Monthly Archives: September 2012

Protester who painted over Geller’s anti-Muslim subway poster speaks

Protester Mona Eltahawy appeared on Up With Chris Hayes this morning to talk about her arrest for defacing an anti-Muslim ad in a New York City subway station.
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Video: Nan Hayworth explains how tax cuts for the rich help the middle class

Listen as Congresswoman Nan Hayworth peddles the GOP line about extending tax cuts for the wealthy, and how this helps the middle class.

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Spider-Man moves to Brooklyn to fight bedbugs

The web-slinging superhero, who was born in Queens and usually works in Manhattan, moves to another borough to protect its good citizens from evil villains, such as bedbugs.
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Romney’s latest gaffe: Telling the truth on taxes

Mitt Romney has long argued that President Obama raised taxes in his first term. But now he's admitted that this, in fact, did not happen.
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State gives city safe-sex program a boost

Well-endowed men of New York, take note. The state health department is preparing to purchase 720,000 Trojan condoms — 440 cases of Magnums, 280 cases of the ENZ variety — to replenish its contraceptive supply, which goes to organizations and medical centers that then distribute the products to the public for free.
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Charles Barron ‘considering’ run for Public Advocate

Charles Barron, the bombastic Brooklyn councilman who lost a contentious congressional primary to Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries this summer, now has his eye on the city's second highest elected office--Public Advocate.
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Video: Ann Romney worried about Mitt’s ‘mental well-being’

Ann Romney told Nevada television station KTVN that her main concern if her husband wins the upcoming election would be over his state of mind.
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Convicted of a felony? You may still be able to vote

Even with a felony record, you can vote if you have served your prison sentence or been pardoned, and if you have been discharged from parole. You cannot vote if you have been convicted of a felony and are currently serving time in prison or are currently on parole.
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