politics

Melting Ice Caps NOT Related to Rising Sea Levels?

Yesterday Terry Gross interviewed Radley Horton, a research scientist at The Earth Institute at Columbia University, about climate change in light of Hurricane Sandy. ...

Stormy Weather Reminds Us: End Climate Silence NOW

With New York City's mass transit literally underwater, we have been reminded (and will continue to be reminded while the subways are pumped), that the climate crisis is ...

The Electoral College is Bullshit

We all know the electoral college is bullshit, and that it skews political power into the hands of the (largely conservative) few. ...

Happy Birthday, Hillary! Dance Like It's 2016 and You're President

Today is Hillary Clinton's birthday; she turns a ripe (but still presidential) 65 years old. ...

"Holy Crap, It's Election Night!": Join the Queers at Branded

On election night, 6 November, join ALL (ok, many or some of) THE BROOKLYN QUEERS at The Branded Saloon for an Election night spectacular-spectacular, hosted by Red Durkin, Ariel "Speedwagon" Fede ...

U.S. Ranks 22nd in Gender Equality--USA! USA!

The World Economic Forum released its "Global Gender Gap Report" for 2012 and the U.S.—suprisingly...or not—ranks 22nd in the world in terms of gender equality, down from its ranking of 17th in 201 ...

WATCH: Last night's "Other" presidential debate

If, like me, you're wondering about which candidate to vote for in this coming election and aren't quite captivated by either "clean coal," Israel-loving, multimillionaire two-party candidate (ie, ...

Presidential Debate 3: Horses-n-Bayonets 2012!

I missed the debate last night—thanks to an hourlong NJ Transit trip topped off with trying to commute home without the two subway lines that I use (the A/C and M—thanks MTA!). ...

White Gay Men Hold the ($) Power, But Are Least Likely to be "Out"

The results of a new Gallup poll of 121,290 Americans conducted this summer have revealed some fascinating—a ...

Jon Stewart Asks Obama WTF? About the First Debate

Last night President Obama appeared on The Daily Show, and Jon Stewart spent no time getting to the WTF-first-debate question. ...
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