Swiping in at the Nassau stop yesterday, I happened to look down to the ground, and instead of spent MetroCards, I found a smattering of small flyers printed…
Support Sanders By Berning Up Brooklyn or Partying With the Bushwick Berners
Hillarymania may have already staked its claim in Brooklyn Heights, but Bernie Fever has been something of a slow burner across the borough. A couple of upcoming…
Clayton Patterson Fights ‘Homogenization, Destruction of Anything Independent and Outside’
Last year, Clayton Patterson announced that he and Elsa Rensaa, his partner and collaborator of more than 40 years, were moving from the Lower East Side…
Rent Guidelines Board Weighs Rollbacks: ‘Oh Where, Oh Where Has Our Affordable Housing Gone?’
The Rent Guidelines Board met last Thursday ahead of voting to determine the maximum allowable rent increase for rent regulated apartments throughout New York City.…
Community Board 3’s First 16-Year-Old Member Has Friends in High (School) Places
Community Board 3 has long been known as a hotbed of liquor licensing debates, among other things — but its new member isn’t even old…
Zakia Salime: Gender and Sexuality in the Arab Uprisings
Zakia Salime is a scholar of sociology and women and gender studies, whose work focuses on the fascinating intersection of feminist and Islamist politics. Her…
Lefty Lions Ralph Nader and Elizabeth Warren Are Plugging New Books
Just a few days after Chelsea Clinton announced at the Lower Eastside Girls Club that she’ll soon make Bill & Hill grandparents, Liberal Dream Week…
Cornel West Praises Catholic Anarchist, Thinks Obama Is ‘Not Worth Breakdancing Over’
Cornel West dropped into the East Village’s Maryhouse on Friday to deliver a holy-rolling birthday tribute to Dorothy Day, the Catholic-anarchist writer who would’ve turned…
Hasidic Williamsburg Is Full of Thompson Twins, But Not Quite Completely
Check out the New York Times map depicting the outcome of Tuesday’s mayoral Democratic primaries and you can pretty much guess what Williamsburg looks like. A…
Some Bushwick Seniors Had to Salsa Alone After Vito Lopez Stood Them Up
A small group of protesters and a festive group of old folks congregated today at the Borinquen Plaza Senior Center in Bushwick. The seniors were…