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May 24, 2012
The Voice Talks Black Voter Support for Gay Marriage with Michelangelo Signorile on Sirius [AUDIO]
We're approaching, if not looking in the rearview mirror at, a watershed moment in American civil rights history. A majority of the American public now supports marriage equality for same-sex couples. And, despite what detractors have been saying and predicting, this includes black people, too. An ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
The Obama Effect: From the NAACP to 50 Cent, Black Leaders Back Gay Marriage
It's fair to call it the Obama Effect: leaders in the black community, old and young, political and cultural, are coming out of the closet to back same-sex marriage. And they are a motley crew, from the legacy NAACP, to the rapper 50 Cent, who just a couple years ago suggested that if you're a man " ... More >>
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May 11, 2012
The Voice Talks Gay Marriage and Race on WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show [AUDIO]
After publishing our piece yesterday "5 Reasons Why Touré Is Wrong On Blacks, Gay Marriage and Obama," we had the chance to talk about the president's new support fo marriage equality with WNYC's Brian Lehrer. We took calls from black listeners and talked to Lehrer about the many reasons why we b ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
5 Reasons Why Touré Is Wrong On Blacks, Gay Marriage and Obama
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy We like the idea of Touré, but as a person and concept, he's got two sides. There's the Good Touré, who writes beautifully, gave us a nice shout out once, and frolics around the Brooklyn neighborhood we both live in with ... More >>
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April 14, 2012
Mayor Cory Booker Saves Woman from Fire on His Free Time
This is the week of celebrities saving the community, one citizen at a time. First, with Ryan Gosling pulling away journalist Laurie Penny from oncoming traffic and, now, Mayor Cory Booker of Newark. The up-and-coming star politician, who, some argue, has "President" written all over him, ... More >>
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March 2, 2012
Mike Bloomberg: New Jersey Criticism of NYPD Muslim Spying is 'Ridiculous'
Mayor Mike Bloomberg was on the defense this morning against criticisms thrown at him this week that the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey is arrogant and paranoid. Since the Associated Press came out with reports that the NYPD spied on Muslim student groups at cam ... More >>
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February 18, 2012
Whitney Houston's Funeral Is Happening Today In Newark, Watch It Live
The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey will be the home of funeral services today for the late Whitney Houston. The church is where Houston first got attention for her voice. The funeral will be livestreamed via the A.P. starting at noon and over 70,000 people have already logged on to wa ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Peanut Butter Prices On the Rise; Topping Meat with Meat at Burger Restos
Newark Mayor Cory Booker announced that he decided to become a vegetarian as part of his anti-animal-cruelty campaign. [NY Post] A new study has shown that it's possible to achieve peanut tolerance by attaching peanut proteins onto blood cells and reintroducing them to the body. [Sun Times] Meanwh ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 4, 2011
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
The Dalai Lama makes his way to Jersey
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President, Joins Twitter
Following in the footsteps of local politicians like Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Rep. Anthony Weiner, who have both shown exceptional online acumen, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has started an official Twitter account, joining every other functional politician nationwide with a ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2011
Mike Bloomberg's Flight Records Reveal Flights
The Wall Street Journal did some digging in an effort to find out exactly where Mayor Bloomberg goes during the weekends. He came under fire for being out of town as the city was hit with a blizzard in late December. So where was the billionaire mayor? Bermuda. Probably.
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January 30, 2011
The Rules of New York City Slush
Blind man followed by elderly lady: a high-risk slush situation. Snow is pretty. But its red-headed stepchild -- slush -- is gross and awful and makes you fall down, and it happens to be all over the sidewalks right now. We at Runnin' Scared have compiled some thoughts on slush to get you thr ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Cory Booker's Newark Weight-Loss Plan Is Already Working
What can't this guy do? Seriously. After announcing on Tuesday his new plan to lose 57 pounds by April, Newark Mayor-of-the-People Cory Booker is already being deluged with Twitter followers supporting and joining him in his efforts. Folks are kickboxing, spending practically an entire hour o ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Newark Mayor Cory Booker Vows to Lose 57 Pounds, Will Facebook and Tweet All About It
Just a week ago Newark Mayor and "social media darling" Cory Booker was digging out his own citizens a tweet at a time, subsisting on Diet Coke and Advil, and becoming the hands-down hero of Snow-pocalypse 2010. Now he's taken to Facebook and Twitter with another cause: He plans to hit 240 ( ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Brooklyn/Manhattan Wars Rage, Buoyed by Snow (UPDATED)
"Bloomberg v. Me" via Sheepshead Bites/Nate BerkeSometimes we dare to dream that we're better than all this, that we can all just get along, despite which borough we live in (unless you live in Staten Island, in which case, intern Myles, are you reading this?). The fact that we're all New Yor ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
The 7 Best Quotes From Bloomberg's Blizzard Presser
WABC-TVMayor Bloomberg just wrapped up a press conference in Hunts Point addressing the city's blizzard response. Our ever-blasé municipal leader, along with several department commissioners, defended the city's response, piled some blame onto drama queen New Yorkers, and doled out some informat ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Cory Booker, Hero of the Week, Tells Us to Go Easy on Mayor Bloomberg
As he continues in his seemingly tireless charge of unshoveling and encouraging and otherwise saving the folks of Newark one tweet at a time, Mayor Cory Booker had a kind word to spare for New York's own blizzard-maligned Mayor Bloomberg, who earlier today at his press conference mentioned he ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Mike Bloomberg Extremely Cranky About Snow, Despite His Street Having Been Plowed Since Yesterday
Everyone's mad at Mayor Bloomberg, who has the AUDACITY to have a snow-plowed street, in front of New Yorkers and God and the rest of us. Meanwhile, commuters have to walk in traffic, or hurdle the piles left at the edges of sidewalks like mountain goats, or, at the very least, like active pe ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2010
Cory Booker Cuts Extravagant Frills (Like Toilet Paper) for Newark City Employees
In times of belt-tightening, one looks first to the most obvious things to cut corners on. For example, limo services, board meetings at resorts, free employee snacks in the cafeteria, maybe even the entire cafeteria if you're in real trouble. And there's a hierarchy to that list, from the le ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2010
Newark SlayDay Counter Reset to Zero After Admirable 38 Day Run
Poor Cory Booker. You've gotta feel bad for the guy.
Blogs
April 1, 2010
Congrats: If You Visited Newark Last Month, You're A Winner!
Last night, Newark mayor Cory Booker made a pretty exciting announcement over Twitter! And if you visited Newark last month, you were inevitably part of this big, awesome news. You're a winner!
Blogs
March 1, 2010
T.I. Brings Fellatio, Scandal to Downtown Newark
Photo via NJ.com/The Star-LedgerWe're gonna go out on a limb and say that it's the dude's hand that does it, the right one, in this billboard recently thrown up by T.I.'s Akoo clothing line--something about lovingly clutching a girl's head to your unbuckled crotch just screams fellatio, or do ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2006
Sharpton vs. NPR
Photo via NJ.com/The Star-LedgerWe're gonna go out on a limb and say that it's the dude's hand that does it, the right one, in this billboard recently thrown up by T.I.'s Akoo clothing line--something about lovingly clutching a girl's head to your unbuckled crotch just screams fellatio, or do ... More >>
Columns
February 21, 2006
NY Mirror
Photo via NJ.com/The Star-LedgerWe're gonna go out on a limb and say that it's the dude's hand that does it, the right one, in this billboard recently thrown up by T.I.'s Akoo clothing line--something about lovingly clutching a girl's head to your unbuckled crotch just screams fellatio, or do ... More >>
Film
February 14, 2006
Men at Work
Coal, chemicals, and campaigning: They're dirty jobs, but someone has to document them

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