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David Wolkoff—the developer tore down Queens graffiti institution 5 Pointz to put up condos—and his wife are being sued by their child’s tutor, the New York Post reports. Lauren Lowenthal alleges that the couple stiffed her nearly $33,000.http://gawker.com/graffiti-mecca… In the suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Lowenthal (an “academic and self-management coach”) invoiced the Wolkoffs…
In an essay for the New York Times, Edward Frame, a graduate student at the New School, writes eloquently of the ironic remove required to work as a waiter in one of New York City’s fanciest restaurants—and also bathroom sex. Frame writes: In a playground for the superrich, I was an overpaid chaperone wearing a…
by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images Earlier this week we reported on the rumors that Banksy was getting ready to crush our warm and fuzzy memories of Disneyland with his pop-up exhibit Dismaland. And now it’s open! Demand was so high for tickets that the website broke. For those of you who want a peek inside but…
AddThis Button Begin WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — The IRS is getting pressured to begin cracking down on televangelists following a John Oliver segment on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight.” Oliver blasted televangelists this past Sunday for what he called “seed faith,” where they tell donors they will reap the rewards by giving money to them. “They preach something…
Photo Credit Harry Campbell ACCIDENTS like the one that critically injured the comedian Tracy Morgan, killed his friend and fellow comedian James McNair, known as Jimmy Mack, and hurt eight others on the New Jersey Turnpike last year are going to continue to happen unless Congress stops coddling the trucking industry. More people will be…
Have a plan, she said. On Aug. 11, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke privately with a group of Black Lives Matter protesters who had tried to disrupt one of her campaign events in New Hampshire. Clinton said raising awareness about inequality would not be enough — there should be a specific vision to improve the lives…
The MediaShift team is shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Dan Reimold, a contributor, friend and inspiration for all of us doing our best to usher in the next generation of journalists. A St. Joseph’s University assistant professor and founder of the College Media Matters blog, Dan researched, wrote and taught about…
“I’M A huge fan of the Mexican people,” Donald Trump said in an interview this weekend with NBC’s Chuck Todd. “But they have to pay for the wall.” Mr Trump, a real-estate mogul and the current front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, is such a fan of Mexicans that, in addition to promising to bully…
“Bitches ain’t shit.” But that reality rap ain’t for you, girl. That line is for them. For those women. Those women gotta change their ways to rid themselves of the label. Until then, how will men respect them? It’s a curious dynamic. Until you can figure that out, gon’ and let them play the song,…
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a head coach be as openly hostile to a starting quarterback as Jay Gruden was toward Robert Griffin III in D.C. last year. In the final month of the season, it seemed like there was always another passive-aggressive shot being made. It was all pretty unprofessional, like a Coors Light commercial…