International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Hurricane Sandy Is New York's Katrina

Floods, fear, and FEMA failures

Sandy, Occupy, and the City's Failures

A Storm of Controversy

Devastation and a Sense of Abandonment in the Rockaways

It's difficult to communicate the destruction wreaked on the Rockaways by last week's storm, except to say that it is almost certainly far worse than you have imagined. The storm surge of Hurricane Sandy washed clear over the Rockaway spit, running six feet deep and more in places, pushing the beac ... More >>

Here Are the 20 Most-Read Village Voice Stories of 2011

Somewhat unbelievably, here we find ourselves on the last Friday of 2011. We hope this year has been a good one for you. As for us, well, we can't complain too much. After all, this is the post in which we get to brag a little: The most-read stories in the Voice for the year. Whee. Previous top stor ... More >>

Cold Winds: Incubus' Morning View And The Knotty Aftermath Of September 11

​Once the towers had fallen, simultaneously facing both the body count and the scarred city skyline was enough to realign anybody's perspectives. I was supposedly on track as a college sophomore in Virginia, but it was tough for me to justify continuing on as a student; every day for months, I ... More >>

The Vanderbilt's Brian Floyd Explains His Barman's Fund

Brian Floyd, barman fundraiser​There's a lot of talk about tipping these days: how much is appropriate, when it should be withheld, how it should be divvied up. But a bartender in Brooklyn is throwing a kink into the conversation by giving his tips to charity. Brian Floyd of The Vanderbilt cre ... More >>

Con Edison Warns New Yorkers: There May Be Outages

​Con Edison is asking everyone to pitch in and maybe turn off some lights and stop blending so many frozen margaritas or taking elevators up and down just for fun, because things could get bad in this heat. The word that must not be named here is "blackout." Yes. Remember when the lights went ... More >>

Seersucker to Host 'Eat Fried Chicken, Do Good' Benefit for Tornado Victims Tonight

photo by Adam SchleimerFried chicken never felt so good.​With all the love New York City has for anything southern-fried these days, you'll surely want to give it up for the victims of the onslaught of deadly tornadoes that hit the Southern United States in mid-April.

What's Happening This Week: New York Loves Japan Benefit; Cherry Blossom Festival

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! New York Loves Japan Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. La.venue Join some of the most influential Japanese chefs and sake distributors for an evening of fundraising and ... More >>

Red Cross Taking Care of Homeless Hipsters From Williamsburg Trailer Park

​The twenty people, mostly artists, who were forced to leave their Williamsburg warehouse trailer park heaven because of building violations are now being taken care of by the Red Cross, Metro reports today. The local creative collective has endured their share of harassment from the city, des ... More >>

American Red Cross Donations to Japan Hit $120.5 Million

​Previously, we've covered the Red Cross's efforts to help Japan, and answered the question of "What Is the Red Cross Doing With Your Donations to Japan?" Today the American Red Cross announced that the total amounted donated to Japan for relief following the earthquake and tsunami has reached ... More >>

A Musical Guide to Japan Benefits and Valiantly Intentioned Fundraising Efforts, Featuring Thrill Jockey and Rebecca Black

​"I've been inspired by Japan for many years and have a true love, appreciation and respect for the Japanese people and their culture," said early American-adopter and purveyor of Japan's Harajuku girl style, Gwen Stefani. "The disaster in Japan is beyond heartbreaking and I want to do anythin ... More >>

Mehtaphor Launches After School Program for (Precocious) Foodie Kids

Mehtaphor​Jehangir Mehta has been working with kids for a while, notably through his famed Candy Camp. So it shouldn't be surprising that he has a new venture for the young'uns aged 4 to 16 called Gastro-Kids After School Program, which begins this Friday at Mehtaphor. How perfect, too, sinc ... More >>

Eat and Drink for Japan

​Tonight from 6 to 8 p.m., 100 percent of proceeds at Mehtaphor will go to the Japanese Red Cross to benefit disaster efforts in Japan. But even if you can't make it to the restaurant, there are other places where you can put your appetites to more philanthropic use.

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What Is the Red Cross Doing With Your Donations to Japan?

​Earlier today we were asked some questions about how organizations like the Red Cross are dealing with donations received for Japan. Specifically, how long do those text donations take to reach aid organizations? Are donations even reaching Japan, and will they? Gizmodo addressed the question ... More >>

A High-Speed Bullet Train and a Cruise Ship Are Missing in Japan

​Details continue to come in about the aftermath of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan and the devastating tsunami that followed. The death toll, currently in the hundreds, is expected to increase dramatically. Google has launched a person-finder app to try to help people locate missing fri ... More >>

The Red Cross's Accidental Drunk Tweet Is Adorable

The Red Cross has won us over, not just because they're a nonprofit that does good things for people, but because they actually have a sense of humor, and they might, every so often, like to booze -- responsibly! On Tuesday night, a Red Cross social media specialist accidentally tweeted this from th ... More >>

The LaChiusa Project

Gabrielle Giffords' Husband Mark Kelly Says "Gabby Was Doing What She Loved Most...There Is Little We Can Do But Pray"

Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly​Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who remains in critical condition after Saturday's shooting, has issued a statement. Via Giffords' website, Kelly says, "There is little that we can do but pray for those who are strugg ... More >>

Aftermath of the Fire at 240 East Houston: No Residents Injured

via EV GrieveThe morning after.​If you were anywhere near downtown Manhattan last night, you heard about or even smelled the four-alarm fire at 240 East Houston that started around 5:30 p.m. Streets were blocked for hours as firefighters put out the blaze and then contained the building post-f ... More >>

Your Big, Honking Guide to Haiti Benefits and Valiantly Intentioned Fundraising Efforts, Non-Wyclef Musical Edition

If this doesn't say it all, don't know what does Wyclef's Yele charity has recently drawn a firestorm of criticism, but he's not the only musical figure trying to mobilize folks and funds on behalf of Haiti. There's also an impressive number of benefit concerts and music events happening in the cit ... More >>

More On Wyclef Jean and His Charity, Yele Haiti

So over the long weekend, Wyclef Jean gave both a press conference and a personal statement via YouTube, defending his foundation, Yele Haiti, and the fundraising it did in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck Haiti last Tuesday. In the video statement, Jean said he was "disgusted" with the ... More >>

Rightbloggers Keep It Sweet on Haiti -- Unless You Attack Rush, Are Obama, Etc.

The disaster in Haiti has obsessed both mainstream media and bloggers, and for the most part rightbloggers have been exceptionally well-behaved about it. Even some normally obstreperous critics have praised Obama for his interventions, and if they piled on Danny Glover for attributing the quake t ... More >>

Wyclef Jean's Haiti Charity Is Probably OK, But Why Not Just Give to the Red Cross If You're Worried About It?

​Lackluster accounting practices and what looks to have been some self-patronage probably should not shatter people's faith in the Wyclef Jean Foundation, which has already raised a ton of money for relief in Haiti. The Smoking Gun's digging mostly just turned up irregular tax returns and a fe ... More >>

Clip Job: Dustin Hoffman, Frank Langella, and Sam Shepard -- It's Obies 1966!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 26, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 32 Village Voice 'Obie' Awards 1965-66 The Eleventh Annual Village Voice Off-Broadway Award were handed out on Saturday afternoon in a gala ceremony at the Village Gate. Anne Jackson, herself a previous "Obi ... More >>

Judge: WTC Worker's Wrongful Arrest Suit Can Go Forward

A Spanish-speaking construction worker on the World Trade Center site, who sued the city for personal injury after he was arrested while leaving work, won the right to continue his lawsuit last Friday. Jose Jimenez, a laborer who worked the overnight shift at the disaster site, was searched at a p ... More >>

Track 18 Wins Again

Major-label hip-hop records in burying-best-tracks shocker!

Congress and the Disappeared

Still waiting for our representatives—and presidential candidates—to address criminal U.S. kidnappings

History Will Not Absolve Us

Leaked Red Cross report sets up Bush team for international war-crimes trial

Bush's Spin Doctor

Condoleezza Rice's failed European mission to reignite faith in U.S. rule of law

Morning Report 12/9/05
Seizers' Palace: Rigging the Game of Hold 'Em

Morning Report 12/6/05
Flights From Reality

Relief at the Point of a Gun

Relax, y'all: It's butter and bullets for big security firms in New Orleans

After Katrina: Aliens, Scientologists Land in Baton Rouge

You can tell who’s running from New Orleans by the tattoos

Storm Front

In the wake of Katrina, clubs step it up with benefit shows

Will Game Companies Help Katrina Victims?

Tsunami Relief Raises the Roof

Mo' Money

Tsunami benefits and political parties, oh my! Stars shine.

Morning Report 1/10/05
Abu Ghraib: The Naked Truth

Music

'Just Give Me My Son'

Bush defies the Supreme Court by denying due process to noncitizen prisoners

The Ghost Prisoners

Exposing our secret interrogation centers—around and outside our laws

The Wagers of War

Web Site Takes Bets on When Iraq Attack Will Start

Opening to Yoga

Going to the Mat

A Migrant Mother’s Bind

Far From Family She Supports but Jobless After 9-11

Tried and True

Hardest Movie Quiz Answers Revealed

Bridge Across the Cliff

Softcore Techno

Hamburger Heaven