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FILTER RESULTS ►Eliot Armand Glenn: Quinn's Self-Defense
In response to vicious hate crimes against LGBT New Yorkers, City Council Speaker and mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn is sponsoring an insulting series of classes in "street smarts" and self-defense. As a policy response to these tragedies, Quinn's offer is inadequate and inappropriate.
AT&T looks to keep users powered up with solar charging stations
AT&T has come up with a very clever way to keep New Yorkers’ mobile devices powered up throughout the day. The New York Times reports that AT&T is building 25 solar-powered charging stations throughout New York City that will give wireless users the ability to recharge their phones in places where they can’t typically find electrical outlets. Show More Summary
Eliot Armand Glenn: Quinn's Self-Defense
In response to vicious hate crimes against LGBT New Yorkers, City Council Speaker and mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn is sponsoring an insulting series of classes in "street smarts" and self-defense. As a policy response to these tragedies, Quinn's offer is inadequate and inappropriate.
New Yorkers Get Free Power In The Parks
Months after Hurricane Sandy left New York scrambling for power, the city is unveiling 25 solar powered charging stations in parks and public spaces throughout the five boroughs, starting today.
The pilot project between AT&T and the city of New York is officially called AT&T Street Charge. Show More Summary
What John McCain's Immigration Dishonesty Tells Us About the Folly of Comprehensive Reform
The New Yorker this week
has published an exhaustive—and exhausting—account
of the Senate's attempts thus far to pass comprehensive immigration
reform. The article, by Ryan Lizza, focuses on the "Gang of Eight,"
a bipartisan group of...Show More Summary
New Yorker cover artist Ivan Brunetti reveals the full range of his art, in Aesthetics: A Memoir
Ivan Brunetti, critically acclaimed and award-winning cartoonist, author, New Yorker cover artist, and university professor, reveals his personal aesthetics in a new book, Aesthetics: A Memoir, published by Yale University Press. The...Show More Summary
Rubio Won't Identify Aide Who Provided Controversial Quote
Senator Marco Rubio declined to say who in his office told The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza that “there are some American workers who, for lack of a better term, can't cut it” and downplayed the importance of the now-controversial quote. “I'm the senator. Show More Summary
NYC to Offer Free Phone-Charging Stations in Parks
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a sight that can trigger dread: the low-battery message on your cellphone when there’s no charger around. But New Yorkers needing a little extra juice will have some new options this summer. The city is teaming up with AT&T to install 25 solar-powered charging stations in parks across the five boroughs. Show More Summary
Low on juice? Free solar-powered chargers crop up in New York City
In this day and age, having a smartphone run out of battery power can put quite a damper on a person's day. Good news, at least for New Yorkers: AT&T's testing out free solar-powered charging stations, to keep everyone juiced up while...Show More Summary
Meet Harvey Paul Davidson, a Private Guide in New York City
As a native New Yorker born and raised in Brooklyn, Harvey Paul Davidson is the man to go to if you’re seeking a more nuanced experience of the Big Apple. Harvey spent his adolescence and young adulthood drifting through Brooklyn’s public...Show More Summary
In Praise of Katy Perry’s Masterful Vogue Takedown of Ex-Husband Russell Brand
Trash-talking your ex in public isn’t necessarily a good look, but it’s always chic when you do it in Vogue. (Also works with the New Yorker.) Katy Perry's Vogue dish on ex-husband, comedian Russell Brand is a masterpiece in sympathy garnering and self-preservation, starting from the casual revelation that he divorced her by
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Audio: Howard Stern defends New Yorkers against Sarah Palin’s ‘bunch of little babies’ comment
Stern defends Mayor Bloomberg's agenda.
Who Shot Battling Siki? The Life And Murder Of A Prizefighter
Originally published in 1949 in The New Yorker and anthologized in The World of John Lardner. For more on John Lardner, read Alex Belth's introduction to a new Lardner collection, Southwest Passage. Read more...
Orwell’s Ghost
Even The New Yorker is taking a swing at the administration’s surveillance ops:
Says the cover’s designer, Richard McGuire: “George Orwell’s ghost is shaking his head saying, ‘I told you so.’”
Map: NYC Has New Hurricane Evacuation Zones
NYC officials just unveiled an updated hurricane evacuation zones map. According to the city, "The new Zones, 1 through 6, which will replace Zones A, B and C, now include an additional 600,000 New Yorkers not included within the boundaries of the former zones." [ more › ]
Dead battery relief: New York gets solar phone charging stations
New Yorkers soon will start seeing strange kiosks popping up in parks and other public places. They should be welcome sights, though, since anyone can plug their phones into them for a quick battery refresh.
George Packer talks 'The Unwinding' of America
In his latest nonfiction book The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, George Packer - author and New Yorker staff writer - presents the story of the American economic decline as no one else has. With the skill of a novelist...Show More Summary
Street Style: Welcome to the Roaring Twenties
Over the weekend, New Yorkers decked out in flapper finery traveled to Governor's Island by the boatload to celebrate summer's first Jazz Age Lawn Party. As the costumed attendees wandered about the tree-covered grounds (temporarily living in what appeared to be a real-life version of the party scene in Gatsby),
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25 Sun-Powered Charging Spots Will Ensure No New Yorker Goes Tweetless
There’s nothing worse than being stranded at the beach with a dead battery. But this summer, thanks to a pilot program sponsored by AT&T, no New Yorker will go without Snapchat again. The program will install 25 charging stations across the city, including parks and beaches, in a Parks Department-approved strategy to improve public infrastructure in New York. Read more...
New Yorkers Can Now Solar Charge Their Phones In Parks
Sun-powered stations ensure that your devices never run out of juice.
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