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  Lawsuits and the Langston Hughes House

  A Harlem cultural touchstone, like so many others, closes off its past

  It isn't hard to find the Langston Hughes house in East Harlem: It's midway down the block named in his honor (Langston Hughes Place, a section of East 127th Street between Fifth and Madison avenues), it's covered in ivy, and there's a plaque out front. But...

  By Arcynta Ali Childs

  Wednesday, August 27

  It isn't hard to find the Langston Hughes house in East Harlem: It's midway down the block named in his honor (Langston Hughes Place, a section... More >>
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  The Crown Heights Lubavitchers

  Ecstatic Jews, a messiah proclaimed, and the consequential divisions

  Like many other young men in Crown Heights, Itzik Balulu studies the Talmud and other Jewish texts from early in the morning to well into the night. But you should see his ride. When he's not ensconced in 770 Eastern Parkway, the center of the Chabad-Lubavitch...

  By Elizabeth Dwoskin

  Wednesday, August 27

  Like many other young men in Crown Heights, Itzik Balulu studies the Talmud and other Jewish texts from early in the morning to well into the... More >>
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  Congressman Charlie Rangel Gets a Rival

  Craig Schley, an activist and former male model, capitalizes on anti-Rangel feeling

  "I don't have any opponents," Congressman Charlie Rangel told a New York Times reporter earlier this month. "There is no one that doesn't like me—no one." Charlie may have spoken too soon. Craig Schley, an activist and former male model, found...

  By Maria Luisa Tucker

  Wednesday, August 27

  "I don't have any opponents," Congressman Charlie Rangel told a New York Times reporter earlier this month. "There is no one that doesn't like... More >>
• Sotheby's, a Retired Teacher, and California Artist Martín Ramirez

  Auctionable behavior in the middle of a folk-art fight

  Last January, at the intersection of art and money, a retired teacher living in rural California quietly contacted Sotheby's. And so began a bitter legal battle being waged on two coasts. The teacher, Maureen Hammond, wanted to engage the high-end auction...

  By Graham Rayman

  Wednesday, August 27

  Last January, at the intersection of art and money, a retired teacher living in rural California quietly contacted Sotheby's. And so began a... More >>
• Letters 8.27.08

  Don't Joke About Barack Re Roy Edroso's 'The Harrowing Adventures of President Obama' [August 20–26]: Not only is Edroso too kind to flip-flopper Obama, but he's overly optimistic. Meaning that I, the most politically astute New Jerseyan, predict...

  Wednesday, August 27

  Don't Joke About Barack Re Roy Edroso's 'The Harrowing Adventures of President Obama' [August 20–26]: Not only is Edroso too kind to... More >>
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  The Harrowing Adventures of President Obama

  Looking back on his first term

  Until a few counties in places like Florida and Ohio decide this thing on Election Day, we're skipping ahead a few years. We're impatient that way. January 20, 2009: Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. On an innovative...

  By Roy Edroso

  Tuesday, August 19

  Until a few counties in places like Florida and Ohio decide this thing on Election Day, we're skipping ahead a few years. We're impatient that... More >>
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  Talking Strategy with Mets' Manager Jerry Manuel

  And Tolstoy. . .

  This needs to be said one more time: Willie Randolph was shafted. I don't mean the way he was fired, on California time. I mean that he was made the scapegoat for the sins of bad judgment by Mets management. Randolph was the face of the Mets' historic...

  By Allen Barra

  Tuesday, August 19

  This needs to be said one more time: Willie Randolph was shafted. I don't mean the way he was fired, on California time. I mean that he was made... More >>
• Letters 8.20.08

  Aimless and Andy Re Wayne Barrett's 'Andy's Kids' [August 6–12]: This has to be the stupidest piece ever written by Mr. Barrett. There are numerous books out today that detail how our nation got into this mortgage mess, and not one makes the assertion...

  Tuesday, August 19

  Aimless and Andy Re Wayne Barrett's 'Andy's Kids' [August 6–12]: This has to be the stupidest piece ever written by Mr. Barrett. There are... More >>