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Looking for Fraud in All the Wrong Places 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Opponents of the federally funded food stamp program are increasingly using the specter of fraud to justify leaving millions of Americans without vital access to food for their families. Republican me...
The March on Washington at 50: What Now? 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
On Saturday, 250,000 people gathered at the National Mall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Much like the original march, this year’s event, organiz...
‘I Apologize,’ Says Former Opponent of Medical Marijuana 26 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm
Whether it is the impeached Bill Clinton leaving office with solid approval ratings or the once-disgraced Eliot Spitzer now surging in New York City electoral polls, there is ample evidence that Ameri...
Death in Pleasant Valley 26 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
A serious fungal disease you can contract simply by breathing a few spores is 1,001 times more common at California’s Pleasant Valley State Prison than the state average. Non-white inmates are particu...
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Comedy Guy Criticized By a Woman 25 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
It's hard to tell when Parks and Recreation took the title of the most feminism-friendly sitcom on air. When it first aired in 2009, its premise—a new take on the U.S. version of The Office, featuring...
Deaths on the Nile 24 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
Now that the Egyptian Army has decided to break the stalemate and cleanse the public space of Islamist protesters, and the result is hundreds of deaths, one should first just imagine what an uproar th...
Overriding Bloomberg’s Vetoes, New York City Council Bans NYPD Racial Profiling 23 Aug 2013 | 01:58 am
Mayor Bloomberg, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, and New York City's stop-and-frisk policy have taken a pretty heavy one-two punch in the last couple of weeks. The first blow came from Judge Shira Schein...
Tar Sands Drones Are On Their Way 23 Aug 2013 | 01:27 am
North American energy companies are planning to use drones to monitor their pipelines—in part to check for potential gas or oil leaks, but also to limit “third-party intrusions,” a broad range of acti...
Ready, Willing and Disabled 22 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
The upcoming fall TV season will include an unprecedented number of disabled lead characters, largely thanks to NBC. Their new slate includes the sitcoms Growing Up Fisher, which depicts a blind man, ...
No Room of Their Own for New Yorkers in Need 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The city that never sleeps may become the city where the poor can’t afford a place to sleep. While New Yorkers are used to battling astronomical housing costs and wedging themselves into closet-sized ...
