The phrase “good-for-you, brussels sprouts journalism,” indicates that even though it may not be the juiciest or most interesting news, the Texas Tribune’s job is to provide coverage of politics and policy of the Texas state government. The strength of the phrase is that it shows that the Texas Tribune will stick by their standards [...]

Act III of Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke reiterates the devastation caused by hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. His point of view in the documentary was that the government wasn’t doing enough to help the people of New Orleans. The tone of the documentary, and something that was hinted at in the news, was [...]

            I enjoy fast food, I do not want to bad-mouth it. But, there does not need to be multiple fast food places and general places to eat at every street corner. In the area around 170th street and Jerome Ave. in the Bronx, like many places in the Bronx and throughout New York, there [...]

A few years ago the corner by 170th street and Morris Avenue in the Bronx was a vacant lot with overgrown grass. They renovated the lot and built Grant Park, a small area where people in the community can relax, sit on the benches, run for exercise, or kids can play in the grass. Currently, [...]

It’s always fun to get news about a community from people within the actual community. There are many blogs that report about many different communities, but for this post, I will be focusing on a Bronx blog called “BoogieDowner.”
http://boogiedowner.blogspot.com/
The most noticeable and important thing in my mind about this blog is the section called “Round’em Up” [...]