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New York City Councilman Brad Lander recently introduced a landmark bill—the first of its kind in the country—that…
As our nation stares down the threat of full fascism, we look to the Democratic party to save us as only they can:…
Peggy Noonan, a virtual reality headset that allows the user to see the world through the view of Ronald Reagan’s…
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Bourgeois “food platform” Sweetgreen feels, always, like what would happen if lunch became an app. What is it like…
Why all the talk about socialism? Why all the talk about inequality, and the 99% vs. the 1%? Because for the past…
Chai Feldblum, an Obama appointee who spent nearly nine years serving as the first openly gay person on the Equal…
Though some analysts say rich white male former Republican Mike Bloomberg may have a hard time winning the 2020…
Working with an anonymous source, SPLINTER can exclusively bring to you this uncensored, recent photograph of Jeff…
Genius economist Tyler Cowen says that Hoboken and Jersey City are “Winners” in the Amazon HQ2 fiasco, because “They are nicer than Manhattan anyway and with better day-to-day food options.” Uh. Okay dude. Read more
Yesterday, one of the world’s most powerful companies took its ball and went home, in response to what was—by New…
Queens real estate agents are bemoaning Amazon’s decision to pull out of Long Island City: “We just literally threw out the baby with the bathwater,” one said, confusingly. This all reaffirms our instinct that most real estate agents are kind of dumb, have an easy job, and shouldn’t exist. Read more
On June 16, 1918, the socialist Eugene Debs gave a speech in Canton, Ohio. Did he have a time machine to peer a…
New York City is America’s best and only real city, with one exception: it is so god damn cold here, in the winter.…
The White House’s new Workforce Policy Advisory Board will include Ivanka Trump, 15 CEOs, and no workers. This is an accurate representation of the Republican Party’s concept of work. Read more
Of all the dumb, platitudinous, tone-deaf things said by putty-faced coffee lord Howard Schultz last night, one that…
Amazon’s plans to build its HQ2 in New York City in exchange for nearly $3 billion in public subsidies is dividing…
Amazon is set to bring thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars to New York City. This marks the most promising…
New Orleans is home to more than 1,300 homeless people. Everybody has a story.