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May 2, 2012
Religion and Campaign Finance Reform Mix: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf To Talk Elections
Remember the "Ground Zero mosque" that wasn't just a mosque but actually a community center but still had people enraged back in 2010 because they thought it would be a victory monument to terrorism? We hadn't really thought about it much recently, either -- until today, when we heard that Imam Fei ... More >>
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March 12, 2012
Rush Limbaugh: Saved by Sandra Fluke?
When Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" on his radio show Feb. 29, it sure seemed like the end of an era might be upon us. Public outcry prompted sponsors to pull support from the show, leaving many to wonder whether the conservative stalwart would ... More >>
News
January 11, 2012
100 Most Powerless New Yorkers
A 'power list' for the rest of us
News
November 30, 2011
America’s Top Heathen
Odin himself might have had a hard time predicting Dan Halloran’s strange career on New York’s City Council
Blogs
October 26, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Gains Traction With Neighbors as CB1 Passes Resolution
Zoe SchlangerMusicians at Zuccotti Park. Last week, sub-committees of Lower Manhattan's Community Board 1 drafted a resolution in hopes of easing tensions with their new neighbors, Occupy Wall Street. Last night, the full board passed the resolution by a large majority. Held at a public sch ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
New Yorkers Reveal Their Favorite Places on I-Call-NY
Concerned New Yorkers, an artist collective responsible for "Monty Burns for Mayor" and "Park 51", have launched a new project called I-Call-NY. They've put up flyers around Manhattan asking people to call in and leave a voicemail with a story about their favorite place in the city. Each message is ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2011
F2K Presents: The Nine Worst September 11 Response Songs
This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a moment in American history that was pretty horrifying for reasons that have been enumerated countless times. (Especially in recent days.) Their effects on pop music weren't as tragic, to be sure, but they were pretty unfort ... More >>
Columns
September 7, 2011
Ground Zero Tolerance
With no politician willing to take charge, the 9/11 recovery has dragged on far too long
Columns
August 24, 2011
Koch v. Obama
Upset at the president's Israel stance, ex-mayor wades into congressional race
Blogs
August 12, 2011
Bob Turner To Claim Liberal Party Endorsement, Worth To Be Determined
The once-potent Liberal Party, which lost its ballot line in 2002, has decided to back Republican Bob Turner in the tightening race to replace Anthony Weiner in the 9th Congressional District, former party chairman Henry Stern told the Voice today. Stern, the former parks commissioner, is a ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
Bob Turner, Congressional Candidate: No Palestinian Chicken Next to Goldblatt's Deli?
One good nontroversy deserves another. Now that Anthony Weiner has abandoned his post representing New York's 9th Congressional District over rather silly reasons, and will soon be replaced by Democrat David Weprin or Republican Bob Turner, it seems fitting that the special election is being framed ... More >>
Blogs
June 20, 2011
What Will The Big Summer Scandal Be?
Last year, it was all that righteous fury about the Ground Zero Mosque and how it would surely end modern civilization as we know it. This year, it can't possibly be Weinergate because that already happened and all the wieners have been grilled. So what will it be? The Awl asked various Ne ... More >>
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February 26, 2011
U.N. Discusses Libya Sanctions; Charlie Sheen's Meltdown Could Lose CBS $250 Million (Weekend Links)
via CNN A U.N. security panel is meeting today to discuss how to go about fixing the situation in Libya. They're discussing whether or not to impose international sanctions on the Libyan government, including travel bans on Muammar Qaddafi and those who are close to him. The U.S. has already clos ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
"Ground Zero Mosque" Loses New Imam Already
The so-called "Ground Zero Mosque" is once again without an imam, as Sheik Abdallah Adhami, who took over only weeks ago as the leader of Park51, the Islamic community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan, announced he would not be sticking around. Just last month, the site's developer Sharif ... More >>
Music
January 19, 2011
Cee Lo Green and the Year of "Fuck You"
Summing up 2010 in two little words
Blogs
December 30, 2010
The 20 Most-Read Village Voice Stories of 2010
This really felt like a breakout year at the Voice, with our big NYPD investigative series, the Runnin' Scared, Sound of the City, and Fork in the Road blogs blowing up, and, um, you know, we're still in print and stuff. Can you guess which Voice story made the biggest splash this year? Befo ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2010
The Dumbest Quotes of 2010
"I am not a witch" - Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell, who is also not employed. "It may be a blessing in disguise" - Evangelist Pat Robertson on the Haiti earthquake that killed possibly more than 100,000 people.
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December 27, 2010
The 10 Best Rightblogger Rants of 2010: Obama vs. Jesus, The Sperm Donor Menace, And More!
What a horrible year it's been. There's been something to annoy everyone, and everyone took full advantage: The health care bill, the Tea Party, the BP spill, the Ground Zero Mosque, the Glenn Beck and Jon Stewart rallies, the Republican Comeback, the enhanced TSA patdowns, WikiLeaks -- and every bi ... More >>
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December 19, 2010
"Ground Zero Mosque" Moving to St. Vincent's?
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia may purchase the closed-down St. Vincent Medical Center and would consider housing the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" at the West Village location, according to an exclusive report in the New York Post. The King would also reopen some of the medical units at St. ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
The 20 Worst Songs of 2010, #17: Trade Martin, "We've Got To Stop The Mosque At Ground Zero"
F2K10 is a countdown of the 20 worst songs of 2010. Track our progress here. Screenshot via MediaiteIf there are history books 100 years from now, they will no doubt portray 2010 as a time when hysteria took over American discourse in fits and hiccups. During the summer's most scorching days ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
Is National Opt-Out Day Going to Wreak Havoc With Your Wednesday?
In recent weeks, we've seen the TSA dispute catalyze and erupt from what started as a few accounts of bad behavior into a national uproar deemed worthy of a boycott, plus T-shirts and even body-scanner proof underwear. But here's the problem with an ethical issue that surfaces by way of mains ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Park51 Developers Apply for Federal Grant
Remember that whole Park51/"Ground Zero Mosque" thing people were getting really upset/crazy/stupid/bigoted about a while back? The Daily Beast says the developers have applied for $5 million from a $20 million federal grant designated for post-9/11 redevelopment. On your mark, pundits. [SH]
News
November 10, 2010
Andrew Cuomo Goes to Albany, Where Lobbyists Are Waiting
Remember that whole Park51/"Ground Zero Mosque" thing people were getting really upset/crazy/stupid/bigoted about a while back? The Daily Beast says the developers have applied for $5 million from a $20 million federal grant designated for post-9/11 redevelopment. On your mark, pundits. [SH]
Blogs
October 27, 2010
10 NYC Hotels Better Fitted for Charlie Sheen to Do Blow in Than the Plaza
Home Alone 2. North by Northwest. Crocodile Dundee. Arthur. Eloise and her motherfucking Pet Turtle!* New York City's landmark The Plaza Hotel has been home to many famous scenes over its 103-year history. Yet Charlie Sheen has managed to sully it, as it is now also home to the famous scene that ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2010
Stuff Crazy White People Like: 3 Ways Rightbloggers Deal (or Don't) With Race
You may have noticed the controversy over last week's Voice cover story, "White America Has Lost Its Mind" by Steven Thrasher. The story has drawn at this writing more than a thousand comments, many of them devoted to proving Thrasher's proposition by example. Among the more choice reader contribu ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Carl Paladino: The Dirty Details in His Campaign Filings
The Times and the Daily News ran stories yesterday exposing the shady conspiracy that is the Paladino For The People campaign. The $53,000 tax lien against campaign spokesman Michael Caputo unearthed by the Times got a taunting "so what" from Caputo himself. Stiffing the IRS just proved agai ... More >>
News
September 29, 2010
White America Has Lost Its Mind
The white brain, beset with worries, finally goes haywire in spectacular fashion
Blogs
September 29, 2010
This Week in the Voice: White America Has Lost Its Mind
From Glenn Beck to Breitbart, Sarah Palin to Rush Limbaugh, from sea to shining sea, from their mere followers to their Kool-Aid drinkers, the rage, motives, and manners all lend themselves to a certain composite picture developing quite neatly in this country, that's really, more than anythi ... More >>
Blogs
September 17, 2010
Our 10 Best Spots to Eat Near the 'Ground Zero Mosque' -- A Restaurant Guide
The superlative "upside-down" Sicilian slice at Majestic Picture this: You've been demonstrating all day, either for or against the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque." (Really, it's just a community center -- get over it right-wing fanatics!) You develop a ferocious hunger and a burning thirst, ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Posts of the Week
It's Friday afternoon, and thus time to look back at the week that was: Nikki Cascone talked about selling 24 Prince, celebrity chef crushes, and keeping things kosher. We ranked Our 10 Best Spots to Eat Near the 'Ground Zero Mosque.' Summit's Greg Seider talked about his bar's first anniversary, ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2010
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Spots to Eat Near the 'Ground Zero Mosque' -- A Restaurant Guide
The sidewalk in front of 45-51 Park Place is relatively quiet at the moment, but a new demo -- pro or con -- may break out at any moment. Our colleagues at Runnin' Scared have done a wonderful job cataloging the ins and outs of the so-called Ground Zero Mosque, while Fork in the Road just sa ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2010
This Week in the Voice: The Endless Bummer of Staten Island
All the way out on the south shore of Staten Island lies a quiet, tucked-away community called the Cedar Grove Beach Club, a "poor man's Bermuda" for the few Staten Islanders who knew about it and summered there. That's all over now, as the city's Parks Department plans to turn the 200-acre p ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2010
The "Ground Zero Victory Mosque" Attack Ad (Video)
It only took psychopaths from outside of New York City what, a month? The inevitable "Ground Zero Victory Mosque" attack ad has finally arrived. Via The Atlantic, it comes from a conservative PAC from Iowa, and yes, it's as gross as you imagined it to be.
Blogs
September 9, 2010
Breaking: Koran-Burning Pastor Terry Jones Cancels Koran-Burning in Exchange for Reported Promise to Move 'Ground Zero Mosque'
Damien Cave, the New York Times' Miami bureau chief, has just Tweeted out that at a press conference, the potential Koran-Burning Pastor Terry Jones of Florida has decided to cancel his Koran-burning. He supposedly got a promise from the Feisel Abdul Rauf, the imam behind Park 51 (AKA the "Gr ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2010
Donald Trump Offers $6 Million Cash for Site of Mosque Near Ground Zero; Gets Shut Down
Runnin' Scared theme of the day: ridiculous religious intolerance. Providing an "exit strategy" for Islamic Center investors, New York's most famous billionaire offered Hisham Elzanaty 25 percent more than what he paid for the site of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, making the $6 millio ... More >>
Music
September 8, 2010
The Ongoing Improvement of Sonny Rollins
Chatting with the Saxophone Colossus, who still insists music can help
Blogs
September 8, 2010
The Ten Very Worst 9/11-Themed Ads
Click to Enlarge.Via CopyRanter.Yesterday, Copyranter caught an advertisement (pictured right) for French weekly Courrier International. The conceit of the advertisement, by Saatchi & Saatchi France, as put by Copyranter: "The World Trade Center architects should have stopped at about 50 floo ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2010
Abe Foxman is Confusing Us by Being Sensible, Admirable, and Nuanced
We've noted Abe Foxman -- the Anti-Defamation League's very public, very loud, very condemnation-happy public face -- as an "known racist" and egomaniacal asshole" here. We're not the only ones who aren't fans of his: one ADL award-winner, Fareed Zakaria, recently returned a $10,000, five yea ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 1, 2010
The Soft Pack
We've noted Abe Foxman -- the Anti-Defamation League's very public, very loud, very condemnation-happy public face -- as an "known racist" and egomaniacal asshole" here. We're not the only ones who aren't fans of his: one ADL award-winner, Fareed Zakaria, recently returned a $10,000, five yea ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2010
7 in 10 New Yorkers Think the Mosque Near Ground Zero Should Be Moved, Regardless of Rights
According to the latest Quinnipiac University poll, 54% of people agree that the developers of Park51 have the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero. However, almost that same percentage (53%) thinks that they should not be able to build the mosque there due to the sensitivities of 9/11 re ... More >>
Blogs
August 29, 2010
More Mosque Violence: Fire at Tennessee Islamic Center Ruled Arson
To many, the stabbing of a New York City taxi driver by a deranged passenger who first asked if the driver was a Muslim seemed like a culmination of weeks of irrational debate about the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque." Now, federal officials are calling a fire at an Islamic center in Tennessee ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2010
Bloomberg Vows to Fight Sliced Bagel Tax
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c
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August 27, 2010
Dear Rest-of-America: Your "Ground Zero Mosque" Perspective of the Day
For those of you not in New York City who've decided to weigh in on the debate over Park 51, the proposed Islamic Community Center in downtown New York City -- or as some of you like to incorrectly label it, the "Ground Zero Mosque" -- here's a little bit of perspective just to remind on this ... More >>
Blogs
August 26, 2010
More Muslim Hate Crime: Drunk Man Pees on Mosque's Prayer Rugs
Proving the stupidity and downright nastiness of bigots (did we need proof?), an apparently drunk man named Omar Rivera decided to pee on prayer rugs at the Al-Iman Mosque in Astoria last night. Beer bottle in hand, he also allegedly shouted anti-Muslim slurs, called the worshippers terrorist ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
Was the Muslim Cab Driver Slashing the First "Ground Zero Mosque" Hate Crime? (Updated)
A cab driver picked up a 21-year-old fare yesterday in Murray Hill on 24th and Second around 6 p.m. The fare -- "visibly drunk" -- gets in the cab, and reportedly asks the driver: "Are you a Muslim?" The driver answers that he is. And what happens next? The fare, as we've now heard, stabs the ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
Park 51-Associated Initiative Releases Statement on Accused Muslim Cabbie Stabber
Earlier, we pointed out that the guy who stabbed a cab driver after asking him if he was a Muslim last night, Michael Enright, might look like a guy who works for Intersections International, an interfaith initiative who recently announced their support of Park 51 (also known to many as the " ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
Apple to Announce New and Improved Version of Now-Outdated Thing You Just Purchased on September 1st
Does Apple really have to throw themselves a whole big event party thing every time they roll out a product? It's not that they aren't informative -- they are -- it's more that they feel like a company who just sold you a $500 piece of electronics which now makes you more available to people ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
Infographic: It's a Muslim World, America's Just Living in It
Apropos of nothing -- except the whole Islamaphobia talking point inspired by that community center downtown (or as people who aren't from New York/are directionally impaired/are reality-impaired call it, the "Ground Zero Mosque") has inspired over the last week or two -- here's a nice way to ... More >>
Columns
July 20, 2010
The Downtown Mosque Plan Riles the Loons
And tugs at the heart

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