Category Archives: FEATURE

Lest we forget why we fell for Kanye

This week Music Choice added Kanye West’s Graduation to their playlist. Kanye’s personal life has overshadowed his music for quite some time but we have to give credit where it’s due – the man makes good music. Collectively, as a society, we had a hard time forgiving him for ruining Taylor Swift’s moment during the 2009 MTV VMA’s. Then we were magnetically drawn during the Amber Rose days. Now, we’re critical about the Kim Kardashian choice.

The house that Sahar built

The house that Sahar built: Amid the senseless killing, one girl’s life is celebrated by the first Internet café for Afghan women.

Though some progress has been achieved, women in Afghanistan continue to be victimized by tribal ethnocentrism, the politics of war and a patriarchal society that openly embraces misogyny as a tool of repression. One group of daring women has defied the suicide bombers, encroaching military and centuries-old traditions by opening an Internet café, in honor of a girl who tried to stand up for her rights, only to be murdered.

Decadent Dresses Dance down Naeem Khan’s catwalk

Naeem Khan is the go to guy for all things elegant and red carpet ready.

Are all racial groups in Manhattan equal?

With the surveillance of Muslims in full swing, a “Stop and Frisk” policy that only targets select residents and a history of shootings that involve unarmed African-Americans, does New York City represent the new American democracy?