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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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    New Study Finds Food Stamps Help Reduce Poverty

    Finally, there's some good news about food stamps that doesn't have to do with fraud or Octomoms. A new study released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that the food stamp program (SNAP) reduced the poverty rate by eight percent in 2009.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Octavia Spencer: What Do We Know About Her?

    Mug shot from Comedy Central's "Halfway Home"​She's the favorite to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Minny in The Help, so it's only natural we learn a little more about the woman, right? Well, she's 39, 5'2", and hails from Montgomery, Alabama. Her mother worked as a ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Martin Luther King Jr. Musical By The Guy Who Did Annie!

    ​Well, with The Mountaintop having just opened and proving to be a sort of glorified sitcom with some heavy stuff sprinkled in, why not? And this one won't have tap dancing orphans and a big, lovable dog, it turns out.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Lew Zuchman, a Freedom Rider 50 Years Ago, Recalls Historic Journey

    Lew Zuchman: a mug shot for freedomFifty years ago this month, black and white Freedom Riders set out on buses for the South to challenge local segregation laws, particularly in bus terminals' restaurants and waiting rooms. Their 1961 journey became a turning point in the civil rights movement when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Lawsuit Claims That Taco Bell's Meat Is Indeed a Mystery

    Robert SietsemaNo, you don't want to know what's inside that burrito.​This shouldn't really come as a surprise, but according to a lawsuit filed in Alabama, the "meat" used in Taco Bell dishes isn't really meat.

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    Robert SietsemaNo, you don't want to know what's inside that burrito.​This shouldn't really come as a surprise, but according to a lawsuit filed in Alabama, the "meat" used in Taco Bell dishes isn't really meat.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Quick Hits

    Mayor Bloomberg spoke for Sonia Sotomayor at the hearings today, lauded her appointment on diversity grounds in that she would represent The Bronx. (Ginsburg is from Brooklyn, Scalia from Queens.) "My grandmother was born in Montgomery, Alabama," Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau told Alabama Sena ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    From the Crap Archives: The Eagle Christian

    Mayor Bloomberg spoke for Sonia Sotomayor at the hearings today, lauded her appointment on diversity grounds in that she would represent The Bronx. (Ginsburg is from Brooklyn, Scalia from Queens.) "My grandmother was born in Montgomery, Alabama," Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau told Alabama Sena ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2008

    Clip Job: Lenny Bruce and the Aging Hipsters

    Mayor Bloomberg spoke for Sonia Sotomayor at the hearings today, lauded her appointment on diversity grounds in that she would represent The Bronx. (Ginsburg is from Brooklyn, Scalia from Queens.) "My grandmother was born in Montgomery, Alabama," Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau told Alabama Sena ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Daily Flog: Smears and schmears; meltdowns on Wall Street and in the Arctic

    Mayor Bloomberg spoke for Sonia Sotomayor at the hearings today, lauded her appointment on diversity grounds in that she would represent The Bronx. (Ginsburg is from Brooklyn, Scalia from Queens.) "My grandmother was born in Montgomery, Alabama," Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau told Alabama Sena ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 16, 2007

    The Pleasures and Dangers of Bondage

    Mayor Bloomberg spoke for Sonia Sotomayor at the hearings today, lauded her appointment on diversity grounds in that she would represent The Bronx. (Ginsburg is from Brooklyn, Scalia from Queens.) "My grandmother was born in Montgomery, Alabama," Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau told Alabama Sena ... More >>

  • News

    October 24, 2006

    Letters

    Mayor Bloomberg spoke for Sonia Sotomayor at the hearings today, lauded her appointment on diversity grounds in that she would represent The Bronx. (Ginsburg is from Brooklyn, Scalia from Queens.) "My grandmother was born in Montgomery, Alabama," Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau told Alabama Sena ... More >>

  • News

    January 10, 2006

    Mixed Like Me

    Interracial roadtrip documentary takes Civil Rights out of monochrome

  • News

    October 25, 2005

    The Drama's Non-Supporting Cast

    Interracial roadtrip documentary takes Civil Rights out of monochrome

  • News

    October 25, 2005

    Just Say No

    Ms. Rosa Parks's great refusal as an exemplary tactic for the age of online consumption

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    The Birth of the 'Voice': 1955–1965

    From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    Marching to Montgomery: The Cradle Did Rock

    From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .

  • Art

    June 21, 2005

    Two Southern artists who didn’t need to be told anything

    From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .

  • Specials

    November 2, 2004

    Letters

    From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .

  • Film

    October 19, 2004

    Remembering a White Casualty of the Civil Rights Struggle

    From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .

  • Columns

    April 20, 2004

    Horoscope

    From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .

  • NYC Life

    February 10, 2004

    Old-school: Looking back on the civil rights movement

    From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .

  • News

    February 3, 2004

    Dubya in 'Bama

    'God's Gift to Women'

  • News

    January 20, 2004

    Operation Desert Guard

    Bush's War Record: Missing, Inaction

  • Books

    April 29, 2003

    Invisible Citizen

    When Italo Met MLK

  • News

    January 14, 2003

    An Indispensable Gay Man

    His 1963 March on Washington 'Woke Up America'

  • Music

    July 17, 2001

    Brand New Men

    Hillbilly Hunks Cope With Changing Gender Roles

  • News

    May 1, 2001

    Spooked in Peru

    Media Is Snowblind No More

  • Music

    September 29, 1998

    Ain't No Light

    Media Is Snowblind No More

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