- And finally, poor Alice Coote. more ›

The Boys Choir of Harlem hasn't had a very easy time, especially after it was found that a guidance counselor molested 14 year old student, but now they need to leave their home at Madison Avenue and East 127th Street. The NY Times looks at the embattled organization, and its struggle to exist amid the financial problems and the Department of Education's allegations that it mishandled the program. The choir operates out of the city's public school, the Choir Academy of Harlem; the choir and city had run the school together. But now the DoE is evicting the choir, contending that its founder, Dr. Walter Turnbull, had not kept the DoE notified of various changes or hired appropriate new leaders, per an agreement. Turnbull argues that the DoE's bureaucracy is stacking the case against him, as well as being racist. Uh-oh, the r-word. Of course, the DoE denies that race had anything to do with their decision, and points to the $5 million in debt that choir is in. more ›

NY Times article:

During yesterday's event, which took place in a small theater at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the two rappers presented donations to the Boys Choir of Harlem, which in recent years has struggled financially. 50 Cent, through his G-Unity charity, donated $150,000, while the Game donated $103,500 through his own charity. more ›