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Fortune Society

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Marcus Samuelsson Tells Ex-Convicts 'Texture Is Very Key'

    Yesterday, the owner of Red Rooster swung by the Fortune Society, a nonprofit for formerly incarcerated men and women, to offer them a demo on healthy eating. Samuelsson cooked fried chicken and a salad with buttermilk dressing, offering tips for how to keep the leaves from going prison-lunch limp:

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Attica Prison Uprising '71 -- Another Voice Heard From

    Liz Fink​As this paper's late great photographer, Fred McDarrah, used to say when cornered by readers angry over something they disliked in its pages, "The Voice is many voices." This is why Clark Whelton's article blaming leftists for the bloodiest prison siege in American history -- "Attica: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Al Pacino, Sam Shepard, Roy Scheider, Estelle Parsons -- It's Obies 1968!

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 30, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 33 23 Win '68 'Obies' The 1967-68 Village Voice Off-Broadway Awards were presented on Saturday afternoon at a giant invitational party at the Village Gate. These were the 13th annual "Obies," and a crowd of ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 26, 2008

    A Thanksgiving NYC Honor Roll for Hard Times

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 30, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 33 23 Win '68 'Obies' The 1967-68 Village Voice Off-Broadway Awards were presented on Saturday afternoon at a giant invitational party at the Village Gate. These were the 13th annual "Obies," and a crowd of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    Ex-Cons Tell Real-Life Tales Crime and Punishment at 'The Castle'

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 30, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 33 23 Win '68 'Obies' The 1967-68 Village Voice Off-Broadway Awards were presented on Saturday afternoon at a giant invitational party at the Village Gate. These were the 13th annual "Obies," and a crowd of ... More >>

  • News

    December 18, 2007

    Holiday Off Ice

    After decades in prison, three friends try to sort things out

  • News

    August 22, 2006

    Cell Block

    City suddenly whips out plans for a new Bronx jail. Not in our wasteland, say opponents.

  • News

    October 5, 2004

    The Ripple Effect

    Confusion over felon voting bans keeps even the eligible from the polls

  • News

    May 12, 1998

    Beyond Incarceration

    What Lies Ahead? The Antiprison Movement Contemplates the Future

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