Stop-and-frisk is the long endured practice whereby police officers in New York City have stopped and questioned hundreds of thousands of pedestrians, particularly African-Americans and Latinos;The program functions as sanctioned racial profiling and permitted discrimination.
This year's winter in NYC is quite painful to deal with, especially when fashionable New Yorkers find themselves inevitably being forced to compromise to its extreme, cold weather. However, the snow and winds can't threaten us anymore - check out these affordable, practical tricks to stay warm and be stylish, simultaneously.
Imagine you are an architect or an engineer and you were given the monumental task to create a modern building of worship for a celestial client such as God?
Well the idea of exploring "religious architecture" and how it has evolved into today's modern landscape, was a concept that editors Lukas Feireiss and Robert Klanten explored in their book "Closer to God: Religious Architecture and Sacred Spaces."
As far as winters go, this is definitely one of the worst on record, and the trend continued with Winter Storm Nika, a storm which left thousands in Pennsylvania without power and forced a state of emergency to be declared in New York.
Jeopardy! contestant Arthur Chu has received criticism from the shows' fans for his controversial game-winning strategy. The contestant, however, says he is just a clever Google navigator trying to support his family.
The scandals surrounding the prevalence of sex abuse in the Catholic Church have reached international proportions: the United Nations has slammed the Catholic Church -- and, specifically, the Vatican -- for its role in the cover-up of the sex abuse, and has called for the Holy See to remove all pedophiles from its rank and file.
There are a number of threats to the Sochi Games to begin on Friday. American authorities have warned Russian officials of the possible "toothpaste bombs."
The Latino population is abundant. The group now outnumbers the longstanding Caucasian majority, and Latinos can take credit for 19% of 16- to 24 year olds in the United States. To reach this demographic, marketers have even gone as far as to feign authenticity, by branding products “Latino.”
Sandwich restaurant chain Subway is removing a special ingredient from its bread that can also be found in synthetic leather, shoes rubber and yoga mats.
The sculpture of a man with his eyes closed, in a zombie-like trance and in his white "tighty whities" has made students uncomfortable enough to start a petition to make the artwork disappear. The "Sleepwalker", as the sculpture was named, was put right in the middle of a busy part of the campus in Wellesley College. Students argue that the nearly naked man is a "source of apprehension, fear, and triggering thoughts regarding sexual assault".
Dimly lit basements with buddies crowded around television screens and bosky public parks where friends are congregated around peeling picnic tables are the imagined settings for teenagers who engage in drug use and abuse. Though, the reality is that teens participate in drug use any and everywhere -and Latino teens are leading the trend
Bedrooms aren't only for sleeping, they are the backdrop for intimate encounters and sexual exploration. AARP conducted a survey that supports the belief that older Hispanics "put a higher priority on having great sex and passion in their relationships than do other Americans."
Running with the bulls has become a centuries-old tradition, beginning in Spain. And now, the tradition has been blasted into the 21st century when a man staked his claim as taking "the most dangerous selfie ever" by snapping a pic of himself running with the bulls!
Who can possibly forget Beyoncé's racy performance at this year's Grammys? She certainly managed to show off her new toned figure, clad in a skimpy, skin-baring outfit for the recent event. Now, she once again flaunts her envious curves in the latest commercial for her new perfume, Rise.
