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Waterfront revisited: A look at the changes over the 60 years since the articles that inspired the movie

Anup Kaphle, Olivia Pratten, and Tim Peterson

Journalist Malcolm Johnson's Pulitzer Prize-winning series Crime on the Waterfront not only inspired the 1954 blockbuster "On the Waterfront," starring Marlon Brando, but also triggered a range of changes. Sixty years after the articles were written, we look back at how the waterfront has changed.

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Philadelphia's fall from grace: How a once-proud city became its own punch line

Andrew Nusca

What do you do when you love the city you live in but doesn't love you back? Leave, for starters. With residents running and bullets flying, another revolution has begun in the city of brotherly love.

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Gender

Transgender at work: Changing sex in corporate America

Amy Crawford and Lara Moscrip

Male or female? An answer to the question is required on birth certificates, drivers licenses, social security cards, passports and many other forms needed for daily life. For many people, gender is considered an immutable, and defining, characteristic. To change your gender can be a dangerous undertaking. Will you be accepted by your friends, family and the world at large? What happens when you come out at work?

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Religion

No place to pray: Shi'a Muslims and religious discrimination in the New York State prison system

Sandra Larriva and Veronica Zaragovia

Shi'a Muslims and religious discrimination in the New York State prison system.

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Lifestyle

Masters and hustlers: How chess changes lives in New York City

Jennie Cohen and Radha Vij

Chess is more than a game to some New Yorkers. It's a way of life, and sometimes a way to change their lives.

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Business

City picklers: Reviving local food, one pickle at a time

Lisa Biagiotti and Elizabeth R. Stark

In an age of pre-packaged and pre-processed food, why bother to pickle? Ask Brooklyn's new crop of picklers, who are invigorating an age-old New York City tradition.

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Boxing

In this corner: a report on boxing's downfall as a popular sport

Phil Caulfield, Dave Mayers and Kyle Murphy

Boxing isn't as popular as it once was. Is the sport hurting itself by diluting its talent pool and driving away fans?

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Environment

GreenGrog: A look at sustainable, organic and other cleaner-conscience beer

Dave Burdick and Kenan Davis

Brewing beer, like any industry, uses a lot of resources: money, space, and natural resources like water and whatever source of energy is in use — coal, gas, nuclear, solar, wind, whatever. It makes sense for any business to take care to reduce the total amount of resources used, and in brewing, it seems that they’ve been quietly ahead of the game for a while.

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Food

Fish food: How New Yorkers catch, cook and eat fish

Elaine He and Jami Makan

Overfishing, globalization and regulation are affecting how fish are caught and brought to New York. Prices, availability and environmental concerns are affecting stores and restaurants that sell fish. Health concerns and cultural traditions are two reasons why New Yorkers are eating (and not eating) fish.

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Music

Record labels try to save themselves: Musicians and the music industry attempt to profit in the digital world

Katya Soldyk and Elsa Butler

The No. 1 reason cited by musicians and labels alike as the cause of the upheaval in the record business is the Internet and with it, the advent of digital music. With file sharing becoming a cultural norm, the CD is becoming obsolete. Finally, record labels are experimenting with digital downloads, in hopes of ensuring their own survival.