[simpleviewer gallery_id=”163″] The volunteers had commandeered a football field. Now a woman named Lisa was telling a group of them where to go. She was small, standing on a picnic table, voice big enough without the megaphone hanging by her side.
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November 5, 2012September 30, 2019Politics
Staten Island: Toward a New Normal
Storms and politics aside, the borough is changing.
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October 17, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
The Morning After the Night Before
Brooklynites were relieved at President Obama’s showing in last night’s presidential debate. But many were still frustrated by the “style over substance” approach of both candidates and cited the exchange about Libya as a particularly tense moment. With 80% of Brooklyn voters opting for Obama in 2008, no one is pretending that this Democratic borough, in a Democratic state, reflects America’s...
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October 16, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Countdown to the Showdown
Countdown to the Showdown By Iris Mansour The second Presidential debate takes place tonight at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. and the stakes – and tension – could not be higher. President Obama has seen his polling advantages decline in the wake of a lackluster performance in the first debate at Denver, and Mitt...
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September 5, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Robots Lend A Hand
Back in 2010 when Ashley Zelinskie first moved to Bushwick as a fresh-out-of-school, diploma-wielding artist, the economy was at a low. Fast-forward to the present day—Zelinskie has the freedom to make the art she wants. Sales are up, her gallery has visitors and her day job is no more. A renaissance woman who is equal...