I won a thing!
I’m very honored to be one of the recipients of a 2016 New York Press Club award for best continuing internet coverage, as one of the contributors to City Limits’ coverage of New York City housing last year. You can … Continue reading
How Moving the Raiders to Vegas Went from Completely Crazy to Crazy Like a Fox Overnight | VICE Sports
When rumors first began to spread last week that Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis was set to commit to moving his team to Las Vegas if elected officials there approved a new NFL-sized stadium, the whole concept seemed a little—what’s … Continue reading
‘Supertall’ Tower Is Bloomberg’s Parting Finger to Brooklyn | Village Voice
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission approved plans last week for a 1,066-foot-tall tower to be built atop a portion of Flatbush Avenue’s Dime Savings Bank, all but assuring that the Brooklyn skyline will soon be dominated by a … Continue reading
New York Opt-Out Rates Remain High, Tests Remain Massively Confusing | Village Voice
The New York State English Language Arts tests for third- through eighth-graders kicked off on Tuesday morning, and already reports are rolling in on how many parents opted their kids out…and how many students and teachers vomited at the sight … Continue reading
The Diamondbacks Want Out of Chase Field, and Every Other Team Could Be Next | VICE Sports
The Arizona Diamondbacks opened their home season last night at Chase Field, one of the flagship venues of the modern stadium era, with its retractable roof and a swimming pool beyond the outfield fence and—oh, wait, I’m sorry, this is … Continue reading
The Future of State Tests Is: a) Promising, b) Worrisome, c) Uncertain | Village Voice
Following last year’s massive opt-out movement, the state education department rushed to announce that in 2016, things would be different: Students will be allowed unlimited time to finish, the number of questions has been trimmed, and teacher evaluations will no … Continue reading
Low-Income Parents Are Caught Between the Growing Opt-Out Movement and the City’s Attempts to Clamp Down on Dissent | Village Voice
If you needed a sign that the reported détente in the ongoing war over New York’s annual public school tests wasn’t all it was cracked up to be, it might have come earlier this month. That’s when news broke of … Continue reading
Brussels Bombings Destroy Fiction That All Terrorism Deaths Count as Equal | FAIR
When a series of bombs went off at the Brussels airport and in a subway station yesterday, killing 31 people and injuring more than 200, the reaction of the US press was immediate and overwhelming. Every major news outlet turned … Continue reading
Screwing Over Sports Ticket Buyers? There’s An App For That | VICE Sports
It’s hard to overstate just how much the lives of sports fans have changed since StubHub was born in the year 2000. Back in the Pleistocene epoch of the 20th century, when men were men and tickets were printed on … Continue reading
Looking for ‘Revitalization’ in All the Wrong Places | FAIR
With Sacramento’s new basketball arena set to open in October, local station FOX40 sent a reporter to find out what the new home of the Kings (being built at a public cost of $226 million) is doing for the city’s … Continue reading