Bernie Sanders for President? Why Not Try a Real Socialist for a Change.
The stubborn Senator from Vermont considers a run for the White House.
The stubborn Senator from Vermont considers a run for the White House.
Mark Jacobson New York Dec 2014 15min Permalink
An ode to aging.
Mark Jacobson New York Apr 2014 20min Permalink
A profile of the saxophone player at 82.
Mark Jacobson Men's Journal Sep 2013 25min Permalink
A profile of Frank Lucas, whose life was the basis for the film American Gangster, decades after his days as a kingpin.
Mark Jacobson New York Aug 2000 35min Permalink
On New York City’s housing projects.
Mark Jacobson New York Sep 2012 25min Permalink
A young woman’s attempt to flee from the most religiously conservative community in America, and to take her daughter with her:
The critical battleground in the War Between the Grunwalds would prove to be niddah, or “separation,” i.e., when the menstruating female is considered “impure” and kept apart from her husband. “It isn’t just your period,” Gitty says. After a woman stops bleeding, she has to wear white underwear for seven days, checking constantly to see if there’s any discharge. Should spotting occur, the woman takes her underwear to a special rabbi who examines the color, shape, and density of the stain. It is he who divines when it is safe for the woman to immerse herself in the mikvah (ritual bath) and be reunited with her husband.
Mark Jacobson New York Jul 2008 30min Permalink
A look at the artists and writers who drive for a New York cab company. The story that inspired Taxi.
Mark Jacobson New York Sep 1975 15min Permalink
On the complete corruption of Paul Bergin, a federal attorney turned high-priced defense lawyer now awaiting trial on a host of charges.
If Paul is guilty of half the things they say, he’d be the craziest, most evil lawyer in the history of the State of New Jersey. That is saying something.
Mark Jacobson New York Jun 2011 20min Permalink
Nicky Louie and the Ghost Shadows.
Mark Jacobson Village Voice Jan 1977 15min Permalink
The rise and fall of a boom-era escort agency in New York City.
Mark Jacobson New York Jul 2005 35min Permalink
A Holocaust detective story: could a lampshade pulled from the ruins of Katrina really be Buchenwald artifact made of human remains?
Mark Jacobson New York Sep 2010 30min Permalink