Started by a Holocaust surviver, Martin Greenfield Clothiers, located right here in Bushwick, has created custom handmade suits for U.S. presidents and celebrities throughout the nation.

Maybe the fact that Obama (or someone on his team) actually responds to the letters people send him can make us maybe feel a little better after we filed our taxes just yesterday

In a response of Elaheh Farmand’s letter to Obama we published on Monday, another Bushwick resident of Iranian descent took an ink and paper to voice his opinion on the neighborhood we all call home

Bushwick resident of Iranian descent, musician Elaheh Farmand, has been living in Bushwick for a little over a year now and has been seeing a lot of things that bothered her

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“If there’s anyone our students can see themselves in, it’s Jacqueline”

A new documentary chronicles the “dirty gospel” of the Bushwick Abbey’s Vince Anderson.

Redistricting moves and scatters a heated political race, while Elizabeth Crowley has committed to moving within the borders of wherever it is she ends up representing.

I believe these pieces, as a cumulative group, do a great job at reflecting the wide range of emotions, experiences and subjects we encountered in and around Bushwick in 2021.

Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board, established by the PROMESA law in 2016, has “exacerbated the structural inequalities and austerity in Puerto Rico,” one local leader said.

Whoever wins in June will have to decide what to do about the NYCHA deficit

‘It’s frustrating when you’re playing by the rules and your opponent is cheating,’ Salazar says of Andy Marte’s primary challenge

‘We know the fight is not over,’ activists says of their fight against the pipeline extension

These destinations will teach you about women in history.

Raised in the area, Ramos has started in Lin Manuel Miranda’s pop-culture sensation Hamilton, but is taking it back to his Brooklyn roots for his latest project.

Data from the American Community Survey reveals that more than one in four Bushwick residents lives in poverty.

French-Senegalese Photographer Delphine Diallo’s portrait of a serene child was adapted into an illustration by iconic street artist Shepard Fairey.

Many of us are afraid today, not only for the nation and the world but for our very individual rights.

Following a Supreme Court failure to make a decision on keystone Obama administration immigration legislature Thursday, local organizations and community members announced that they would be rallying today at noon outside City Hall to express indignation with the country’s lawmakers

Your chance to vote in one of the more contentious primaries in recent election cycles has arrived! If you’re already registered to vote as a Democrat or a Republican, congrats, you’ve jumped through the first hoop

Not all polling sites are created equal, which is why the Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York (CIDNY) is looking for volunteers to inspect polling sites and determine how well they can accommodate the disabled in the upcoming primary election

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What do Abe Lincoln, Bell hooks, Yoko Ono, Michelle Obama, Kathleen Hanna and Meryl Meisler all have in common?

“Letter to Bushwick” is a new column where members of Bushwick community are encouraged to express their opinions on matters important for the community as a whole

Photos from MayDay’s Facebook Journalists Jeremy Scahill and Glen Greenwald, together with Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Laura Pointras, spoke to a packed audience Thursday night on the top floor of Bushwick’s Mayday, a newly opened “bar and community space” on Starr street in northern part of the booming North Brooklyn neighborhood. Jeremy Scahill, author of Dirty […]

North Shore of Oahu (All photos © Alexandra Uzik) I traveled the world in search of happiness, peace and love only to find out that I’ve always carried it within me; it has always been hidden somewhere deep inside of me. I lived in NYC for almost two years roaming Bushwick galleries and nightlife fulfilling one […]

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