Growing, lurking threat: “Paper terrorism”
Massive financial schemes by anti-government zealots and sovereign citizens have states scrambling for protection
Sunday, May 19, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 67Business Sovereign Citizens
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Is safe fracking possible?
A new report suggests that drilling for natural gas doesn't have to be an environmental disaster
Friday, May 17, 2013 4:38 PM UTCTechnology Scientific American, fracking
Human Rights Watch: Syrian government practiced torture
Visits to abandoned prisons have turned up torture devices and other evidence of detainee abuse
Friday, May 17, 2013 3:30 PM UTCPolitics Associated Press, Syria
Protesting has never been so hilarious
A New York demonstration against Mexican businessman Carlos Slim is the latest in a series of global laugh-ins VIDEO
Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:37 PM UTCLife Video, Waging Nonviolence
Has school disciplining gone too far?
In institutions across the U.S., normal children's behavior is being treated as evidence of a psychiatric disorder
Thursday, May 16, 2013 2:27 PM UTC 22Politics AlterNet, Education, New York
New York activist faces jail for his silence
My friend Jerry Koch will, for the second time, not cooperate with a grand jury -- the black box of federal justice
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:29 PM UTC 43News jerry koch, Activism, Anarchism
Outrage over bike racks in NYC bike sharing program
Many well-heeled New Yorkers have turned against the city's bike sharing program, calling the racks a "blight"
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:12 PM UTC 37Business green transportation, bikes
How to survive a plague
Cicadas are set to invade the East Coast this summer. An expert explains how we can prepare for the onslaught
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:11 PM UTCLife Pacific Standard, Cicada
Government secretly obtains months of AP phone records
Officials would not say why they sought lists of incoming and outgoing phone calls
Monday, May 13, 2013 8:37 PM UTCTechnology Associated Press, New York
New York terror suspect case could challenge NSA spying
Feds refuse to confirm whether they cracked bomb plot with warrantless eavesdropping
Monday, May 13, 2013 2:06 PM UTCTechnology NSA, Warrantless Wiretapping
Enough with the hipster-bashing
The censure has become a stand-in for anti-intellectualism, middle class resentment and subtle homophobia
Sunday, May 12, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 161Media Jacobin, Hipsters, Brooklyn
Religious right shuns black gay athlete
The movement's defense of Tebow in the wake of Collins' annoucement reveals the depths of its persecution complex
Thursday, May 9, 2013 8:05 PM UTC 37Life Religion Dispatches
Bill de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, on the “fluidity of love” and the political spotlight
Chirlane McCray talks about marrying a man after years as an out lesbian, and possibly becoming Gotham's first lady
Thursday, May 9, 2013 4:10 PM UTCLife Bill de Blasio, Chirlane McCray
New York City Council considers letting non-citizens vote
The Council is scheduled to hold a hearing on allowing non-citizen residents to vote in municipal elections
Thursday, May 9, 2013 1:18 PM UTCPolitics New York City
We’re all responsible for income inequality
A new report reveals that taxpayers subsidize nearly two million low-wage jobs through federal contracts
Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:55 PM UTC 10Business AlterNet, New York, Walmart
$100 to play Star Wars trivia with a congressman
A New York Rep. is holding a Star Wars-themed fundraiser for just 50 Galactic Standard Credits a head VIDEO
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 8:33 PM UTCPolitics Video, Star Wars, Fundraiser
Stop-and-frisk numbers are down… And so is crime
New figures challenge claims by Bloomberg and NYPD chief that the tactic is a necessary crime-stopper
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 1:34 PM UTCNews NYPD, Police, stop-and-frisk
Death toll of Bangladesh building collapse tops 700
The disaster is the worst ever in the garment sector, surpassing New York's Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 11:35 AM UTCBusiness Associated Press, Bangladesh
Steve Kornacki: Anthony Weiner “made an ugly appeal to voters’ worst nature”
The MSNBC host gives a reason to reject the former congressman that's more compelling than a Twitter scandal VIDEO
Sunday, May 5, 2013 3:32 PM UTC 14News Video, Anthony Weiner
The week in 10 pics
From the State House in Providence to One World Trade Center in New York, a look at the week's defining images SLIDE SHOW
Saturday, May 4, 2013 1:00 PM UTCTechnology slideshow, New York, Providence
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