What More Is There to Say? On Walter Scott and Black Death

Jason Parham · 04/08/15 02:05PM

There is little left to write. But the names are important to remember. Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell and Rekia Boyd and Akai Gurley and Michael Brown and Angelia Mangum and Tamir Rice, 12 and forever imprisoned in the innocence of youth. The afternoon of November 22, 2014 forever on repeat. And now Walter Scott.

Jason Parham · 04/08/15 10:15AM

Residents of Ferguson made history yesterday with a record turnout, electing two black candidates—Ella Jones and Wesley Bell—to City Council. The noteworthy vote ushers in a new era for the local assembly: for the first time since Ferguson’s founding, half of the council seats are held by African Americans.

Robert Durst's Drag Mother Speaks

Rich Juzwiak · 04/08/15 08:51AM

Fucked-up timeline notwithstanding, the most frustrating element of HBO's true-crime documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst was that we never got to see Durst in the drag he donned while hiding from Jeanine Pirro in Galveston, Texas. You know that whatever he looked like while impersonating a woman, it was an amazing sight to behold.

Hamilton Nolan · 04/08/15 08:10AM

Manhattan's Pearl River Mart, the cool Chinese trinket superstore in Soho, has announced it will close because rent on its three-level space will be raised from around $100K a month to more than $500K a month. Perfect space for another chain store.

Alaska Airlines Kicks Woman Off Flight For Having Cancer and No Note 

Aleksander Chan · 04/08/15 08:01AM

Elizabeth Sedway claims she and her family were booted from their flight from Hawaii to San Jose Monday after the crew on an Alaska Airlines plane learned she had cancer, but no doctor's note clearing her to fly. "I’m being removed like I’m a criminal or contagious—because I have cancer,” she can be heard saying in video from the plane she posted to Facebook. "Does anybody wonder how I got to Hawaii?"

A Bunch of Dumb Teens Just Ruined Spring Break For Everyone 

Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/07/15 08:30PM

In a story straight out of the second act of a high school graduation movie, a bitchin' spring break in the Gulf of Mexico was ruined this weekend when Alabama police busted a group of teens hauling their fun juice across state lines.