Rachel Pincus

Photograph from last year: Mourners leave flowers, photos, and messages in memory of the victims of the 9/11 attacks (AP) Apparently grief runs its course after 10 years: The traditional reading of the names on the anniversary of 9/11 might see some changes after this year. Mayor Bloomberg announced... continue reading on Gothamist

P.S. 51 (Via NY1) Parents at a North Bronx elementary school have just been treated to an unpleasant late-summer surprise. At an "emotional" meeting with the parents of Bronx New School students yesterday, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott announced that the school's air and soil were contaminated by the potentially... continue reading on Gothamist

Move over, Schoolhouse Rock. Today the NY Times has an interesting piece today on how using rap to teach Regents History classes to New York's high schoolers has led to significant leaps in performance. Fresh Prep, a program run by the Urban Arts Partnership, is putting their instructors in... continue reading on Gothamist

Last night, as most people in the neighborhood were dodging raindrops, a modest street party formed to protest the overly gentrifying East Village—a "LET EM EAT CAKE/EAT THE RICH/NO COMFORT ZONE street party," if you will. In lieu of making a cogent, forceful statement against a specific enemy, it was... continue reading on Gothamist

The latest inquiry into the gritty realities of our new friends the fracking industry has just come out, and it brings us an important and previously-unheard lesson: energy industry officials lie! At least if you'll believe a 1987 EPA report that was spared by protocols that have left scientific... continue reading on Gothamist