Stack was 25 years old when she was sent to cover Afghanistan for the Los Angeles Times. Before that she was a national correspondent in Houston for the paper, and had no foreign or war reporting experience. She doesn’t clearly explain her quick promotion. She just says that she was in the right place at the right...
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December 1, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
The Brooklyn Ink Reviews: Confidence Men
A brilliant yet rookie president without control of his subordinates. A technocrat faced with a house full of large personalities. A vessel of hope whose own staff has rocked the boat. This is the portrait of the Obama White House we get from Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Suskind, who interviewed more than 200 insiders for...
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December 1, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Taxpayers Must Cover Boyland’s Legal Fees Again
Democratic Assemblyman Williams Boyland Jr. was in court again on Tuesday, charged with soliciting bribes for more than $250,000 from undercover FBI agents in exchange for favors. Boyland, however, claims he cannot afford to pay for his own defense, so he’s sending the bill to taxpayers. The same court-appointed, legal team will represent the democrat...
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December 1, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
Brooklyn School Searches for Funding to Keep Champion Chess Program in Play
The chess team at Intermediate School 318 in East Williamsburg has 28 national championships under their belt, but recent budget cuts have faculty and students scrambling to raise money. The program costs $100,000 to run, and even with extra money raised through chocolate sales and private donations, the school still needs an additional $60,000. Despite...
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December 1, 2011September 30, 2019Live Wire
The Gowanus Expressway is Here to Stay
The Federal Highway Administration has decided to shelve plans to rebuild or replace the Gowanus Expressway with a tunnel. Residents have long complained about the traffic congestion on this artery that runs from the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The Department of Transportation launched a $680-million “interim” fix of the Gowanus in 2005, but...
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November 30, 2011September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life
Local Photographer Captures Red Hook’s Spirit
"I started carrying my camera when I decided I might be able to make some interesting photographs." Andy Vernon-Jones is a local photographer who captured Red Hook's spirit in his new book, Here in Red Hook.
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November 24, 2011September 27, 2019Brooklyn Life
After a Long Pause, Plans for the Gowanus Begin to Take Shape
The plans for the Gowanus Canal had become as stagnant in recent years as the canal’s famously contaminated water.
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October 13, 2011October 14, 2011Brooklyn Life
New Initiative Draws Immigrant Parents into Schools
The New York Immigration Coalition and the City Council announce establishment of a Family Resource Center in all boroughs as a new initiative to draw immigrant parents to schools.
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October 5, 2011October 6, 2011Brooklyn Life
Red Hook Food Vendors Adjust to New Rules and Changing Faces
On the corner of a soccer field near the Gowanus Canal in Red Hook, women wearing crisp blue aprons and hats bearing El Olomega logos serve Salvadoran dishes to a mixed crowd of Latino soccer players, Red Hook locals and [...]