Originally published Nov. 1, 2012 in the Mott Haven Herald. By Nicholas Wells and Irina Ivanova. Neighborhood emerges from hurricane with minor damage Mott Haven and Port Morris residents—spared the worst in Hurricane Sandy’s rampage through the Northeast—have begun to clean up their neighborhood. The area lost a beloved tree and suffered a manhole explosion […]
Categories: Photography, Print
Originally published Oct. 19, 2012 in the Mott Haven Herald. By Nicholas Wells and Ann Marie Awad. Smart phone thefts Police are asking Mott Haven residents to be extra careful about displaying their smart phones in public, especially around housing projects and subway entrances and exits, in the face of a stubborn wave of […]
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Originally published Oct. 16, 2012 in the Mott Haven Herald. Budget cuts strain safety net for Mott Haven’s hungry Nearly 200 people lined up outside St. Peter in the Bronx Lutheran Church on East 140th Street on a Wednesday afternoon in September for a bag of red peppers each. The food pantry at St. Peter […]
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Tracking outside spending in U.S. Senate races Coming into the 2012 elections, pundits on both sides of the aisle decried what massive political spending would mean for our democracy. The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission (2010) opened the floodgates for unprecedented contributions to opaque partisan organizations known as Political Action […]
Categories: Interactive • Tags: superPAC
A quiz by Sofia Perpetua and Nicholas Wells.
Categories: Interactive, New York • Tags: games, New York City
Each weekend in parks across the city, New Yorkers gather to play informal games of chess. More than any other game, good weather draws people into the public square to do battle on the checkered board. Fulton Park, in the Southeast section of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, is no exception. While small in size, the park attracts […]
Categories: Photography, Print • Tags: Brooklyn, Chess, Photo
Categories: Photography • Tags: Photo
Taking a porn star to check out a supposedly shocking exhibit of Jeff Koons’ work
Categories: Arts & Culture, Print • Tags: Kitsch
David Hockney is having a moment—50 years in the making
Categories: Arts & Culture, Print • Tags: David Hockney, Technology