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New data from the national traffic safety administration shows an ominous trend: traffic related deaths are up 11.3 percent for the first nine months of 2015, as compared to the same period a year earlier. Although the NHTSA warns that the data are subject to revision, and cautions that it’s too early to discern the…
A rendering of the streetcar in action (Mayor’s Office) Mayor de Blasio’s $2.5 billion Brooklyn-Queens streetcar isn’t the worst transportation project in New York City (we have a $4 billion subway station), but it may be the most transparently unfair. As an allocation of municipal resources, it would have made perfect fodder for de Blasio’s…
NEW YORK New York City will issue bonds via the creation of a non-profit agency to fund a $2.5 billion light rail system between the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, officials from the mayor’s office said in a statement on Tuesday. Officials said that when the 16-mile system is “fully built-out, it could serve…
Salon.com, the pioneering online news and culture site, is marking its 20th anniversary with an aggressive push into video. We’re looking for ambitious, hard-working producer/editors to produce original videos, mash-ups, super-cuts, news items featuring our award-winning staff, media criticism and more. The successful candidate will be a politics and culture omnivore who understands Salon’s progressive…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Giphy, the Google of GIFs, has closed a $55 million Series C funding round at a valuation of $300 million post-money. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from General Catalyst Partners, RRE, Betaworks, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, CAA and other existing Giphy investors. Giphy launched out of betaworks…
It was only a matter of time before the most self-obsessed rapper of his generation was drawn into the vortex of self-absorption that is Seinfeld. Over the weekend, Kanye West not only made his triumphant return to Saturday Night Live but also debuted his long-delayed, highly anticipated The Life Of Pablo on Tidal. Of the…
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cxenseparse_start A man reads the newspaper ‘Financial Times’ at the 46th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Jan. 22, 2016.(Photo: Jean-christophe Bott, AP) The Financial Times, in a considered piece the other day, has, if there was any doubt, pronounced the newspaper business deader than a doornail. But its more advanced point was…
We now spend more time on mobile gadgets than on desktop devices. The mobile web experience is more important than ever, and overwhelmingly defined by content relevancy, timeliness, and above all, speediness. Mindful web developers—given adequate budget allowances—strive to build mobile-first sites that provide lean, engaging experiences across different screen sizes and devices. These sites…
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich has promoted himself both as a friend of the working poor and as a foe of Hillary Clinton, but as House Budget Committee chairman in the 1990s, he worked with the Clintons to roll back welfare programs, helping double extreme poverty in America. In 1996, the Clinton administration and congressional…