VIA “gothamist.com” by Lauren Evans, reporting by Maud Rozee Gothamist Soaw Nyce A bust of Edward Snowden was erected overnight in Fort Greene Park—and it’s already been covered up by authorities. [UPDATE BELOW] The 100-pound bust of the (in)famous NSA whistleblower was erected near the park’s Prison Ship Martyrs Monument early Monday morning. The artists […]
VIA “higherperspectives.com” Higher Perspectives Kinessa Johnson is a former Army veteran who spent 4 years of her life in Afghanistan. She just recently made a trip to Africa in order to take on a new mission. Here’s how she described her new endeavor: “We’re going over there to do some anti-poaching, kill some bad guys, […]
VIA “attn.com” ATTN ATTN: has released a new video profiling five major corporations that pay above the minimum wage and are still very successful. While conventional wisdom often points to the fact the minimum wage kills jobs, new data is starting to belie these notions. ATTN: recently compiled seven studies on the minimum wage’s correlation […]
VIA “thinkprogress.org” by Carl Gibson Think Progress Starting this week, 25,000 households in Baltimore will suddenly lose their access to water for owing bills of $250 or more, with very little notice given and no public hearings. Rita, a renter in Southeast Baltimore who asked to remain anonymous for this story in order to protect […]
VIA “dailycaller.com by W. James Antle III” Daily Caller You’ve probably heard by now about Indiana’s horrible new anti-gay law. That would be the one signed by Republican Gov. Mike Pence, allowing religious people to exempt themselves from any generally applicable law they feel like and permitting businesses to discriminate against gays. No shoes, no […]
VIA “iheartintelligence.com” by Tanaaz Chubb I Heart Intelligence Do you live in one of the healthiest cities in the world? To determine what constitutes a healthy city, experts looked at the following statistics – Safety Cleanliness Social Connectedness Thriving Economy Access to Healthy Food Quality Medical Care Efficient public transit Easy access to parks and […]
VIA “attn.com” by Mike Vainisi ATTN Low wage workers will participate in a nationwide strike on April 15, and they’ll be asking Americans to support their efforts to push Congress to increase the federal minimum wage to $15. According to the organizing group, the Fight for 15, the strike will include fast food employees, retail […]
VIA “truth-code.com” Truth Code Remember that scene in Minority Report, where Tom Cruise is on the run from the law, but is unable to avoid detection because everywhere he goes there are constant retina scans feeding his location back to a central database? That’s tomorrow. Today, Google is tracking wherever your smartphone goes, and putting […]
VIA “wakingtimes.com” Waking Times S. Grant, Listverse Waking Times Consumerism and the practice of flaunting one’s status through clothes, jewelry, and other things has existed since the dawn of civilization. Yet, the endless cycle of working to buy has never been more rampant than it is now. How did the United States, a nation founded […]
VIA “countercurrentnews.com” Counter Current News It’s not your imagination: the New York Police Department has been planing evidence and framing innocent people all in order to meet arrest quotes. This comes as an a former New York City narcotics detective, Stephen Anderson, testified in court that the NYPD routinely plants drugs on innocent people. He […]
