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April 17, 2013 Andy Cush

This ingenious infographic, created for the New Yorker by designer Larry Buchanan, illustrates New York City’s wealth disparities by plotting median household income against every subway stop in the city. Each train line is displayed individually, making it very easy to see the close relationship between geography and money. Witness the immense dropoff between Grand Street and […]

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April 2, 2013 Kyle Chayka

If you’ve spent any real time on Craiglist you know that it’s mostly just a place to get rid of last year’s Ikea furniture. Occasionally you find something so silly, so poorly written, and so ridiculous that you have to tell someone. Someone is selling a painting on Craigslist for $45,000. Perhaps the only thing more ridiculous […]

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April 1, 2013 Julia Dawidowicz

In Othello, Shakespeare famously wrote that “Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.” Yep, turns out he was talking out of his ass. A recently published study from Aberystwyth University suggests that England’s most revered playwright was actually a rich, miserly landowner who took advantage of the poor and was repeatedly busted for tax […]

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March 19, 2013 Andy Cush

As a part of state budget negotiations, New York legislators and Governor Andrew Cuomo have agreed upon a plan that would gradually raise minimum wage over the next three years. The minimum would extend from $7.25 to $8 next year, $8.75 at the beginning of 2015, and $9 at the beginning of 2016, and would […]

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January 25, 2013 Andy Cush

The latest in a string of unlikely friendships for Chris Christie–Booker, Springsteen, Obama–is none other than Mr. Facebook himself, Mark Zuckerberg. In Zuckerberg’s first step into national politics, he’ll host a fundraiser for the outspoken New Jersey governor in his Palo Alto home next month. Zuckerberg, who recently donated $100 million to Newark public schools, […]

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January 21, 2013 Samer Kalaf

The New York Times has got the scoop for you. It turns out that living costs in Manhattan are more expensive than other parts of the country, like, for example, Kansas. This revelation really sucks for Manhattan’s middle class, because now they no longer exist, according to the Times. Rest in peace, middle class. The […]

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January 18, 2013 Andy Cush

This evening, ANIMAL is teaming up with advocacy group Stamp Stampede to raise awareness about Citizens United, one of the most obscene Supreme Court rulings ever handed down by old people in robes. We’ll do this by taking a projector-equipped van around the city, putting enormous images like the one above on various buildings and […]

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January 16, 2013 Andy Cush

Two and a half months after Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and over a week after House of Representatives leadership let the 112th Congress end without a vote, a $50.7 billion relief package has passed through the House. One hundred ninety-two Democrats and 49 Republicans voted “yes” on the […]

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January 9, 2013 Andy Cush

German Designer Aslan Malik created this badass line of dollar bills beautified with some of DC’s greatest heroes–Ben Franklin becomes the Green Lantern, Abe Lincoln is the Flash, Andrew Jackson makes quite a fetching Wonder Woman, et cetera. Next I want to see Aztek on a Peso and Super-Chief on a Buffalo Nickel. Check out […]

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January 4, 2013 Irina Dvalidze

The Holy City has a seriously unholy plight to deal with nowadays. Starting this Wednesday, visitors to the Vatican have not been able to use credit and debit cards for purchases due to a new decision by Italy’s central bank, brought on by concerns over inadequate money laundering. Italy’s central bank has refused clearance to […]

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