Economy

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  Dispatch

  Right Where She Needs to Be: How Hurricane Sandy Changed Lives

  October 29, 2013 - 

  A year ago, Hurricane Sandy battered the northeastern seaboard, devastating vulnerable communities in New York and New Jersey. Still, for some the storm was a step toward being exactly where they wanted to be: immersed in their surroundings as organizers and active neighbors.  More

  By Sandy Storyline

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  Op-Ed

  Banksy Takes the Art World’s Money, But He Won’t Buy Its Line

  October 15, 2013 - 

  What happens when Banksy subverts the very brand he’s become? Molly Crabapple argues that the British street artist is a godsend to people who “love art but to whom the art world sounds like it’s babbling in an invented language.”  More

  By Molly Crabapple

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  Summit Series

  Housing Is A Human Right: A Conversation with Michael Premo

  September 16, 2013 - 

  In this 2013 Summit Series episode of Forms of Life, Creative Time chief curator Nato Thompson speaks with artist Michael Premo about his use of community storytelling to raise awareness about housing and gentrification, and his involvement with Occupy Homes and Occupy Sandy.  More

  By Michael Premo and Nato Thompson

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  Summit Series

  Toñita’s: The Brooklyn Club That Keeps Puerto Rico Kicking in Williamsburg

  September 16, 2013 - 

  As part of our 2013 Summit Series, filmmakers Beyza Boyacioglu and Sebastian Diaz document the vibrant, communal spirit of the last remaining Puerto Rican social club in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn—a neighborhood known as “Los Sures” until it lost its Latino character.  More

  By Beyza Boyacioglu

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  Video

  The One Percent Blues

  September 3, 2013 - 

  “Who out there spares a thought for us?” ask the proverbial One Percent in Anthony Haden-Guest’s latest rhyming take on the news. “We’ve got so much more than you to lose—that’s why we’re singing the One Percent Blues.”  More

  By Anthony Haden-Guest