By Tula Connell, AFL-CIO “Romney’s in a bizarro world. He’s suppressing millions of votes in this election and then he lies …” U.S. military veterans severely criticized Mitt Romney today for supporting laws limiting the right of residents to vote in states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, where Republican-controlled legislatures recently enacted new voting laws. In […]Read More
New owner can build up to ten stories along Fulton Street corridor By Nico Simino After years of neglect, family squabbles, so-called squatters, and partial structural collapse, the Slave Theater, 1215 Fulton Avenue, will be auctioned off by the city, as this news paper goes to press. The theater, which was mired in all […]Read More
The winners of the 2012 Greenest Block in Brooklyn Contest were announced yesterday at a press conference on the champion residential block, Lincoln Road between Bedford and Rogers Avenues in the neighborhood of Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Tying for second place: Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Macon/MacDonough/Stuyvesant/Lewis Block Association (for MacDonough Street between Stuyvesant and Lewis Avenues) and Park Slope’s 8th […]Read More
By Bill Blum, Truthdig As the presidential campaign heads for the stretch, the political and legal battles over voter suppression are also coming to a head. To understand the unfolding class warfare – and that’s exactly what it is – it’s important not just to grasp the specifics of the many suppression schemes sweeping […]Read More
By Mary Alice Miller During the weeks since fundamentalist Islamic militants have taken over vast expanses of northern Mali, their intent to impose Sharia is clear. The visible destruction of several ancient Mali shrines, deemed World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, took the world’s breath away. Fighting, beatings, and harassment drove thousands across the country’s borders, […]Read More
“Brooklyn is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, so it’s especially offensive that not only did this reprehensible anti-Semitic act occur in our borough, but at Holocaust Memorial Park, a peaceful place of reflection that memorializes the millions of lives lost due to this very kind of hatred. The Holocaust showed the […]Read More
BROOKLYN, NY, August 8, 2012: Council Member Jumaane D. Williams (D-Brooklyn), co-chair of the Task Force to Combat Gun Violence, released the following statement in response to gun violence incidents that took place last night citywide. This includes a triple shooting at the Agnes Haywood Playground in Gun Hill, with all three victims being teenagers. […]Read More
By David Mark Greaves On the Social Scene … Let’s be clear here: President Barack Obama must be re-elected and the thought of a Mitt Romney Presidency is enough to chill a soul, and yet the one percent — like old movie western claim-jumpers, is setting about the theft of the nation “all nice and […]Read More