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Hip Hop For The Deaf And The Def'
Silent Mob isn’t the only deaf rap group out there. But as far as the group members know, they are the only group that performs American Sign Language hip hop.
Hasidic Rapper Promotes Racial Harmony In Crown Heights
DeScribe is not the world's first or most famous Hassidic rapper, but he is looking to obtain a higher level of recognition for his positive sound.
Bed-Stuy Sounds Off At Town Hall Meeting, Paterson Signs Bill
About 150 residents gathered Wednesday evening to vent their frustrations with the police, in the aftermath of the stop-and-frisk scandal that recently surfaced in their precinct. Gov. Paterson signed into law a bill that would prevent police from retaining some of the information collected during their stops.
Tough Love In The Big City
Kids in New York have often had a lot to fear. So how’d we end up afraid of them?
Pot Smoke, Dead Elevators & Killer Paint: Life in the Towers
River Park Towers is just one building, but a day spent with its residents revealed it has a world of problems, none of them simple.
Growing Grown-Ups In Harlem
In the quest for "What works?", one Manhattan youth organization is showing results by getting kids to care about larger struggles.
Espada Sued For Raiding Nonprofit
Pedro Espada, the Bronx senator at the center of last year's leadership battle in Albany, has been sued for allegedly looting a nonprofit he helped run. Read the attorney general's complaint here.
In This Recession Pain Has A Color
Times are tough for everyone. They are tougher for New York City's black men.
Now What?
The Struggle for a Solution
A Tough Gang To Follow
Kids Who Can't Get
Enough of School
One low-income HCZ parent describes how the program has changed her family.
Becoming a Deejay,
Leaving the P-J's
It Takes 'Elan' To Make
Hot-Button Issues Cool
One Idealist's Progress
In Fighting Poverty Online
Pit Bull Ad Blitz:
Spay Now or Pay Later
Some Work the Overnight
While Others Decorate It
IMAGES OF BLIGHT,
WORDS TO SLAM
Welcome capital? Predators?
Or just inept investors?
Upstart Could Bring Hip-Hop To The Hill
Hip Hop
Hip Hop is a form of music that originated in the 1970s in the Bronx, New York City.
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Free Memorial Day Concert
Sunday, May 27, 2012
The James Beard Foundation Presents: Northwest Bounty with Adam Hegsted
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Retrospective of the work of Choi Min-shik
Sunday, June 03, 2012
03:00p - 05:00p
CONVERSATIONS/OPINONS
Killing the Message?
Hip-hop music has a powerful effect on New York's youth--and an almost entirely negative one, say three young writers, who think that impact could, and should, change.
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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report
A report from the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission highlights the reasons for the cause of the economic meltdown.
Campaign 2013: Following The Early Money
The next citywide election is years off, but candidates have already reported $13.5 million in fundraising. Where's that money coming from?
