The Vanishing of Harry Pace: Episode 1
The Rise and Fall of Black Swan. It was Motown before Motown, FUBU before FUBU: Black Swan Records, the record company founded by Harry Pace.The Vanishing of Harry Pace was created and produced by...
View ArticleJustice Breyer's Retirement
As Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer retires, WNYC's legal analyst Jami Floyd talks about his legacy on the court and looks ahead to the process to replace him, including her pick for the seat, and...
View ArticleLike So Many Other Fires, the Bronx Fire Was About Poverty
Last week's devastating fire in the Bronx was a reminder of fires past, and of the crisis of burning buildings that gripped the borough in the 1970s."There were many families who were burned out of...
View ArticleStorming Of The Gates: A Small Town With A Big Prison And A Bloody History
Local residents in the town of Attica, New York don't mind the stigma of the prison uprising that took place here 50 years ago, but they remain clear-eyed about what really happened. WNYC's Joseph...
View ArticleStorming of the Gates: Prisoners' Right To "True Religious Freedom"
The uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York—which began on Sept. 9, 1971, and ended with 43 deaths four days later—began when incarcerated men took control of the state prison...
View ArticleStorming of The Gates: 50 Years After Attica, Activists Are Still Fighting To...
After the uprising and the bloodshed that ended it, state officials agreed to several of the inmates’ initial 27 requested reforms. Authorities ultimately recognized Muslim prisoners’ right to receive...
View ArticleStorming the Gates: Failed Negotiations and the Retaking of Attica
Fifty years ago this month, nearly 1,300 prisoners seized control of a large part of Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York, holding guards and staff members hostage for several days in an...
View Article9/11 and the Rise of the NYPD | PART SEVEN: Unity
The days after September 11th are mostly remembered as a time when the country came together, where our grief turned to unity around a common cause. Parts of these memories are tainted by the rosiness...
View Article9/11 and the Rise of the NYPD | PART SIX: The Sacrifice
Ivonne Sanchez was responding to an emergency in the Bronx when the first plane flew into the World Trade Center on 9/11. By the time the NYFD EMT was able to make it downtown, the towers had...
View Article9/11 and the Rise of the NYPD | PART FIVE: The Mayor
On September 11, 2001, Rudy Guiliani was transformed from lame-duck mayor to something almost larger than life. By the time he appeared at the 9/11 prayer service at Yankee Stadium on September 23rd,...
View ArticleLooking Back At The 1971 Attica Uprising: Three Witnesses
Fifty years ago this week, September 9-13, 1971, incarcerated men at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York took control of the state prison to demand humane treatment and better living....
View ArticleAttica: Fifty Years Later | PART ONE What Set The Stage For The Deadly...
Fifty years ago this week, September 9-13, 1971, incarcerated men at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York took control of the state prison to demand humane treatment and better living....
View Article9/11 and the Rise of the NYPD | PART FOUR: See Something, Say Something
The most ubiquitous crime-fighting phrase to emerge in the aftermath of September 11 almost never made it into the American vernacular.The U.S. Department of Justice rejected it outright. It was only...
View ArticleNational Politics; Violence in City Jails; Policing Since 9/11; Terror and...
On today's show:Jonathan Lemire, White House reporter for the Associated Press and political analyst for MSNBC/NBC News, discusses the latest national political developments.WNYC/Gothamist reporter...
View ArticleSelf-Harm Is Spiking In New York City Jails
Internal numbers show the rise in self-harm rates started a few months into the pandemic after authorities halted numerous jail services and programs. Read the full story at Gothamist.com.
View Article9/11 and the Rise the NYPD | PART THREE: The Surveillance
“It came to the point where I was literally being followed by two cops, and I told myself it was in my head,” Mohamed Bahe recalled. “But it was always the same cars, and every time I stopped, they...
View Article9/11 and the Rise of the NYPD | PART TWO The Power of the NYPD in the 21st...
After the September 11 attacks, the NYPD revamped its intelligence division and brought in a former CIA leader to run it. NYPD detectives were stationed in cities around the world, attempting to...
View Article9/11 and the Rise of the NYPD | PART ONE The Launch of the City's Police...
For roughly the first 200 years of its life, New York City had no police force — at least not one we’d describe as such by contemporary standards. It had a hodge-podge of watchmen and constables,...
View ArticleA Massacre Happened In New York City In The Summer Of 1863
One hundred and fifty-eight years ago this summer, a massacre occurred in New York City.From history books to Hollywood, it has long been told as a violent uprising by poor, Irish men against...
View ArticleENCORE: Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter "A"
We remember Temitayo Fagbenle (March 21, 1996 – July 27, 2021) with this encore presentation of her first Radio Rookies piece, "Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter 'A,'" which went on to win a...
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