ARTS and CULTURE
It Takes 'Elan' To Make Hot-Button Issues Cool
Curtis Stephen |
From a little office in Brooklyn, a new magazine reaches around the world to explore the lives and lifestyles of Muslim cosmopolites.
Economy
Chapter 4: High Hopes, Steep Challenges for NYCHA
Jarrett Murphy |
The Bible reading during the Mass near the empty NYCHA complex was apropos. “Like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it,” the passage from I Corinthians read. “But each one must be careful how he builds upon it.”
Bronx
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
Alex Cotton |
New faces at public agencies and private groups across the city, as inimitable organizer John Raskin moves on, and labor leader Roger Toussaint moves up.
Education
Among Heartland Homages, Pols Address Urban Issues
Jarrett Murphy |
The presidential candidates have staked out very different positions on housing, schools, crime, infrastructure and other issues key to urban America.
Brooklyn
HIV Prevention, Treatment Hit By Local Funding Cuts
Alex Cotton |
Numbers showing the city’s AIDS epidemic rages on worse than thought arrived in tandem with state cuts for AIDS-fighting measures. In a climate with plenty of needs and ever fewer resources, this is the first in an ongoing series looking at reduced social services funding.
Economy
LOWER TAXES BENEFIT YOUNGER WORKERS TOO
Bosede Adenekan |
Why not expand the Earned Income Tax Credit to needy older teens and young adults?
City's Poor Look Different Through New Assessment
Neil deMause |
The ranks of officially poor New Yorkers grew by 4 percent overnight. It’ll be a while before public antipoverty efforts adjust.
Government
Without Enough Money, What's Next For NYCHA?
Karen Loew |
Could the simple necessity of public housing shape a financially stronger future?
Government
Muslim Communities See Informers In Their Midst
Jarrett Murphy |
Saying there’s a serious threat that local Muslim youth will become radicalized, the NYPD dispatched informers to root out those who’ve turned against us—and perhaps to help foment the very plots that law enforcement then disrupts.
ARTS and CULTURE
Upstart Could Bring Hip-Hop To The Hill
Curtis Stephen |
Kevin Powell seeks to channel that Obama youth energy into a victory in Brooklyn’s 10th District over incumbent Congressman Edolphus Towns.
