Brooklyn was once considered an incubator for hip-hop, but has it lost its touch? Has hip-hop’s geographical center moved on? Hannah Olivennes looks into the relationship between hip-hop and New York City. Last year, Sha Stimuli, a [...] »
[caption id="attachment_11672" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Don Black (Photo: Stormfront.org) "] [1][/caption] Ron Paul was a hot topic this week on the talk radio show [2] hosted by prominent white supremacist Don Black and his son Derek. Mr... »
It’s easy for residents of Kings County to think they are kings of the world, but they may be surprised to find out that they are not the only Brooklyn in the United States. There [...] »
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin "We got our name from the Velvet Underground song "The Black Angels Death Song." As far as touring with bands with "black" in their names- The Black Keys and Black Rebel Motercycle Club being the... »
A month after Occupy Wall Street started, our reporter Hannah Olivennes looks at the involvement of the Black community in the protest. Two weeks after the Occupy Wall Street movement started, Malik Rashaan, a 39-year-old [...] »
Home-less. That is what Brooklyn activist Samuel E. Anderson sees resulting from the subway-driven gentrification The Observer explored on Friday. It was a widely debated story, with a number of commenters pointing out that Bushwick really isn't that f... »
