Classic Grifts Are Alive and Well in D.C.
Trump administration officials and cabinet secretaries are forever finding new and innovative ways to scam the public.…
Horrific Limo Crash Leaves 20 Dead in Upstate New York
Investigators are piecing together the details of a terrifying two-vehicle crash involving an SUV-style limousine and…
D.C. Metro Transit Police Pin Woman Down With Taser for Heinous Crime of 'Fare Evasion'
A D.C. Metropolitan Transit officer arrested a 24-year old woman on Wednesday and pinned her to the ground with a…
The Border Patrol Is Going Deeper and Deeper Into the U.S. Mainland and Running Wild
With illegal border crossings currently at their lowest level in decades, Border Patrol agents have been setting up…
We Need to Talk About the MTA’s Sexual Assault Problem
My first encounter with sexual assault coincided with another traumatic event. I was 12 years old when the Twin Towers…
Senate Confirms Lawyer Who Authored Bush-Era Torture Memos to Transportation Department Post
In President Trump’s perfect universe, all of his discriminatory, objectively dangerous, and entirely shitty…
How the MTA Is Like an Alcoholic
The summer is hot and the trains are stopped. As you sit on a stalled subway train somewhere deep underground, enjoy…
Why Is Stuff in the Subway Always Breaking?
Here in New York City, the transportation situation is so dire that the MTA is encouraging people to “stay home or work…
Yes, Subway Train Operators Know Just How Bad Things Are
New York City subways suck, and we’re asking MTA employees to tell us why. Today, actual train operators speak out on…
How the MTA Got So Broke
Everyone who has ever sat on a stalled subway train knows that the MTA, the agency responsible for keeping New York…
Do You Work For the MTA? Tell Us Your Story
This morning’s rush hour subway delaypocalypse in New York City felt almost routine, what with the similar delays in…
Mexico City Put Fake Penises on the Subway to Fight Sexual Violence
A recent campaign launched by UN Women in Mexico and the Mexico City government seeks to educate Metro riders about…
Hate preacher Terry Jones, whose burning of the Qur’an got people killed, was working as a Florida Uber driver
Just when ridesharing service Uber thought it was moving beyond the #DeleteUber PR disaster, the company is again…
Make no mistake: Uber and Lyft don't actually care why you're angry at Trump
On Saturday evening in New York, scores of immigrants and refugees remained detained at JFK airport following Trump’s…
Watch the incredible moment an ACLU lawyer announced the stay against the #MuslimBan
Last night, various courts put a halt on President Donald Trump's unprecedented executive order banning people from…
Some Florida lawmakers actually want to make it easier to bring guns into airport terminals
Prior to Friday's shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport where at least five people were…
Transgender black man survives racially motivated stabbing on the NYC subway
While riding the subway home to the Bronx from his job as a hair stylist in New Jersey, 44-year-old Ijan Jarrett made…
New York's newest subway station features a powerful show of support for the LGBTQ community
When Manhattan's Second Avenue subway station opens at 72nd Street next month, it will do more than simply offer a…
Fallen Brazilian soccer team named tournament champs after fatal plane crash
Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense has been awarded the Copa Sudamericana championship trophy a week after most of its…
Brazilian soccer team's airline was warned it didn't have enough fuel before taking off on fatal flight
Minutes before Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense took off for Colombia last Monday, an airport official warned Lamia…