The White House has just released a new batch of photographs documenting President Obama’s most recent trip to the Gulf and while we understand the need to project a face that comprehends the severity of the spill, he may be taking the “feel your pain” vibe a little far.
The day after President Obama made his first Oval Office speech-an attempt to harness the BP disaster to kick-start comprehensive energy reform-the lanky Lauren Remington Platt, 26-year-old great-great-great granddaughter of the founder of the Remington Arms Corporation, hobbled on rickety gold heels into an eco-friendly hut called Solar One in Stuyvesant Cove Park on the Read More
On the afternoon of Monday, June 14, a young man in a ski mask, white wig, top hat and Groucho Marx-style fake nose, mustache and glasses stared out over an auditorium of onlookers at the Hilton hotel in midtown. “The first thing you need to do to get big on Twitter is to Read More
The more we learn about the BP oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the more we ought to question the basic assumptions that led us here. Like the explosion of the housing bubble that ruptured the world economy, this human and environmental tragedy resulted from a system that encourages reckless profiteering Read More
Affordable Housing or Lack Thereof
