Screech Louder

Government forces continue to clash with the opposition over the controversial election this past June, and protests earlier this week ended in bloodshed. Read More

Call me biased (I work in Times Square), but no song knocked harder or louder this year than Jay-Z 's love song to the Big Apple, "Empire State Of Mind." From its chase-you-down beat, to Jay-Z's always-hypnotic roller coaster cadence, to Alicia Keys ' plunky piano parts and soaring, raise-the-roof chorus, "Empire State Of Mind" either made you proud to be a New Yorker or wish you were one. Read More