What’s behind the wave of anti-Semitic incidents in Crown Heights, Brooklyn? The neighborhood is home to a substantial Hassidic community, and recently there’s been a spate of violent attacks against Jews, as well as vandalism. Though Donald Trump has certainly aggravated social tensions by pursuing ties to right-wing nationalists and […]
For some time, I’ve been slightly ambivalent toward graffiti though the idealist in me has always believed that in the long-run, reclaiming the urban environment might encourage the rise of a more radical political consciousness. As cities embrace gentrification and homogenization at an increasingly breakneck pace, the need to carve […]
