The Brooklyn Ink

Surge in iPhone Theft Prompts Senator Schumer to Push for Anti-Theft Technology

A Brooklyn man’s iphone was snatched  by two teens on the B-47 bus Monday evening, and found a day later in the hands of a deli worker who bought it off the two thieves. The [...]

Book Review: Never the Hope Itself

Esteban Illades reviews Gerry Hadden’s “Never the Hope Itself.” The first few paragraphs of Never the Hope Itself, Gerry Hadden’s memoir about being a correspondent for NPR in Latin America and the Caribbean, hook you [...]

Balancing Journalism With Personal Life

The first few paragraphs of “Never the Hope Itself,” Gerry Hadden’s memoir about being a correspondent for NPR in Latin America and the Caribbean, hook you immediately: Hadden was on his way to become a [...]

Claims of Child Abuse Shake Up Brooklyn’s Poly Prep Country Day School

Following the news of Penn State, Poly Prep is accused of allegedly covering up their own child sex abuse scandal that spanned four decades. Nine former Poly Prep athletes filed a federal lawsuit claiming that [...]

In Bed-Stuy, Loss Gives Life To Hope

22-year-old Kyle Decoteau was shot and killed in Bed-Stuy in July this year. His death and its aftermath, which saw a wave of anti-crime sentiment ripple through the neighborhood, shows that Bed-Stuy, though safer than in the past, is still plagued by crime; and its residents are fed up with the plague.

Book Review: That Used to Be Us

Chikadili Okaneme reviews Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum’  ”That Used to be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World it Invents and How We Can Come Back.” After years of economic decline, many Americans [...]

America, That Used To Be Us

After years of economic decline, many Americans may wonder whether it is too late for the country to return to its former glory.  In “That Used to be Us: How America Fell Behind in the [...]

Living on the Edge in Brighton Beach

Sol and Marilyn Weltman never thought of themselves as poor. And statistically speaking, they are not. But that doesn’t mean that things aren’t tight, as they are for all those aging Americans who, while not [...]

Poor? Not Me, Say Low-Income Elderly in Red Hook and Sheepshead Bay

Spend enough time at the senior centers in Red Hook and Sheepshead Bay, and you’ll be hard pressed to find people who think of themselves as poor. Not that people aren’t living on fixed incomes, [...]

Old and Poor: By The Numbers

Elderly Americans may be receiving a number of noncash benefits, such as food and housing assistance, but they also spend a large portion of their income on medical care and prescription drugs. Relying purely on Social [...]