Here's a Map of the NYC Parks Where You Might Get Narced for Smoking Weed

Andy Cush · 04/20/16 12:20PM

After a false start and a spell of glum weather, New York is finally starting to feel springlike this week—just in time for 4/20. If you’re the type who likes to celebrate the day, and who likes to do it outdoors rather than in the safety of your living room, take heed before you smoke weed.

Thomas Ravenel's Southern Gothic 

Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/20/16 11:35AM

The last time Thomas Ravenel ran for office, he’ll now admit to me, his message needed work. “I kept saying during the campaign, I’m good on policy, I’m good in business,” Ravenel said. “Not so great in my personal relationships, but hey, two out of three ain’t bad. But I think that I was wrong. You really have to have three out of three. You really have to have your personal life in order.”

We Still Suck at Getting Poor Kids Into College

Hamilton Nolan · 04/20/16 09:15AM

American colleges and universities are constantly working to diversify their student bodies (or at least appear to diversify on the cover of brochures). A new study finds that we have failed to do much at all to get poor people college educations, though.

Martha Stewart, Disenfranchised

Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/20/16 08:49AM

Martha Stewart already had her vote taken away once, when the state of New York sentenced her to five months in prison for insider trading. This week it may have happened again.

Hillary Clinton Just Won New York

Ashley Feinberg · 04/19/16 08:44PM

After nearly a month of losses, Hillary Clinton can finally claim another victory, this time in her home state of New York.

New York Daily News Editor Fired For Making It Seem Like Shaun King Was a Plagiarist 

Jordan Sargent · 04/19/16 07:56PM

It seemed as though today would be the day that disgraced Black Lives Matter activist-turned-provocateur columnist Shaun King would be caught in exactly the kind of lie for which, after a series of highly public controversies, the internet still seemed eager to nail him. Justin Miller, an editor at The Daily Beast, tweeted at 2:34 p.m. that King had plagiarized his Tuesday broadside from a story written by The Daily Beast’s Kate Briquelet.