Archive for March, 2011

Health & Medicine, News Features

U.S. Fails to Protect Workers in Antarctica

U.S. Fails to Protect Workers in Antarctica

~By Sophia Tewa~ An unusual man, David Pecheco decided at the age of 50 that he wanted to live the rest of his life in the treacherous South Pole, his wife Tina by his side. In October 2003, he took a job as a journeyman plumber and moved to the […]

By Tim Harper
Published: March 23, 2011
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News Features

NY’s Little Pakistan: still little after post-9/11 devastation

NY’s Little Pakistan: still little after post-9/11 devastation

~By Aash Jethra~ Before 9/11, as told by New Yorkers who call Little Pakistan home, their neighborhood in Midwood, Brooklyn was a true microcosm of the old country 7,000 miles away. Today, this enclave, desolate and reclusive, wrestles with population loss and ignorance. And fear.

By Aashish Jethra
Published: March 8, 2011
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Arts & Culture

Projekt Darkwave: Music in the Shadows

The headquarters of one of the longest-running independent record labels in America– and certainly the longest in its genre – is hidden in a squat orange warehouse on Fourth Avenue at First Street in Gowanus. The graffiti-scrawled space houses Projekt Records, run by Sam Rosenthal since he founded the brand in 1983.

By Dale Eisinger
Published: March 7, 2011
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