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  • Blogs

    February 26, 2012

    Scientology Sunday Funnies: The "Dwindling Spiral"?

    Scientologists don't really have a Sunday service. They like to say that they do, because they crave mainstream acceptance. But unless Xenu rested after six days and L. Ron Hubbard just forgot to mention it, there's no reason for Scientologists to treat Sunday any differently than every other day of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Scientology on the High Seas: Yuletide Cheer, Including Dickens Adapted with Evil Psychs

    ​On November 18, we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from 1968 to 1971, and this time we' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Scientology Leader David Miscavige Digs Israel; BONUS: Black People are Cool! (UPDATED)

    ​The Voice was leaked a copy of Scientology's latest gala -- its October meeting of the International Association of Scientologists -- which took place in the UK, near L. Ron Hubbard's legendary home, Saint Hill Manor. At three hours long, it's an interminable amount of time to watch diminuti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    SMERSH, Scientology Breakthroughs, and a Funeral: Sailing on the Apollo, Dec 4 - 10

    ​On November 18, we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from 1968 to 1971, and this time we' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Scientology vs. Pollution, a Lisbon Cocktail Party, and More: Sailing on the Apollo Nov. 20-26

    Last week, we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished "Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from 1968 to 1971. In this installment, we're lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    L. Ron Hubbard Christens the Apollo 43 Years Ago Today: For The First Time, His "Orders of the Day"

    ​ For you Scientology watchers and Scientology history buffs, we think we have something very special for you today. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard sailed around the Mediterranean in a small armada of vessels, going from port to port. Each day, he issued ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Tom Cruise and Stacy Francis Singing Together on Scientology's Ship Freewinds

    If you've been following along with the drama around X Factor contestant Stacy Francis, you know that her entire past has come under inspection as her fans and detractors have attempted to sift truth from legend. In particular, we have noted that Francis has been quiet about her long membership in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2011

    Scientology Dyspepsia: Commenters of the Week!

    Cheezburger.com​We're feeling a bit woozy after this week of Scientology watching here in the underground bunker. Not sure if it was something we ate, or just the thought of Tom Cruise hurling at Gold Base that has us a bit dizzy. Anyway, Mr. Cruise was very much on our minds this week, as h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2011

    Scientology Dumpster-Dive: Commenters of the Week!

    Clearing the planet, one dumpster at a time​For our longtime, loyal readers and commenters (of all persuasions), I just want to say how much I appreciate your continued interest in things we're doing here at the underground bunker. This week, we got a huge influx of new folks as our stories we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2011

    Scientology Transfusion: Commenters of the Week!

    Eternal soul? Works all night? Exteriorizes? Hmmm.​It was a frantic week here at the underground bunker, where we keep an eye on all things Scientology-related. While we gathered material for some big stories, we managed to post several quick observations, some of which featured a medical the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2011

    Scientology Effervescence: Commenters of the Week!

    ​Here in the underground bunker, this was something of a strange week. While enduring a middling but annoying cold, we tried to get back in the swing of things after a week out of town. And while things started a bit slow, by Friday this had turned into one slammin' sevenday. Things kicked of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2011

    Scientology Symposium: Commenters of the Week!

    It was an unusual week here for us at our Scientology watching operation. We left the underground bunker for a trip to Southern California, but still managed to put together a few stories while on the road. And our commenters did not let us down, with some of them carrying over debates they were hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2011

    Scientology Apotheosis: Commenters of the Week!

    Well, this was a week we've been looking forward to for some time here in the underground bunker. And now that we've finally finished our big countdown, there's a slight feeling of letdown here at Scientology-watching central. Even the cats are listless. But let's look back at a week that was. We s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2011

    Scientology Internal E-Mails: Even More Depressing Than You Might Assume

    For a few weeks now, we've been watching with some incredulity the material coming out of a particular Scientology "org," which is located in Birmingham, England. A Scientology-watcher who calls himself "CarltonBANKS" has been posting pretty amazing material from the Birmingham org's net servers wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology: The Readers Poll!

    ​You've watched us reveal all but the top five entries in our big countdown, The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology -- now it's your turn to vote for your own list! Here's the link you've been waiting for -- now go and tell us who you think is doing the most to contribute to the Church of Sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Hugh Urban: An Interview With the Professor Who Took on Scientology

    Urban, with Nancy Jesser, their daughter Maya Urban-Jesser, and Shiva the dog ​In June, we reviewed a remarkable new book about Scientology. A review copy of Hugh Urban's The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion, put out by the Princeton University Press, had arrived at our desk ... More >>

  • Film

    September 7, 2011

    The Struggle: Black Power Mixtape and Bobby Fischer

    Urban, with Nancy Jesser, their daughter Maya Urban-Jesser, and Shiva the dog ​In June, we reviewed a remarkable new book about Scientology. A review copy of Hugh Urban's The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion, put out by the Princeton University Press, had arrived at our desk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2011

    Scientology Fireworks! Commenters of the Week, Independence Day Edition

    What does the Apollo have to do with fireworks or the 4th of July? Beats us, too.​Scientology watchers had another fine week here at the Voice, and our commenters were yet again out in force. On Monday, we congratulated Scientology for taking home two coveted Bronze Telly awards, honoring fin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Gil Scott-Heron, R.I.P.

    Mischa RichterGil Scott-Heron died on Friday. He was 62. ​You know why Gil never had much love for that ill-conceived Godfather of Rap tag. If you're already your own genre, you don't need the weak currency offered by another. If you're a one-off, why would you want to bask in the reflected gl ... More >>

  • Music

    March 25, 2009

    DOOM Laughs Last

    Rap's biggest enigma is back with more off-color jokes and apocalypse theories

  • Film

    March 7, 2006

    Gordon Parks, 1912-2006

    The renowned photographer, filmmaker, and author was as self-made as self-made men get

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    Picture This

    On the Set, the Street, and at Dinner With 'X' Director Spike Lee

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2005

    'Blessed Raid'

    On the Set, the Street, and at Dinner With 'X' Director Spike Lee

  • Music

    June 21, 2005

    The Cotton Club

    Black-conscious hip-hop deals with an overwhelmingly white live audience

  • News

    December 21, 2004

    Telling it like it is

    There Is More To Be Explored In Columbia University's Middle East Studies Than Israel

  • Art

    April 6, 2004

    Learning For Free

    A Columbia professor's poli-sci class is the crack in the ivory tower that lets the neighborhood in

  • Music

    November 4, 2003

    Bildungshiphop

    What Tarantino missed (and Jarmusch got) about the Wu

  • News

    January 14, 2003

    Home to Harlem

    Malcolm X Archive Goes to the Schomburg

  • NYC Life

    February 12, 2002

    Renovated Loft in Former Warehouse

    Malcolm X Archive Goes to the Schomburg

  • News

    January 22, 2002

    Slinging Rehash

    'Ali': Imitation of a Life

  • Film

    December 18, 2001

    Space Odyssey

    Michael Mann’s Vision Quest

  • News

    August 21, 2001

    Robber Barron

    Outside Candidate Hopes to Take 42nd CD From Machine

  • News

    June 12, 2001

    Journey Through Debtor’s Prison

    Stephanie Black Chronicles Jamaica’s IMF Woes

  • Specials

    April 3, 2001

    Letters

    Stephanie Black Chronicles Jamaica’s IMF Woes

  • News

    October 17, 2000

    Why Blacks Shouldn't Vote for Hillary

    An African American Reporter Comes to Terms With a Taboo Subject

  • Music

    October 10, 2000

    Wooze and Spazz

    Twenty-One Reissues Prove Space Is Still Sun Ra's Place

  • News

    October 3, 2000

    The Last Temptation of Minister Benjamin

    Inside the Sex Scandal at Nation of Islam Mosque No. 7

  • Specials

    September 19, 2000

    Letters

    Inside the Sex Scandal at Nation of Islam Mosque No. 7

  • News

    August 22, 2000

    Oh, God

    Why Religion Doesn't Have a Prayer in New York Politics

  • News

    July 25, 2000

    Portraits in Prejudice

    Straight Talk About 'Big Brother,' White Women, Suspicious Blacks, Unruly Latinos, and Racial Profiling Says How Race Is REALLY Lived in America

  • News

    April 11, 2000

    Attica Brother

    A Survivor of the Nation’s Deadliest Prison Riot Comes to Terms With His Past

  • News

    August 31, 1999

    It's Nation Time. Again.

    A new vanguard of rap activists takes to the streets

  • Music

    July 13, 1999

    Profits of Rage

    Chuck D's Same Old Song?

  • News

    May 18, 1999

    Copland

    Unrepentant, Pale-faced, All-American Manhood at the Louima Trial

  • News

    April 13, 1999

    Return To Ground Zero

    Million Youth March Organizer Announces Plans For Rally This Year

  • Specials

    March 30, 1999

    Letters

    Million Youth March Organizer Announces Plans For Rally This Year

  • News

    December 1, 1998

    Revenge of the Mad Rappers

    When hip hoppers use violence to silence their critics

  • News

    October 13, 1998

    The Hunt for Khallid Abdul Muhammad

    The Million Youth March leader breaks his silence about the violent end to his historic rally, the demands for his arrest, and life as a possible fugitive from Giuliani-style justice

  • News

    September 29, 1998

    Keep Your Eye on Malik Shabazz

    'Khallid Muhammad Makes the Jews Pee in Their Pants at Night'

  • News

    September 22, 1998

    Co-conspirators: Khallid and Safir

    'We were penned in like animals.'

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