FEB 2013 - Local – The Brooklyn Rail

Watching the Watchdogs

By Ari Paul

While the office of the public advocate may be designed as a watchdog position, its current low budget essentially makes it little more than a bully pulpit for politicians on the rise.

Big Mama’s Legacy

By Eleanor J. Bader

When Ebony first attended the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls in 2007, she had no idea what to expect and feared that she wouldn’t fit in.

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Kelly by the Numbers

By Theodore Hamm

Even as opposition to one of his staple policies grows, so too does Ray Kelly’s approval rating.

The streets of Brighton Beach are, among many other things, a runway of winter style. Under the shadows of the elevated B/Q train parades a vibrant safari of vermilion lipstick, glossy leather boots, and banded fur.

She embodied the New York women you picture populating street markets a century ago—tough as nails, but with each curl intact.