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Sad Twitter: How #Dark Tweets Help Users Express Themselves
“You’re skywriting your depression.”
Jun 10, 2015
Three Times Richard Prince Appropriated Others' Work
Did Richard Prince just sell your Instagram photo for hundreds of thousands of dollars?
May 22, 2015
Yik Yak's Baltimore: No Campus Is An Island
Johns Hopkins University can keep much of Maryland employed, but can they talk about race?
Apr 30, 2015
On Record Store Day, A Look At Old Haunts
Before they were Barbour outlets or banks, these storefronts stocked the vinyl records America grew up on.
Apr 18, 2015
Craft Beer Heads Overseas; Will Its US Success Translate To A Foreign Market?
"People will say we're crazy," says the CEO and co-founder of Europe’s first American craft brewery.
Mar 17, 2015
Super Bowl XLIX Branded Tweets: Success, Failure And Dame Angela Lansbury
From "on fleek" to SpongeBob BDSM, some brands had big-time Twitter fails during Super Bowl XLIX.
Feb 02, 2015
Inactive Blog Hipster Runoff Shows Up On Auction Site Flippa
A Flippa auction listing for inactive blog Hipster Runoff shows bids at $11,000. #waytogoBB
Jan 22, 2015
What's Up With The Snowmen At Davos?
Hi, I'm Olaf, and I like sustainable development.
Jan 21, 2015
A New Season Of 'Girls' Means More Opportunities To Hate On Millennials -- This Generator Will Help
The demographic, as a whole, has become an easy scapegoat for everything that is wrong with society.
Jan 08, 2015
Five Ways Your Wallet Might Change In 2015
Tech, and time, will take a toll on your wallet -- and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Dec 31, 2014
How To 'Press For Champagne' On The Cheap (And Not So Cheap At All)
The 'Press For Champagne' button is definitely a thing--and not just on New Year's Eve.
Dec 31, 2014
Shake Shack's IPO: 5 Risk Factors To Consider Before Investing
Shake Shack's IPO is a big move for the "fast casual" burger company, but there are risks associated with investing.
Dec 29, 2014
Could ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Be Made Today?
The plot of Stanley Kubrick's holiday thriller 'Eyes Wide Shut' might have been different with iPhones, but fear of marital secrets stands the test of time.
Dec 24, 2014
Life After Rolling Stone: UVA Students See 'Jackie' As Opportunity To Reform Sexist Greek System
Even as the facts in Rolling Stone's article unravel, students say the campus needs to address real social problems.
Dec 12, 2014
Painters That Inspired Late Poet Laureate Mark Strand
U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Strand died Nov. 29, 2014, in New York. Visual art figured prominently in his life and career.
Dec 01, 2014
The Ferguson Verdict And Facebook Unfriending
We asked our readers what it would take for them to unfriend someone on Facebook.
Nov 26, 2014
From Chelsea To Harlem, Mike Brown Outrage Rings
Hundreds gathered in New York to march in protest of a grand jury's decision not to indict Michael Brown's shooter.
Nov 25, 2014
Matthew Miller's North Korea Imprisonment As Explained By 'Mean Girls'
A stranger from another continent, a book full of lies and competing social powers -- sound familiar?
Nov 21, 2014
Celebrity Advocates Of Immigration Reform
As Obama prepares to announce an executive order on immigration, we rounded up vocal celebrity voices in the immigration debate.
Nov 20, 2014
Times Square's Latest Attraction? Its Biggest Billboard Yet
Crowds gathered to see the biggest LED screen in the U.S. light up for the first time. Soon, they will see Google's advertising there.
Nov 19, 2014
How Unique Is Times Square's New Billboard? A Look At Global Outdoor Advertising
The most expensive billboard in North America is unveiled in Times Square. Here's a look at outdoor advertising around the globe.
Nov 18, 2014
The Iconic Art Of Berlin's East Side Gallery
More than 100 artists turned a section of the former Berlin wall into murals -- but preserving the East Side Gallery has been a struggle.
Nov 09, 2014
Were America's Founders As Modest As Uruguay's President?
Similar to Uruguay's President José Mujica, America's founders valued modesty, but they definitely had means.
Nov 07, 2014
27 Names To Call Your Amazon Echo Instead Of Alexa
Hey, all you Alexas of the world, no need to freak out -- Amazon's moniker for its Echo personal assistant is just a default.
Nov 07, 2014
Illinois Republican Mike Bost, Newly Elected To Congress, Could Make C-SPAN Entertaining
With the excitable Republican moving from the Illinois state house to the U.S. Congress, C-SPAN could finally become must-see TV.
Nov 05, 2014
Midterms 2014: Montana Stays Right Of Center With Republican Steve Daines Election
Daines has been an active critic of Obamacare, calling it “fatally flawed."
Nov 04, 2014
Temporary Flight Restrictions Have Been Controversial For Years, And Mickey's Involved
A flight restriction referred to as the "Mickey Mouse" restriction has been irking some pilots for years.
Nov 03, 2014
UK-Germany EU Immigration Dispute Won’t Spell 'Brexit' Just Yet, Analysts Say
David Cameron's clash with Angela Merkel may be rooted in political gamesmanship rather than a real move to quit Europe.
Nov 03, 2014
A Reader Asks: Why Not Divert Kilauea's Lava Flow?
You wanted to know if Kilauea's lava flow could be diverted, so we asked an expert.
Oct 30, 2014
Beyond The Spin: Do More Bikers Mean More Bike Fatalities?
A new report says an increase in bicyclists could spell more bicycle-related fatalities, but an NYC agency says more bikers will make roads safer.
Oct 29, 2014
