Clinton Challenges Obama To Debate

Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton turned up the rhetoric Saturday in their increasingly heated primary battle as she issued a new debate challenge…

Sharpton Calls For Civil Disobedience

The fiancee of Sean Bell, in her first public words since the acquittals of three police detectives charged in the fatal shooting of her fiance, said “the justice system let me down” and pledged to seek redress in further legal action…

Harlem Hospital Restores Treasures

We want to highlight the effort now being undertaken by Harlem Hospital Center to restore and preserve murals that were commissioned in 1936 by the Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal agency, the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA).

A Walk Down 125th Street

A Proposal for Major Re-Zoning Shakes Up an Historic Street
Changes are coming to 125th Street. Plans to rezone Harlem’s main artery look headed for approval in the city council, after a compromise to limit the height of new buildings to 19 stories. The amount of affordable housing in the plan has also been increased. While [...]

The Incredibly Shrinking Democrats

“This election,” Harlem resident Bill Clinton said in the hours before the Pennsylvania primary, “is too big to be small.”…

HW Pick: Ali At Moma

MoMA takes us through a wonderful decade of legendary Esquire magazine covers (’62 to ‘72, for the curious)…