Old school An archive of Freedom, Paul Robeson and Louis Burnham's radical Harlem newspaper Cory Doctorow

videos Help crowdfund the Harlem Cryptoparty and 100 unlimited, privacy-protecting wifi hotspots for Puerto Rico Cory Doctorow

california Oakland honoring rapper Tupac Shakur with street name Rusty Blazenhoff

harry belafonte Watch 'We Are the World' participants surprise Harry Belafonte in 1985 Jennifer Sandlin

music Quantum Criminals: a book based on characters from the music of Steely Dan Elías Villoro

new york Forget the Met Gala, real New Yorkers go to the People's Ball Rusty Blazenhoff

music Harry Belafonte, singer and civil rights activist, RIP David Pescovitz

nyc New York City appoints first-ever 'rat czar' Rusty Blazenhoff

new york city Alligator found in Brooklyn, New York David Pescovitz

homelessness in america Private equity firms scooping up properties to maximize profits, increasing number of unhoused people Elías Villoro

Carlos Aponte Google Doodle celebrates mambo legend Tito Puente in animation Rusty Blazenhoff

movies You can now stay at The Godfather house for "$50 a night" Devin Nealy

noads Moon Over Harlem: an all-Black film from 1939 Devin Nealy

africa How do modern billionaires stack up against African kings? Devin Nealy

nyc NYC is opening the first safe injection sites in the US Annie Rauwerda

reading You can finish these crime novels in a single day Séamus Bellamy

music These songs have lyrics that teach you a dance Jason Weisberger

Jesus Where is Jesus's foreskin? David Pescovitz

conspiracy theories Policeman's deathbed confession: the NYPD and the FBI killed Malcolm X David Pescovitz

public domain The Great Gatsby has entered the public domain Mark Frauenfelder