An Absurdist Film About the American Dream

Álex recommends watching Problemista, a surrealist film featuring an aspiring toy designer and an art critic with a ...

“Very Clever”: 35 Of The Wiliest Criminals Who Boldly Outsmarted Police Officers

Many people generally perceive criminals as dimwitted, bumbling idiots who amount to nothing in their lives. However, many ...

I Helped Turn The Elf On The Shelf Into A Global Phenomenon. I Never Thought It Would End Up Like This.

"Maybe that’s why watching what happened next — not just to the brand, but to Christmas itself — hurts as much as it does." ...
Observer

Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark Signs the Giving Pledge: Interview

Craig Newmark, longtime philanthropist and Craigslist creator, signs the Giving Pledge and details his expanded efforts to ...

A welcome pit stop: the US university using parking lots to help unhoused students

Long Beach City college’s Safe Parking Program provides a protected space for students who are homeless to live in their car ...

Craigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue

Of the wealthiest people in the world, about 250 have pledged to give away the majority of their fortune—an effort coined the Giving Pledge. It was started by Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and ...
The New Yorker

What’s the Fastest Subway Line? (Yes, There Is One)

The M.T.A.’s new “Love Letter to the Subway” tells all about the underground system beloved—and hated—by New Yorkers.
KARK

Pine Bluff police officer fired, charged with DWI after crashing cruiser into Sissy’s Log Cabin

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Officials with the Pine Bluff Police Department revealed more information after an off-duty officer crashed into a jewelry store while driving over 100 mph on Thursday morning.