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We Spoke to Innocent Men Who Were Stopped-and-Frisked
Many people have talked about stop-and-frisk and the NYPD’s racial profiling, but we've heard little from those who have been unjustly stopped-and-frisked. We spoke to three innocent men who were stopped-and-frisked. These are their stories.
Google Royalty Is Kickstarting Bloomberg's Graduation Gift: A New Park
The last time "The Hills" came to New York City, it was a reality soap called, "The City." This time it's a park.
Who Protects New Yorkers from the NYPD?
Nicholas Heyward is a haunted man. He is one of many New Yorkers who have lost loved ones to the police. The tragedy Heyward suffered has turned him into an activist. These days he spends much of his time calling for the Justice Department to review...
Komplaint Dept. Why. I Hate. Graffiti.
Have you noticed how lame graffiti in New York has become in 2013? Especially the one-liners you see more and more of, with their pseudophilosophy and visual impairment. Where exactly is the art? And what's the message?
Relax, Soda Isn’t Killing Anyone
A study says that 180,000 people die every year thanks to sugary drinks. Really? Like, if we could magically erase soda and energy drinks from the Earth, the 180,000 people who died of diabetes and heart disease would still be alive? That sounds right...
Apes on a Gilded Treadmill
The really tragic events at Downton Abbey are not Lady Cora’s miscarriage (brought about by the sinister, ever-machinating Miss O’Brien with a strategically placed bar of soap), or Bates’s unjust conviction for killing his wife (who ate a poisoned pie...
Sugar Control Damage Control: Coke's New TV Ads Preach Responsible Drinking
Coke is fighting back against "sugar control" with a pair of saccharine TV ads that feature happy, beautiful and non-obese people drinking their beverages, and the message that by "working together," America can fight obesity.
Ones and Zeros: Climate Change, China's Hipsters, Jony Ive's Apple
Our weekly round-up of the good guys and bad guys running rampant on the open Internet.
The Media Finally Gets It: There's a Link Between Sandy and Climate Change
For the first times in years, mainstream media outlets are flooding the airwaves, pointing out the link between a warmer world and nastier storms.
Filibustin' with Willie D - The NYPD Can Stop-and-Frisk These Nuts
What more proof do we need that this program is basically institutionalized racial profiling?
Propaganda from Bloomberg's Latest War on Pleasure
First they came for the cigarettes, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a cigarette. Then they came for the artificial transfats and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t an artificial transfat. Now they’re coming for sugary drinks over 16 fluid...