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“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” No, no, not racist at all.Image: mark wilson/Getty Images By Shannon Connellan2018-01-15 04:23:26 UTC President Trump is “not a racist.” At least that’s what he says. Following a veritable shitstorm of backlash after he referred to places including Haiti, El Salvador, and some […]

Image: chelsea manning on youtube By Adam Rosenberg2018-01-14 21:15:26 UTC #WeGotThis In a five-word Twitter statement on Sunday, Chelsea Manning formally announced her intention to run for a Senate seat in Maryland. Manning’s candidacy was the subject of much speculation on Saturday when a Federal Election Commission filing in her name surfaced. The tweet included […]

“This place is a shithole.” The five-word proclamation appeared as a projection above the entryway at Washington, D.C.’s Trump International Hotel on Saturday night. The projection also included an arrow pointing directly at the hotel’s entrance and a crowd of poop emoji. The projection is, of course, a reference to Trump’s at-best-questionable, at-worst-openly-racist comment referring […]

If you’re gonna talk sh*t about your predecessor, at least ensure you’ve got your facts straight.  That’s one thing that Donald Trump did not do when he fired off a tweet about the reason behind the cancellation of his London trip. What a surprise!  Trump said he cancelled his trip to the UK’s capital because […]

China’s urban population is growing, and with it, rising levels of pollution have become a cause for concern. But the country’s recent efforts to shift to a more sustainable model of city living are promising. In fact, China recently rolled out the world’s largest investment in clean energy to date. The nation has also committed […]

China is steeped in centuries of rich history and culture. But in the modern era, it’s also a country with eyes to the future.  Today’s Chinese cities are forging a path for the world’s urban hubs of the future. This momentum is driven in part by predictions that more than 75% of China’s population (and […]

Image: Rebecca Butala How/Getty Images By Adam Rosenberg2018-01-07 19:47:13 UTC It’s rare for a single airport to make headlines, but that’s what happens when a cascading series of events shuts down one of the world’s biggest transit hubs. John F. Kennedy International Airport is in a state of disarray on Sunday as nasty weather, blistering […]

Image: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images By Adam Rosenberg2018-01-06 15:08:36 UTC 2018 sure is off to a running start in Trumpland. The 45th President of the United States kicked off a busy weekend of meetings at Camp David on Saturday with a brief, fiery tweetstorm that — even at this early point in […]

Trump speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Jan. 4, 2018 in Washington, DC.Image: Alex Wong/Getty Images By Shannon Connellan2018-01-05 07:28:04 UTC The “adult day-care centre” that is the White House is getting even cattier, with the president referring to Steve Bannon as “Sloppy Steve” in a tweet. Donald […]

Trump congratulates Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the White House on Jan. 22, 2017 in Washington, DC.Image: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images By Shannon Connellan2018-01-04 07:40:23 UTC The feathers are flying in the White House, and on the front of the New York Daily News. The publisher has revealed quite the cover, depicting President […]