I was a political astroturfer
The next time you see what looks like a grassroots rally, you may really be watching a form of performance art
Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 10:00 AM UTC 16Politics Lloyd Bentsen, Brooklyn
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Politics Lloyd Bentsen, Brooklyn
Tensions with NYPD after teen shooting flare for third night
Police put East Flatbush on total lockdown, 50 were arrested while protesters threw bottles, marched in streets
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 3:32 PM UTCNews kimani gray, east flatbush
Eyewitness is “certain” teen shot by NYPD had no gun
The one civilian witness challenges police accounts that Kimani Gray pointed a gun at them
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 6:46 PM UTCNews kimani gray, Brooklyn, Police, NYPD
Anger at NYPD after shooting of 16-year-old boils over in streets
UPDATED: Riot cops locked down a Brooklyn area after a vigil for Kimani Gray erupted in unrest
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 1:10 PM UTC 26News NYPD, kimani gray
Undercover NYPD shoot dead 16-year-old
The young man reportedly pointed a gun at the plain clothes officers before he was shot multiple times
Monday, Mar 11, 2013 3:39 PM UTC 16News NYPD, Brooklyn, Shooting, Guns
Michael Penn: “Part of me thinks Hannah’s really more the voice of MY generation”
"Girls" composer, aka Mr. Romeo in Black Jeans, tells Salon what it's like to get into Lena Dunham's state of mind
Sunday, Mar 10, 2013 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment michael penn, Aimee Mann, Girls
Matthew Rhys: “I still blink hard when the young PAs say, ‘We’re doing this period drama’”
"The Americans" star lived in Wales during the Cold War. Now he is seeing the Red Scare through his TV kids' eyes
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 1:00 AM UTCEntertainment TV, Television, Interviews
Keith Gessen, Nathaniel Rich: I’m sorry I trashed your novels
I was bitter. I wanted to sell my own book. And I still want some literary immortality of my own
Monday, Mar 4, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 37Life essay, Books, literature, Criticism
Tour old-school Brooklyn with these historical photos
Brooklyn Visual Heritage hosts a compendium of thousands of photos from the borough's pre-Barclays history
Saturday, Mar 2, 2013 10:00 PM UTCLife Hyperallergic, Art, Brooklyn
Homeless man brutalized by NYPD files federal suit
Video showed man beaten by police who found him in a synagogue outreach center where he was permitted to sleep VIDEO
Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 4:40 PM UTC 50News Video, Police, NYPD
Brooklyn dad welcomes girls, gay members to new scouts troop
Todd Schweikert loves the Boy Scouts, but hates their policies. So he got creative
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 4:49 PM UTCLife Boy Scouts of America
Hasidic counselor accused of molesting teen to testify
A brief timeline of the sexual abuse case that has rocked the Satmar community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 5:41 PM UTCNews Feministing, Hasidim, Jews
Public education’s new quick fix
Starry-eyed reformers have found yet another panacea for saving our school system: parent-trigger laws
Sunday, Dec 2, 2012 2:00 PM UTCPolitics The American Prospect
Park Slope food co-op won’t accept Sandy slackers
All members are on now "alert" after two days of shifts were missed during the storm
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 4:30 PM UTCNews New York, Brooklyn
Did Sandy save Occupy?
The protest movement's disaster-relief efforts have helped it connect with the “99 percent” in new, meaningful ways
Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 4:31 PM UTCPolitics Occupy Wall Street
Charges dropped against homeless man brutalized by NYPD
Video of the 21-year-old's vicious arrest in a Brooklyn synagogue center garnered national attention VIDEO
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 2:28 PM UTCNews NYPD, Brooklyn, arrest
NYPD beat homeless man in synagogue outreach center
Graphic surveillance video shows cops strike, kick and pepper-spray shirtless, shoeless Ehud Halevi VIDEO
Monday, Oct 15, 2012 8:25 PM UTC 46News Homelessness, NYPD, Police
Our veep debate drinking game
Biden says "literally" -- drink. Ryan brings up Bush -- two drinks! And if you're in NYC, come drink with us!
Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 3:20 PM UTCPolitics Brooklyn, Drinking Games
Jay-Z’s Brooklyn blowout
The rapper finished his inaugural concert with several surprises
Monday, Oct 8, 2012 12:58 PM UTCEntertainment concerts, hip-hop, rap, Brooklyn
A nice place to rest
Think apartment-hunting in New York is competitive and expensive? Try finding a cemetery plot
Sunday, Oct 7, 2012 8:00 PM UTCLife New York, Brooklyn, Narratively
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