to Canada. In central New York a major highway runs from the Pennsylvania state line to Canada, passing through Binghamton, Syracuse, and Watertown. At Syracuse this route intersects with the Thruway, maintaining the city…

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), one of the world’s largest marketplaces for securities and other exchange-traded investments. The exchange evolved from a meeting of 24 stockbrokers under a buttonwood tree in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. It was formally constituted as the New

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), one of the world’s largest marketplaces for securities and other exchange-traded investments. The exchange evolved from a meeting of 24 stockbrokers under a buttonwood tree in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. It was formally constituted as the New

Woody Allen: The 1980s: …humorous contribution to the triptych New York Stories (1989)—“Oedipus Wrecks,” about an attorney whose nagging mother (Mae Questel) transmogrifies into an omniscient specter—was widely acknowledged to be the film’s strongest segment. Allen’s next project, Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), ranks among his finest films. An ambitious Fyodor Dostoyevsky-like meditation on the…

graphic design: Postwar graphic design in the United States: In a 1947 poster promoting New York subway advertising, for example, Rand created a design from elemental geometric forms and colours that can be read as both an abstracted figure as well as a target, conveying the concept that one can “hit the bull’s-eye,” or reach potential audiences for plays,…

ProCon Debate: Is Vaping Safer than Smoking Cigarettes? ProCon Issue in the News: Thirteen vape manufacturers are being sued by New York state, where selling flavored vapes has been both illegal and ubiquitous since 2020. Manufacturers of such vape brands as Puff Bar, Elf Bar (sold as EBCreate in

New York Sun, daily newspaper published from 1833 to 1950 in New York City, long one of the most influential of American newspapers. The Sun was the first successful penny daily newspaper in the United States. The name was revived for a print and online newspaper in the early 21st century. The New

Laura Nyro: …the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberry (1969). Nyro incorporated a diversity of influences in her writing and performing, drawing on rhythm and blues, soul, gospel, folk, jazz, and Brill Building- and Tin Pan Alley-style pop. Despite “retiring” from the music scene twice in the 1970s, Nyro continued to…

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, legal case in which, on March 9, 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously (9–0) that, for a libel suit to be successful, the complainant must prove that the offending statement was made with “ ‘actual malice’—that is, with knowledge that it was false or with

Adolph Simon Ochs: …began in 1913 to publish The New York Times Index, the only complete U.S. newspaper index.

The New York Times is widely recognized as one of the world’s great newspapers, with a legacy of investigative, international, and national reporting that in the 21st century has been complemented by digital lifestyle products focused on cooking, gameplay, and sports. With almost 11 million digital

New York Jets, American professional football team based in Florham Park, New Jersey, that plays in the National Football League (NFL). Behind the play of future Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath, the Jets won a historic upset in the 1969 Super Bowl over the Baltimore Colts. The Jets share a home

Charles Vidor: Rita Hayworth: Cover Girl and Gilda: In the romantic comedy New York Town (1941), Fred MacMurray played a photographer in New York City who befriends a newly arrived woman (Mary Martin) and helps her locate the city’s eligible males while at the same time falling in love with her. Less successful was The Tuttles of…

Margaret Fuller: …critic on Greeley’s newspaper, the New York Tribune. She encouraged American writers and crusaded for social reforms but made her greatest contribution, she thought, as an interpreter of modern European literature.

Paul Auster: …detective stories published collectively as The New York Trilogy (1987). It comprises City of Glass (1985), about a crime novelist who becomes entangled in a mystery that causes him to assume various identities; Ghosts (1986), about a private eye known as Blue who is investigating a man named Black for…

New York University, private institution of higher learning in New York, New York, U.S., that includes 13 schools, colleges, and divisions at five major centres in the borough of Manhattan. It was founded in 1831 as the University of the City of New York, its school of law established in 1835 and

Lawrence Rhodes: …at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he eventually became chairman of the dance department. From 1989 to 1999 he was artistic director of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. In 2002 Rhodes became artistic director of the Juilliard School’s dance division; he held the post until 2017.

New York v. Cathedral Academy, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on December 6, 1977, ruled (6–3) that a New York statute that allowed nonpublic schools—including those with religious affiliations—to be reimbursed for state-mandated services was a violation of the establishment clause, which

child pornography: …the Supreme Court affirmed in New York v. Ferber (1982).

confession: Confession in contemporary U.S. law: Shortly thereafter, in New York v. Quarles (1984), the court approved a “public safety” exception to the Miranda requirements, under which confessions obtained in violation of Miranda are admissible if the police officers’ questions were “reasonably prompted by a concern for the public safety.” Another noteworthy weakening of…

John Peter Zenger: …his first issue of the New York Weekly Journal—the political organ of a group of residents who opposed the policies of the colonial governor William Cosby. Although many of the articles were contributed by his more learned colleagues, Zenger was still legally responsible for their content as publisher. For a…

New York World, daily newspaper published in New York City from 1860 to 1931, a colourful and vocal influence in American journalism in its various manifestations under different owners. The World was established in 1860 as a penny paper with a basically religious orientation. It supported

Augusta Savage: …create a sculpture for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The piece, The Harp, inspired by James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” became one of her best known. Unfortunately, it and many other works by Savage were never cast in durable materials and were later lost or…

Today in History—April 17: The Introduction of the Ford Mustang: …the largest exhibit at the New York World’s Fair didn’t just get to glimpse Ford Motor Company’s brand-new car—they got to ride in it.

New York Herald, American daily newspaper published from 1835 to 1924 in New York City. It was one of the first papers created in the penny-press movement, and it developed many aspects of modern American journalism, including nonpartisan political reporting and business coverage. The Herald was

New York World, daily newspaper published in New York City from 1860 to 1931, a colourful and vocal influence in American journalism in its various manifestations under different owners. The World was established in 1860 as a penny paper with a basically religious orientation. It supported

America’s Cup: …cup donated it to the New York Yacht Club in 1857 for a perpetual international challenge competition. In 1987 the San Diego Yacht Club took control of the U.S. competition.

New York Yankees, American professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. One of the most famous and successful franchises in all of sports, the Yankees have won a record 27 World Series titles and 41 American League (AL) pennants. The franchise began in 1901 in

Bronx Zoo, zoo in New York City that is one of the finest in the world with over 5,000 animals of more than 700 species. When it opened in 1899 the wooded 265-acre (107-hectare) grounds, in the northwestern area of New York City’s northern borough of the Bronx, included spacious enclosures for

Bronx Zoo, zoo in New York City that is one of the finest in the world with over 5,000 animals of more than 700 species. When it opened in 1899 the wooded 265-acre (107-hectare) grounds, in the northwestern area of New York City’s northern borough of the Bronx, included spacious enclosures for

zoo: Function and purpose: The New York Zoological Society maintains an Institute for Research in Animal Behavior and, in Trinidad, the William Beebe Tropical Research Station. In Great Britain the Zoological Society of London maintains, in addition to a modern hospital and pathology laboratories, two general research institutes—the Nuffield Institute…

New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, American railroad that began operations between Buffalo, N.Y., and Chicago in 1882. That same year William H. Vanderbilt purchased control because its tracks paralleled those of his Lake Shore and Michigan Southern road between Buffalo and

The arms feature a sun symbol, two supporters, and the motto “Excelsior” (“Ever upward”) on a ribbon. The scene depicted under the sun in the coat of arms is a view of the Hudson River. The supporters of the shield are Liberty (with her liberty cap on a staff) and Justice. An American eagle

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, American railroad operating in southern New England and New York. It was absorbed by the Penn Central Transportation Company in 1969. It was built up from about 125 small railroads, the earliest of which began operation in 1834 as the Hartford and

Kander and Ebb: Later works: …title song from the film New York, New York (1977), which became a standard for Frank Sinatra. They also wrote material for the Emmy Award-winning Liza with a Z: A Concert for Television (1972) and other television specials. In 1991 Kander and Ebb were inducted into the Theater Hall of…

Martin Scorsese: Films of the 1970s: Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, and New York, New York: …only until the release of New York, New York (1977), a rethinking of the 1950s Hollywood musical, marked by nonnaturalistic lighting and elaborate sets. Deliberately stylized to evoke past screen triumphs by Vincente Minnelli and George Cukor, it featured De Niro as the cocky Jimmy Doyle, a novice saxophone player…

State University of New York, state-supported system of higher education established in 1948 with some 64 campuses located throughout the state of New York. SUNY was officially organized more than 150 years after the state legislature, in its first session (1784) after the American Revolution,

The City University of New York (CUNY), system of higher education institutions in New York, New York, U.S. It was created in 1961 to combine New York City’s municipally supported colleges (now numbering 21, including the CUNY Baccalaureate Program). The university includes the Graduate School and

New York University, private institution of higher learning in New York, New York, U.S., that includes 13 schools, colleges, and divisions at five major centres in the borough of Manhattan. It was founded in 1831 as the University of the City of New York, its school of law established in 1835 and

The New Yorker, American weekly magazine, famous for its varied literary fare and humor. The New Yorker was founded in 1925 by Harold W. Ross, and its initial focus was on New York City’s amusements and social and cultural life, but the magazine gradually acquired a broader scope that encompassed

Chen Duxiu: Role in the intellectual revolution: …Magazine”) in Shanghai, later renamed Xinqingnian (“New Youth”). In its pages he proposed that the youth of China undertake a vast intellectual, literary, and cultural revolution to rejuvenate the nation. Many of the young writers who contributed to the monthly—among them Hu Shi, a liberal promoter of the vernacular literature,…

New Zealand, island country in the South Pacific Ocean, the southwesternmost part of Polynesia. New Zealand is a remote land—one of the last sizable territories suitable for habitation to be populated and settled—and lies more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Australia, its nearest

New Zealand: Annexation and further settlement: The New Zealand Company, founded in 1839 to colonize on the principles laid down by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, sent a survey ship, the Tory, in May 1839. The agents on board were to buy land in both islands around Cook Strait. The company moved hastily because…

bellbird: Anthornis melanura of New Zealand is a honeyeater (family Meliphagidae) that lives in virgin forest; both sexes sing in beautifully chiming choruses, and both sexes of this 23-cm (9-inch) bird are dark green in colour.

New Zealand Company, (1839–58), British joint-stock company responsible for much of the early settlement of New Zealand. It attempted to colonize in accordance with the theories of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. Formed in 1839 after a parent New Zealand Association failed to receive a royal charter to

Christchurch earthquakes of 2010–11, series of tremors that occurred within and near the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, and the Canterbury Plains region from early September 2010 to late December 2011. The severest of those events were the earthquake (magnitude from 7.0 to 7.1) that struck on

New Zealand Labour Party: …entered a coalition government with New Zealand First and “confidence and supply” support from the Green Party. Jacinda Ardern became the first Labour prime minister in nearly a decade. In the 2020 parliamentary election, she led the party to a landslide victory, as it captured about 49 percent of the…

fur seal: Other species, including the once-numerous New Zealand fur seal (A. forsteri), the Galapagos fur seal (A. galapagoensis), and the Juan Fernandez fur seal (A. philippii), all of which were hunted nearly to the point of extinction, have been protected by law.

history of publishing: Continental Europe and other countries: …New Zealand’s earliest newspaper, the New Zealand Gazette, was printed by emigrants even before their departure from London. The second issue awaited the installation of printing facilities in Wellington in 1840, when large-scale colonization was begun, but in the same year the New Zealand Advertiser was added to the list.…

New Zealand Labour Party, political party established in 1916 in a merger of various socialist and trade-union groups, including the Unified Labour Party (founded in 1910) and the Social Democratic Party (founded in 1913). It has traditionally been strongest among trade unionists and low-income

New Zealand literature, the body of literatures, both oral and written, produced in New Zealand. Like all Polynesian peoples, the Maori, who began to occupy the islands now called New Zealand about 1,000 years ago, composed, memorized, and performed laments, love poems, war chants, and prayers.

Jacinda Ardern: The March 2019 mosque attacks in Greater Christchurch: In March 2019 Ardern was called upon to lead and comfort her country in the wake of what she characterized as one of its “darkest days,” after the mass shootings and attack on a mosque in central…

New Zealand National Party, political party founded in 1936 in the merger of non-Labour groups, most notably the United Party and the Reform Party, two parties that had been in coalition since 1931. It supports free-market economic policies and draws votes heavily from suburban and rural districts.

New Zealand Political Reform League, conservative political party formed from various local and sectional organizations that took power in 1912, following a general election in 1911, and held control of the government until 1928. The Reform Party first acted as a united group in 1905, but it was

rimu, (Dacrydium cupressinum), coniferous timber tree of the family Podocarpaceae, native to New Zealand. The rimu tree may attain a height of 45 metres (150 feet) or more. The wood is reddish brown to yellowish brown, with a distinctive figuring, or marking, of light and dark streaks. It is made

biogeographic region: New Zealand region: The New Zealand region (Figure 2) includes all of New Zealand, excluding aspects of the fauna of the southwest, which shows an Antarctic element. Flightless birds inhabit both New Zealand and Australia, although the order Dinornithiformes (kiwis and moas) is endemic to…

rugby: New Zealand: …mid-1880s, a national union, the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU), was not founded until 1892. A New Zealand “Natives” tour (1888–89) of Australia and the British Isles was organized by an entrepreneur keen to exploit British perceptions of the “exotic” Maori population of New Zealand. A team made up…

scaup: The third species is the New Zealand scaup (A. novaeseelandiae). In flight, the white stripe on the rear of the wing extends almost to the wingtip in the greater scaup and only halfway in the lesser scaup.

sea lion: The New Zealand, or Hooker’s, sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) inhabits only New Zealand. Males are 2.0–2.5 metres in length, females 1.5–2.0 metres. Their weight is slightly less than that of Australian sea lions.

New Zealand short-tailed bat, (genus Mystacina), either of two species (M. robusta and M. tuberculata) of small bats that are the only species in the rare bat family Mystacinidae, which is found only in New Zealand. They are about 6–7 cm (2.4–2.8 inches) long and have a short 1.8-cm (0.7-inch)

Leptospermum: The shrubby New Zealand tea tree, or manuka (L. scoparium), has several cultivated varieties with white to rose-red flowers and gray-green to brownish leaves.

Māori: The rise of the King Movement: …has sometimes been called the First Māori War), and they were not finally suppressed until 1847, by colonial forces under Gov. Sir George Grey. His victories brought a peace that lasted from 1847 to 1860.

Xenicidae, bird family of the order Passeriformes; its members are commonly known as New Zealand wrens. The three living species are the rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris) and the rare bush wren (X. longipes) on South Island and, common to both islands, the rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris). A fourth

Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia, an independent Anglican church that is part of the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is organized into eight dioceses, most of them in New Zealand, with one diocese covering several Pacific island

A federation of Maori tribes established a national flag on March 20, 1834. The field of the flag was white with a red cross, and its canton was blue with a red cross quartering four stars. Now generally known as the United Tribes flag, it has remained significant as a Maori symbol. Although Great

history of New Zealand, a survey of the important events and people in the history of New Zealand from the time of Polynesian settlement. Comprising two main islands and a number of small islands, New Zealand is a remote country in the South Pacific Ocean, lying more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km)

Why Are People from New Zealand Called Kiwis?: …New Zealand are called “Kiwis” because of their unique and symbolic connection to the kiwi, a flightless bird native to the country. The kiwi bird is known for its distinct features, such as its long beak and nocturnal habits, which make it a symbol of the country’s natural heritage.…

Benjamin Franklin: Early life: …founded a weekly newspaper, the New-England Courant, to which readers were invited to contribute. Benjamin, now 16, read and perhaps set in type these contributions and decided that he could do as well himself. In 1722 he wrote a series of 14 essays signed “Silence Dogood” in which he lampooned…

The New-England Primer, the principal textbook for millions of colonists and early Americans. First compiled and published about 1688 by Benjamin Harris, a British journalist who emigrated to Boston, the primer remained in use for more than 150 years. Although often called “the little Bible of New

Catharine Maria Sedgwick: …had evolved into a novel, A New-England Tale, which enjoyed considerable success. It was remarkable in its lively and accurate portrayal of the scenes and characters of Sedgwick’s native Berkshire Hills. She followed with Redwood (1824), Hope Leslie (1827), Clarence (1830), and The Linwoods (1835), establishing a firm reputation as…

Uyghur language, member of the Turkic language family within the Altaic language group, spoken by Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of northwestern China and in portions of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. The modern Uyghur language, which was based on the Taranchi dialect

New York Historical, museum and research institute of New York history, located on Central Park West, New York City. Founded as the New-York Historical Society in 1804, New York City’s oldest museum changed its name to New York Historical in 2024. In the 19th century the collection was moved many

dance criticism: The development of American criticism: …many newspapers, most notably in The New-York Spirit of the Times: A Chronicle of the Turf, Agriculture, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage, which began weekly publication in 1831.

Anna Sartorius Uhl Ottendorfer: …contract for printing the weekly New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung. They bought the newspaper outright the following year. Together—Anna Uhl shared in the editorial, business, and even composing room and press work involved—they built the paper into a successful institution that was distributed to other cities with sizable German communities as well. It…

Newar, people who comprise about half the population of the Kāthmāndu Valley in Nepal. They speak a language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman family, but their culture has been strongly influenced by Indian religious and social institutions. The Newar population of Nepal was estimated to be about

Nepal: Languages: …Gurung, Rai, Limbu, Sunwar, Tamang, Newari, and a number of Bhutia dialects, including Sherpa and Thakali. Although Newari is commonly placed in the Tibeto-Burman family, it was influenced by both Tibeto-Burman and Indo-European languages.

Newark, city and port, Essex county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies on the west bank of the Passaic River and on Newark Bay, 8 miles (13 km) west of lower Manhattan Island, New York City. Newark was incorporated as a city in 1836. Pop. (2010) 277,140; Newark-Union Metro Division, 2,147,727;

Newark, city, New Castle county, northern Delaware, U.S. It lies just west-southwest of Wilmington. The community developed in the late 1680s around the New Worke Quaker meetinghouse, which served as an early crossroads meeting place for travelers. Nearby Cooch’s Bridge on Christina Creek was the

Newark-on-Trent, town, Newark and Sherwood district, administrative and historic county of Nottinghamshire, east-central England. It lies along the River Trent at the crossing of the Roman Fosse Way road with the modern Great North Road (A1). The earliest known occupation of the site was in

Niagara-on-the-Lake, town, regional municipality of Niagara, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River, 22 miles (35 km) below the falls. The town was established in 1792, when it was chosen as the first capital of Upper Canada

Newark, city, seat (1808) of Licking county, central Ohio, U.S. It lies at the junctions of the North and South forks of the Licking River and of Raccoon Creek, 30 miles (48 km) east of Columbus. Laid out in 1802, the community of Newark was named for the New Jersey hometown of the first settlers,

Newark and Sherwood, district, administrative and historic county of Nottinghamshire, central England, in the east-central part of the county. Newark and Sherwood district extends from the fertile wide valley of the River Trent, centred on the town (and district administrative centre) of

Triassic Period: Continental deposits: …fault-bounded basins, of which the Newark Basin is probably the best-known. There rocks comprising the Newark Supergroup consist of sequences of continental red clastics with dinosaur tracks and mudcracks, along with black shales containing fossils of freshwater crustaceans and fish. These deposits indicate a depositional environment of rivers draining into…

University of Delaware, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Newark, Del., U.S. It also offers courses at other sites, including Wilmington, Dover, Georgetown, and Lewes. The university consists of seven colleges offering a curriculum in the arts, sciences, agriculture, business,

Ray Dandridge: …he moved on to the Newark Dodgers (later called the Eagles) of the Negro National League, where he was a star player for seven seasons during the 1930s and ’40s. The most productive period of his career, however, was spent in Mexico. The colour barrier in the United States and…

Ray Dandridge: …he moved on to the Newark Dodgers (later called the Eagles) of the Negro National League, where he was a star player for seven seasons during the 1930s and ’40s. The most productive period of his career, however, was spent in Mexico. The colour barrier in the United States and…