Bronx Frontlines is a newsletter exploring issues of identity and displacement in the Bronx and New York City from one of the city's many Caribbean perspectives.
It was launched on February 1, 2023, by Olga Marina Segura.
Bronx Frontlines is a mix of reporting, essays, photography, and cultural reviews. Stories include:
“On Amazon, land, and property in the Bronx: A worker's tour of Hunts Point”;
“New York City’s infrastructure is crumbling”;
“A Brooklyn ball honors O’Shae Sibley”;
“A day of hazardous air in the Bronx”;
“Easter, Eric Adams, and revolutionary theology in New York City”;
“Bronx community gathers to protest the shooting of Dominican Raul De la Cruz”;
“Eric Adams, mayoral power, and the $102.7 billion NYC budget.”
Before launching Bronx Frontlines, Olga ran the culture department at NCR from January 2021 to April 2022. She is the author of Birth of A Movement: Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church. Her writing has appeared in Bitch Media, Latino Rebels, The Guardian, Refinery29, Sojourners, The Revealer, Teen Vogue, and more.
She is currently working on her second book.