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A recent shooting incident between rappers 50 Cent and the Game have prompted some to wonder whether DJs haven't been fanning the flames to boost ratings.The crime scene out front didn't cool Hot 97's...
View ArticleHow the Gun Industry Made a Fortune Stoking Fears That Obama Would Take...
There is no divorcing the politics of guns from their profits.A freckled boy with tousled hair looks into the camera and says, “I am NRA Country.” A black guy with dreadlocks echoes him, as do two...
View ArticleThe Absurd NY Tabloid Propaganda War Against de Blasio's Reasonable Charter...
The New York Post's false attacks on de Blasio and charter schools.This article first appeared in the Nation and is reprinted here with their permission.Last week, the de Blasio administration declared...
View ArticleMan Who Served More Than 20 Years in Prison After Coerced Confession Seeks...
June 20 will see the next action on a bid by Hincapie, a 41-year-old man convicted of murder as a teen, to throw out the original verdict.A state judge last week set the next milestone in a 24-year...
View ArticleNot Even Toxic Waste Stops Gentrification: 3 New York Superfund Sites in...
Archive articles, federal documents, slideshows and more on the three big cleanups now underway in New York.In the past five years, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has designated three...
View Article10 Factors That Will Determine the Future of Progressive Urban Politics
Can big-city mayors like Bill de Blasio transform our national political conversation? If Brooklyn's dreams come true, there will come a night roughly two years from now when Mayor Bill de Blasio will...
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