The Daily News profiled social activist rappers Rebel Diaz, yesterday. The rap group was created by Chilean brothers Rodrigo and Gonzalo Venegas and female Puerto Rican rapper Teresita Ayala. The trio relocated from Chicago several years ago to become hip-hop community activists in the South Bronx. The Venegas brothers received some notoriety in the summer of […]
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Rebel Diaz creates hip-hop space for South Bronx community
Posted on 04 March 2011.
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Teen sentenced to 29 years in subway shooting
Posted on 03 March 2011.
The victim’s still-grieving family is dismayed by the punishment.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Newswire0 Comments
Immigrants hope for an even better DREAM
Posted on 25 February 2011.
Proponents of Dream Act discuss what’s next for the derailed bill.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Former Featured, Front Page, Politics0 Comments
Fatal stabbing leaves broken hearts, fatherless children
Posted on 18 February 2011.
A card game in Edenwald ends with one man dead, another facing a murder charge.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Crime, Former Featured, North Central Bronx0 Comments
The Bronx school shuffle: Who’s out, who’s in
Posted on 11 February 2011.
Bronx Ink put together a map of the Bronx schools slated to close, and those that will open their doors.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Education, Former Featured0 Comments
Under new state plan, HIV-patients on Medicaid must enroll in managed care
Posted on 07 February 2011.
Many patients fear the change will hurt their wallets-and may even compromise their care.
Posted in Front Page, Health, Politics0 Comments
Garifuna teens to honor culture at Bronx pageant
Posted on 05 February 2011.
Almost a dozen young women came out for a preview event for this year’s Miss Garifuna Cultural Pageant in the Bronx.
Posted in Culture, Front Page, Rituals, Southern Bronx1 Comment
Sen. Diaz and wife blast Bronx abortion rate
Posted on 04 February 2011.
Senator Ruben Diaz, a Pentecostal minister, held a meeting this week at a church in South Bronx to discuss abstinence.
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