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Elvis Costello, D'Angelo, Chris Rock Pay Tribute to Prince - Carnegie Hall - 3/7/13

Better Than: Sobbing silently while watching the club performance scene in Purple Rain on your couch for the 25th time this week... not that there's anything wrong with that. The stage was bigger, the venue more prestigious, and the atmosphere gave off a more purple hue. But then this was a Prince ... More >>

Touré Tackles Prince in New Book, Finds Jesus, Discovers They're One in the Same

Dearly Beloved, you are gathered here today to read our interview with a writer about a legendary performer. In this corner, Touré: Journalist and thinker for many an outlet (The New Yorker, VIBE, Time.com), and author of Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness: What It Means to Be Black Now. You perhaps kn ... More >>

"NYC 1993": The New Museum Takes Us Right Here, Right Then

Nontrivial pursuits, 1990s edition

Obama's Drones Turn Rightbloggers Into Civil Libertarians, If Only Temporarily

NBC recently brought to light the Obama Administration's policy of conducting drone attacks on civilians "even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U.S." so long as "an informed, high-level" official thinks they're warranted. This is apparently ap ... More >>

Repub Who Tweeted Racist Stuff About Trayvon Martin Sexted His Penis!

I wasn't going to write about Todd Kincannon because he seemed to be loving the attention his gross tweets about Trayvon Martin were garnering. But it's now come out that the South Carolina Republican sexted his cannon. You know, hie penis. To various women he didn't know.

2012: The Year in Review

From a deranged Dirty Harry to the rise of Honey Boo Boo, it was a long, strange, sad, and silly trip

The 12 Months of Crazy: Rightbloggers' Greatest Hits of 2012

It's been a hell of a year for conservatives, so naturally it's been a flaming, bloody hell of a year for our subjects the rightbloggers. If this is the sort of thing that gladdens your heart, then sit by the fire and let us brighten your holiday season by reviewing, month by month, the rightblogg ... More >>

A Few Lessons We Learned From The 2012 Election Season

Election Day is upon us, people. We cannot even begin to count the minutes, hours, days and months since this whole boondaggle started to consume the media's attention but it's safe to say that it's been way too long. And, once it's over, we can return to normalcy, which is a prolonged period of tim ... More >>

Fear and Loathing in Tampa

From cash-hungry strippers to protesters dressed as vaginas, your gonzo guide to the Republican National Convention

Mike Bloomberg on Aurora Shooting: What Are Obama, Romney Going To Do About Guns?

As developments emerge about an Aurora, Colo. shooting that left at least 12 dead and 50 injured, Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- long a staunch advocate of gun control -- has slammed both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for failing to adequately address firearms issues. On the "The John Gambling Show with ... More >>

The Challenges Facing Ben Stiller's The Watch

I haven't seen it yet, but the film has faced a couple of challenges--more than your average summer comedy. First, the title was changed from Neighborhood Watch to The Watch after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida. Obviously this is a comedy about su ... More >>

Thousands March Down Fifth Avenue in Silence in Protest of Police Brutality on Father's Day

SPANISH HARLEM -- It was the sound of the birds that was most startling. As thousands of protestors marched, in silence, down Fifth Avenue yesterday, it was a strange thing indeed to hear so many New Yorkers not speaking, yelling or blaring music, but to just simply hear birds chirping on a beautif ... More >>

How Will Rodney King's Death Affect Today's Stop and Frisk March?

The reminder of police brutality couldn't be clearer, the timing couldn't be more creepy: as many New Yorkers prepare to join the NAACP's Silent March to End Stop and Frisk, Rodney King was declared dead. King, arguably the most famous American victim of police brutality, has had a very difficult ... More >>

Trayvon Martin Had Weed In His System During Altercation With George Zimmerman. Should Anyone Care?

The national media made a little hay yesterday over the fact that an autopsy revealed that Trayvon Martin had THC in his system at the time of the altercation with George Zimmerman that ultimately ended the Florida teen's life.Martin supporters are adding the autopsy results to the list of reasons w ... More >>

5 Reasons Why Touré Is Wrong On Blacks, Gay Marriage and Obama

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy We like the idea of Touré, but as a person and concept, he's got two sides. There's the Good Touré, who writes beautifully, gave us a nice shout out once, and frolics around the Brooklyn neighborhood we both live in with ... More >>

Q&A: AWKword On Occupy Wall Street, The Power Of Protest Music, And Hearing N.W.A. For The First Time

N.W.A.'s "Fuck Tha Police" burst into Awkword's life thanks to his baby-sitter. The Manhattan-based rapper visibly remembers the day when his part-time watchdog turned up with a copy of Dr. Dre and Ice Cube's anti-establishment rant; hearing the song kick-started his first forays into writing his ow ... More >>

The Top Six Contenders For 2012's Song Of The Summer

Now that the calendar has flipped to May, and the schedules for the area's big sheds have been announced, and the Hot 97 Summer Jam lineup is on the verge of being made public, it's time to think of other musical concerns related to the year's hottest months. Today, let's wonder about what song will ... More >>

NY Post's Abby Schachter: 'The Left' Is Unpatriotic for Complaining About Racism

Did you know that complaining about racism makes you unpatriotic and means that you have a (bad) attitude toward America? Well, it doesn't, but that's what the New York Post's Abby Schachter suggests. "Bill Maher pretty much summed up the left's attitude toward the United States when he declared ... More >>

National Rifle Association Convention Attendees Talk Trayvon Martin; Bad Taste Ensues

The gun lobby has been quite busy... Shortly after news broke that New York pols get more cash from the National Rifle Association than any other state, self-professed Second Amendment enthusiasts spent a weekend full of firearms festivities (and fun) at their annual convention. Of course, attend ... More >>

Rightbloggers Hail Ann Romney, Declare Victory in the War on Women

In the past month, because they endorsed multiple (and sometimes bizarre) anti-abortion laws and denounced efforts to have contraception included in health insurance plans, conservatives found themselves advertised as making a "war on women." But last week they were able to turn the tables, because ... More >>

NRA Calls Bloomberg "An Arrogant Bastard" for Anti-Gun Campaign

As the trial nears for the Trayvon Martin case, a firestorm of debate has spread across the nation surrounding the centerpiece "Stand Your Ground" law -- the legislation George Zimmerman has used as his defense. And now, the Hozziner is beginning to feel the flames from the nation's go-to gun-toters ... More >>

Live: Lil B Absorbs The Audience, Talks Axl Rose And Trayvon Martin At New Museum

Lil B The New Museum Thursday, April 12 Better than: Quietly contemplating a painting. 1. In the small downstairs theater of the New Museum, a projector's light beams onto Lil B, building his shadow. A camera drifts with him from behind, following him in a light trails. It brings the otherwise und ... More >>

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Trayvon Martin Shooting Prompts Mike Bloomberg To Tell America How To Handle Guns...Again

Despite his authority extending no further than the five boroughs of New York City, Mayor Mike Bloomberg is once again trying to dictate gun-control policies for the entire country.In response to the shooting of Trayvon Martin -- an unarmed Florida teen gunned down by a trigger-happy wannabe cop ear ... More >>

George Zimmerman Hit With Second-Degree Murder Charge In Death Of Trayvon Martin

A special prosecutor in Florida announced tonight that wannabe cop George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, a Florida teen fatally shot in February."Forty-five days after Trayvon Martin's life came to a violent end, the wheels of justice have final ... More >>

George Zimmerman's Lawyers Quit: Is Anyone Surprised?

A few short hours after The Real George Zimmerman wowed the world with his, uh, grammatical skills and love of Old Glory, the news broke that his legal team has bailed. Sure, you could spend time listening to legal analysts weighing in on these recent developments. But, the fact is that the attorn ... More >>

Racist with an Explanation: Rightbloggers Defend John Derbyshire

Last week John Derbyshire, a now-former writer for National Review, published elsewhere an article that was plainly racist -- by which we mean, its racism was not veiled or masked in the manner that has become common among rightbloggers, but overt; it asserted that black people were less intelligent ... More >>

Why Do Hispanics Deny that George Zimmerman Is Hispanic?

Lights Off for Earth Hour? Rightbloggers Leave Lights On, Declare Victory Over So-Called "Environment"

Conservatism is making a big comeback, folks. The proof? The tremendous success of Human Achievement Hour on Saturday. What, you never heard of it? Well, you've heard of Earth Hour, right? That thing where all the stupid hippies turned their lights off for an hour to celebrate their precious, so-ca ... More >>

Mayor Mike Bloomberg on Vigilantism: 'It Doesn't Make Any Sense'

Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who has a rep for being very tough on guns, took to the airwaves this morning to criticize stand your ground laws, which have been thrust into the national spotlight since the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. In an interview with "CBS this Morning," Bloomberg sa ... More >>

Would Stricter Gun Laws Have Prevented Trayvon Martin Shooting? Mayor Mike Sure Thinks So

​New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg yesterday said at a press conference that stricter gun laws could have prevented the death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Florida teen killed last month by a wannabe cop/neighborhood watch volunteer."Your heart just has to go out to the parents," Bloomberg said a ... More >>

Donna Lieberman, New York Civil Liberties Union Director, on Trayvon Martin

Turmoil and tension over Trayvon Martin continues to escalate across the U.S. -- now greatly inflamed by a leaked police report -- and intense discussion of the teen's death has continued in New York. From Sean Bell to Jateik Reed to Ramarley Graham, the NYPD has long had a very strained relations ... More >>

Rightbloggers Find the Trayvon Martin Case Proof of Racism -- Against White People

One of the enduring myths of American conservatism is that there's still racism in this country -- and it's suffered by white people at the hands of blacks and white liberal race-traitors. Normal people who've been out of their homes a time or two will find that puzzling. But for rightbloggers it' ... More >>

Occupy Union Square: The Evolution Of A New Protest Camp

When the NYPD again forcefully evicted Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park more than a week ago, many of those who weren't arrested marched north, leading police on a winding course that finally ended at around 2 a.m. in Union Square. Most of the protesters went home after that, but a handful sta ... More >>

Kevin Powell on Trayvon Martin and Racism in America

As anger grows nationwide over the shooting of Trayvon Martin, many in New York have continued to mobilize and speak out against the unarmed teen's death. Kevin Powell, an activist, Guardian* columnist, and one-time Congressional candidate, is one of several advocates in the city leading the call ... More >>

Charles Barron on Ramarley Graham and Trayvon Martin: 'This Madness Must Stop'

As New York and the rest of the nation demand answers about Trayvon Martin's death, Councilmember Charles Barron delivered a message on the steps of City Hall this afternoon that was alternatively angry and somber. Barron, joined by Ramarley Graham's parents and the family of Jateik Reed, asked t ... More >>

East Village Church Invites People To 'Wear A Hoodie To Church' For Trayvon Martin

Following Wednesday's "Million Hoodie March" for Trayvon Martin -- the Florida 17-year-old who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in February -- one New York church is asking people to wear hoodies to service Sunday. "Come to our multiracial/multicultural community, Middle Church, on Sunda ... More >>

OWS Marches Against Police Brutality

Following last week's Occupy Wall Street action that brought the movement back into the streets and the news, protesters marched against police brutality from Zuccotti Park to Union Square today. As with last week the Voice's Nick Pinto is out in the streets following the activity. You can read his ... More >>

Family of John Collado, Inwood Father Killed by NYPD Officer, Calls for Federal Investigation

A day after thousands marched in Union Square for Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old who was shot in Florida, the family members of the late John Collado gathered in a small law office yesterday afternoon to call for a federal investigation into the Inwood father of five's shooting death at the ... More >>

LeBron Has Taken His Protests to South Beach

Well, he couldn't make it to Union Square two nights ago for the emotional Trayvon Martin rally, but LeBron James just tweeted a picture of his entire team in hoodies--with the hashtags #WeAreTrayvonMartin #Hoodies #Stereotyped #WeWantJustice--as a sign of protest against the sad story of the slain ... More >>

Christine Quinn: City's Parks Dept. Might Want to Take Over Spaces Like Zuccotti Park

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is expected to run for mayor in 2013, spoke out this morning about the resurgence of Occupy Wall Street, suggesting that the city may want to rethink how it oversees public park spaces. Quinn, as Capital noted this morning, has generally been cautious abou ... More >>

The Voice Talks "The Nonprofit 1 Percent" and Trayvon Martin On WWRL With Yetta Kurland [AUDIO]

Last night, the Voice was invited to appear on Yetta Kurland Live on WWRL to talk about this week's cover story, "The Nonprofit 1 Percent," as well as to discuss the rally for Trayvon Martin, which we'd just covered prior to arriving at the studio. Kurland spoke with us about the Jewish Guild for ... More >>

Trayvon Martin Rally In Union Square Leads to Massive March

It was not the promised presence of people wearing hoods that first got our attention at tonight's rally, but the Skittles. We were a bit skeptical when we arrived at the Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square and saw a hollering woman tossing bags of Skittles out at the audience. People were grabbin ... More >>