How Marijuana Became Legal (For White People)
Since thirteen states have legalized marijuana for medical use, with another fifteen possibly doing the same by next year, Roger Parloff argues in a humongous Fortune magazine feature (“How Marijuana Became Legal”) that the plant has essentially been legitimized, at least on a “local-option” basis. Moreover, medical marijuana in California offers the benefit of an…
Primary Election Day: Get Out And Vote
Primary elections are taking place across the country. Right now! So if you haven’t already, hie thee hence out the door, down the street, and into a voting booth. (If you live in Utah, don’t forget your ID.) In areas where one party dominates, the primary election is tantamount to a general election, making it…
Maybe If We ATE Better…
We need health-care reform because of predatory insurance companies, right? Well, yes, that’s a big part of it. But maybe it should involve our collective national diet. Perhaps if we ate better foods we wouldn’t be plagued with Type 2 diabetes, heart conditions, and other preventable health disorders that cost billions of public and private…
Health-Care Reform And Social Media
“No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. If you agree, join us in posting this as your status for the rest of the day.” So went the status updates of Facebook users a couple of weeks back. It’s unclear which individual or…
Photojournalist Jeff Antebi
Earlier this year, Jeff Antebi announced a hiatus from his very successful music career (as founder and creative director of Waxploitation Records, Abtebi managed Gnarls Barkley, Danger Mouse, and other left-field successes) to pursue his passion for photojournalism abroad. He is particularly interested in electoral politics in developing nations, and his website documents his…
Hipsters Versus Teabaggers
If you like this, perhaps you’ll be amused by this collection of protestors photographed at Saturday’s Tea Party-march in Washington, D.C. via Gawker
Interview: Young People First’s Zach Kolodin
Struck by how much lip service was being paid to young voters, yet how little real inclusion in the political process they were offered, Young People First (YPF) executive director Zach Kolodin and co-founder Lauren Smith launched YPF last summer as a way to mobilize the demographic to achieve long-term goals in the areas of…
How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? Follow The Nitrous
Nitrous Oxide dealers did swift business outside Carnegie Hall when Trey Anastasio of Phish performed with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on Sept. 12th.
New York City Mayor Floats Election Reforms
Election Reform is nothing new. The State of New York ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1788 and fewer than 40 years later altered the Property Qualification statute to extend voting rights to all white males regardless of whether they owned or rented property. A few years later, the office of Mayor became an elected position…
Canada Pot Nazis: ‘No Wheelchair For You!’
Whenever I think the human race just couldn’t get any dumber when it comes to dealing with marijuana, I’m proven wrong. And this time it’s in Canada. Who would have thought, eh? In an act of utter stupidity and ignorance, a Canadian care center punished resident Nyle Nagy for legally using medical marijuana. Why? The…