Where is “West Side Story”?
On February 20, Ivo Van Hoe’s revival of West Side Story opened on Broadway. His production suggests a renewed interest in the musical, ahead of Steven Spielberg… Read More »Where is “West Side Story”?
Interviews
When the Sicilian Mafia Wanted Heroin, They Had to Ask the Corsicans
French mafia groups imported up to 80 percent of the heroin sold in the United States from the 1930s until the late 1970s. Most of… Read More »When the Sicilian Mafia Wanted Heroin, They Had to Ask the Corsicans
“That coup attempt had more to do with desperation than anything else”
Banka Manneh came to the United States from the small West African country of The Gambia in 1995 to pursue his bachelor’s degree. He later… Read More »“That coup attempt had more to do with desperation than anything else”
A March is Born; a Parade is Strangled
Martha Shelley was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front, which formed in the wake of the legendary Stonewall riots in New York in… Read More »A March is Born; a Parade is Strangled
If You Knew, You Would Know
In 1973, New York City’s first gay synagogue began to hold weekly Friday services, at a time when the gay liberation movement was new. The… Read More »If You Knew, You Would Know
For One Rabbi, Crown Heights Has Moved On From Old Resentments
By: Megan Taros The Crown Heights Community Jewish Community Council offices are tucked up a narrow stairway between a deli and a cleaning supplies store.… Read More »For One Rabbi, Crown Heights Has Moved On From Old Resentments
Interview with Amy Richards
By: Kelsey Neubauer Amy Richards is a feminist writer, producer and organizer, who has been influential from the early 1990s through today. Here are snippets… Read More »Interview with Amy Richards
The son of exile
By: Karen Gitz Rashid Khalidi was born in Manhattan in 1948, the year marked in Palestinian history as the Nakba, or Catastrophe. In his office… Read More »The son of exile
Times Square: Not a Clean-up, a Corporate Takeover
By: Ilma Hasan Annie Sprinkle was a sex worker and porn star in New York City for 25 years. Arriving in the city in 1973,… Read More »Times Square: Not a Clean-up, a Corporate Takeover
By Any Other Name: An interview with Connecticut mom Molly Rabinowitz, on identity for women and children
By: Sophie Ladanyi When the fiercely independent suffragette Lucy Stone married Henry Browne Blackwell in May 1855, she became the first woman in America to… Read More »By Any Other Name: An interview with Connecticut mom Molly Rabinowitz, on identity for women and children