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Honeysuckle attends the kickoff to Harlem Week 2019, "A Great Day in Harlem"
by Vickram Singh Fearless and determined, an underground collective tirelessly operates behind closed doors. Their lives are comprised of code...
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by Patricia Whyte Business partners, friends, and soul sisters TiYanna Long and Shellise Rogers are creating black girl magic of...
By Annie Iezzi We live in an age of sustainable fashion, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable packaging and development, all of...
Virginia Tech—My fifth grade class was at the airport in Virginia (either Norfolk or Richmond, I can’t remember), returning from...
By Annie Iezzi Somewhere in the Lower East Side, just off of an early-alphabet avenue, stood a suited man outside...
By Editor It’s a hot, sunny, summer, afternoon on July 9, 2019; about 88 degrees. On this day, Vaughn Jefferson,...
The Chariot You are in the driver’s seat, hands firmly on the reins. Where do you want to go? How...
by Jordan Micoley In 1964, The Federal Communications Commission enacted the FM Non-Duplication Rule, which mandated that AM and FM...
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By Annie Iezzi I am mesmerized by a group of girls playing double-dutch jump rope, their twin lines blurring, a...
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Sean Sobel reviews Ari Aster's latest film
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By Eden Gordon On August 3rd, Azusa Sheshe Dance will take her performance of Houn’ Dawg: The Life and Times...
By Xinyu Wang Consinee Group is a yarn exporter and spinner company founded by Boris Xue and based in Ningbo,...
By Editor Harlem is at, and perhaps created, a crossroads of international and domestic culture. Although situated in upper Manhattan,...
Kristin Manna interviews comedienne and Side Ponytail founder Carolyn Busa
by Annie Iezzi As a young adult, freshly out of acne and everything else teen, few themes hit home harder...
by Kristin Manna In loving memory of Derek Mills, who has passed away November 5th, 2018. Derek, who was a...
by Maria Gabriela Alvarez “What are you doing to check off your goals? Do you possess mementos of your...
by Vickram Singh The sound of music permeates the hot summer air in New Brunswick, NJ. While the college town...
Patricia White remarks on the legacy of the Apollo 11 moon landing upon its 50th anniversary this weekend.
By Vickram Singh Storm clouds were brewing over Asbury Park, New Jersey, with weather forecasts predicting scattered thunderstorms that would...
by Ali McPherson When I walked out the door of my ex-boyfriend’s house for the last time, I had no...
By Alexandra Farina I could already hear the excited clamor of voices mingling as I entered the intimate space, strewn...
Madison Square Garden. August 1, 1971. Against all odds, you scored a ticket to a concert steeped in legend and...
By Chanté Jackson Powerful, rebellious, influential, demanding, enthralling: the very makings of PRIDE, where the fearless, unapologetic and non-conforming thrive....
We’re always proud to highlight the work and voices of our visionary sisters at New York Women in Film and Television...
Right Now is a change of pace from the Aziz Ansari canon
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When he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a recipient of the Award for Musical...
By Vickram Singh Growing up, the Fourth of July used to mean one thing, really, and only one thing — fireworks!...
By Eden Gordon Brazilian filmmaker Alice Furtado’s Sick, Sick, Sick is a dizzying journey through the twin fires of lust...
By Annie Iezzi Brooklyn’s House of Yes is a queer venue whose modus operandi is not only to see and be seen,...
by Vickram Singh I lay on the floor among a menagerie of aroused onlookers, listening intently to acclaimed pornstar Lisa...
On July 2nd, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is expected to sign the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act...
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By Eden Gordon You may not have heard of Stormé DeLarverie, but she played an instrumental role in sparking the...
By Vickram Singh Decent queer representation in mainstream media has been a long time coming. While still having a ways...
By Mark Jason Williams “Am I a bad gay?” I ask myself that a lot, especially during LGBTQ Pride Month,...
by Darren Saad This Sunday is the NYC Pride March, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the seminal...
By Annie Iezzi *Some names are changed to protect the identity of those interviewed As Pride Month comes to a...
By Shani R. Friedman When Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993, she was the first black woman of any nationality...
By Ali McPherson “I would say that America is a country that many people in third world countries view as,...
By Annie Iezzi Last weekend, I had the privilege of sitting in one of Hairrari’s renowned barber chairs and chatting...
We’re always proud to highlight the work and voices of our visionary sisters at New York Women in Film and...
By Annie Iezzi On June 19th, 2019, cannabis could, should and can be legalized for adult use in New York State...