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2001 Stories by Ruth M. Ford

• To Play the King

  published November 20, 2001

  For the second time in 16 years, Brooklyn’s chance to anoint the next speaker is slipping through the fault lines. It was a seasonably... More >>

• Still Counting

  published October 2, 2001

  Despite predictions that the tragedy of September 11 would depress voter turnout, New Yorkers went to the polls last week in numbers not seen in a... More >>

• Can’t Buy Him Love

  published September 4, 2001

  For the past eight years, James Davis, a cop-cum-minister, has hosted a once-a-year 'Stop the Violence' march in Crown Heights. This year, the... More >>

• Mother’s Milk

  published August 28, 2001

  As the afternoon sun beats down on the glass roof of the Palm House at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Councilwoman Una Clarke lingers at the... More >>