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Black History Month

  • News

    March 21, 2012

    The Nonprofit 1 Percent

    Even the do-gooders can seem blind to their own excess

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    What's Happening This Week: Butcher Lessons, Coffee & Tea Festival

    ​Make fried chicken and skillet macaroni and cheese at the Brooklyn Kitchen on Feburary 22 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the class are $75. Sample the meats of Brooklyn butchers and learn about their craft at the Brooklyn Brewery on February 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Everybody Is Mad at Chris Christie

    Ah, New Jersey. The land where fake orange tans and affable, clueless Republicans come together to make magic. New Yorkers should consider themselves lucky to live so close to New Jersey, particularly right now. New Jersey governor Chris Christie, one-time potential Republican presidential candidat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Abortion Billboard in SoHo Calls Out African Americans During Black History Month

    ​Life Always, an anti-abortion group, revealed a giant new billboard today at Sixth Avenue and Watts Street in the New York City neighborhood of SoHo, featuring a picture of a young black girl and text that reads, "The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb." Underneath is ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 2, 2010

    Guy Davis

    ​Life Always, an anti-abortion group, revealed a giant new billboard today at Sixth Avenue and Watts Street in the New York City neighborhood of SoHo, featuring a picture of a young black girl and text that reads, "The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb." Underneath is ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 3, 2008

    TIGHTEN UP

    Vetiver gains new focus on what's outta sight

  • News

    July 31, 2007

    The Killing of a Journalist

    Voice staff writer Chris Thompson not only knew the Oakland reporter shot dead by a follower of the Yusuf Bey family, he'd also incurred the family's wrath

  • Screens

    January 24, 2006

    Afrocentrifugal Force: Looking Blackward With Henry Louis Gates Jr.

    Voice staff writer Chris Thompson not only knew the Oakland reporter shot dead by a follower of the Yusuf Bey family, he'd also incurred the family's wrath

  • Theater

    September 27, 2005

    August Wilson (1945-2005)

    Voice staff writer Chris Thompson not only knew the Oakland reporter shot dead by a follower of the Yusuf Bey family, he'd also incurred the family's wrath

  • Music

    March 1, 2005

    Unstoppable

    Veterans look back at hip-hop's big-bang birth in the Bronx

  • NYC Life

    February 8, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Back to the beat: Taking classes from hip-hop's old school

  • News

    August 10, 2004

    Egotistical Bastards

    Dead mag helps VH1 talk about race, from Ice Cube to Elvis to Costello

  • News

    February 17, 2004

    Blackness as Folly

    Debra Dickerson gambles on telling blacks to give up

  • Theater

    February 17, 2004

    Mixed aims sink Drowning Crow: Hip-hop undoes Chekhov

    Debra Dickerson gambles on telling blacks to give up

  • News

    January 27, 2004

    Machine Age

    Debra Dickerson gambles on telling blacks to give up

  • News

    May 20, 2003

    False Flags

    Nike's Liberation Tactics

  • Music

    February 18, 2003

    Music

    Nike's Liberation Tactics

  • News

    August 6, 2002

    Sports

    Nike's Liberation Tactics

  • News

    March 5, 2002

    The Louima Decision

    Is Punishment Possible for Police Brutality?

  • Columns

    January 29, 2002

    Horoscope

    Is Punishment Possible for Police Brutality?

  • News

    May 15, 2001

    The Golden Age

    An Interview with the Studio Museum’s Thelma Golden

  • Music

    March 27, 2001

    Vibrators

    An Interview with the Studio Museum’s Thelma Golden

  • Theater

    February 13, 2001

    Theater

    An Interview with the Studio Museum’s Thelma Golden

  • News

    March 21, 2000

    Hillary: Help Free the Slaves

    Are You Backing the Slave Trade?

  • Theater

    February 15, 2000

    America’s blue notes

    Are You Backing the Slave Trade?

  • News

    February 8, 2000

    Show People

    Behind the Scenes With the Drama Queens

  • News

    March 2, 1999

    Greater Sans The Great One?

    Behind the Scenes With the Drama Queens

  • News

    March 3, 1998

    Too Deep for Anger

    To be Black in this Country is to Always Affirm Something

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