Year: 2013

Let’s Give A Warm Welcome To NYC’s New Winter-Proof Cockroach

Dominic Evangelista and Jessica Ware in the insect lab on the Rutgers-Newark campus. (Rob Forman) Great news for bored New Yorkers looking to spice up their cockroach life: a new species of roach has been discovered in Manhattan, and this one isn’t fazed by cold weather. The hearty new species Periplaneta japonica was discovered last year by… Continue reading Let’s Give A Warm Welcome To NYC’s New Winter-Proof Cockroach

Limbaugh: They Think Mandela’s Death is “All About Obama”

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh lashed out the press and the White House this Friday for making Nelson Mandela’s death “all about Obama.” “Without Mandela there might not have been an Obama? I’ll tell you who’s putting this out there. It’s Obama doing everything and anything he can to link himself to Mandela, and the… Continue reading Limbaugh: They Think Mandela’s Death is “All About Obama”

Boyfriend Jumped to his Death because Girlfriend Insisted on Visiting Another Store

A man jumped to his death after a furious row with his girlfriend who insisted they go into another clothes shop. CCTV shows Tao Hsiao, 38, escorting his girlfriend around a shopping mall in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, east China. After five hours Tao finally had enough and demanded to go home. Had enough: Tao Hsiao,… Continue reading Boyfriend Jumped to his Death because Girlfriend Insisted on Visiting Another Store

For Mandela, The Process Was Not Ideal, But the Outcome is Undeniably

What kind of world are we living in, when the man responsible for freeing millions of people from an oppressed system, is denounced and dismissed as if ending such a horrible system as apartheid is a common, everyday routine. When Nelson Mandela died at the age of ninety five, people from around the world recognized… Continue reading For Mandela, The Process Was Not Ideal, But the Outcome is Undeniably

Teaching, Unions and Social Justice

Giving of course my humble opinion, I believe we are at the high water mark of the anti-union, pro-market-force, evaluation-by-testing mania that’s gripped education. Or I could be seriously deluded and education is going through a profound change that will see radically different protocols for years to come. Monday is the National Day of Action,… Continue reading Teaching, Unions and Social Justice

50 Foods You Really Should Be Eating

Flickr/slettvet Think popping a multivitamin once per day is good enough to cover all of the bases your diet is missing? Think again. Your body doesn’t absorb nearly as many minerals and vitamins from that pill as you might believe. Instead, give your body a powerful boost by adding some natural superfoods to your diet.… Continue reading 50 Foods You Really Should Be Eating

NYPD Releases Interactive Crime Map

The NYPD and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications have fashioned an interactive crime map of the five boroughs. Type in an address and you can see the locations of all reported felonies nearby for all months from January 2012 to October 2013, or you can see how felonies stack up by precinct. “This administration has relied on… Continue reading NYPD Releases Interactive Crime Map

FOUND: The Only Republican Governor Fully Implementing Obamacare

Gov. Sandoval

In a Republican party that’s gone all out against Obamacare, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval went all in. Sandoval is the only Republican governor whose state is both running its own health insurance exchange this year and expanding its Medicaid program under the health law. He’s arguably doing more to put the Democrats’ signature law into… Continue reading FOUND: The Only Republican Governor Fully Implementing Obamacare

Sarah Crane, Creator of The “Sarah Strong” Campaign has Died

A 15-year-old Indiana girl whose brave struggle with cancer who inspired thousands, including stars like CeeLo Green and Tom Cruise, has died. The purple Sarah Strong campaign began when Sarah Crane of Michiana was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer in July, one of the youngest people ever to be diagnosed with such an advanced… Continue reading Sarah Crane, Creator of The “Sarah Strong” Campaign has Died

10-Year-Old Girl Caught Viciously Attacking Infant In An Elevator (VIDEO)

A 10-year-old girl was videotaped on surveillance footage attacking a baby in an elevator in China. According to the video on ABC News, the girl grabs the little boy out of his stroller, and pulls him into a high-rise elevator where she then attacks him. She first slams him to the floor and then proceeds to… Continue reading 10-Year-Old Girl Caught Viciously Attacking Infant In An Elevator (VIDEO)