On my first day back in New York in the middle of June, a man in his 50s yelled at me and crossed the street for not wearing a mask. He’d just come out of Jeffrey’s Grocery, my favorite local watering hole and was presumably headed somewhere incredibly exciting to eat his classic BEC. (The only thing they have on the menu in the morning is a bacon egg and cheese sandwich).
I live in a 440-square foot apartment overlooking a park in Greenwich Village, New York. It’s delightful, well-lit, expensive, and only shakes sometimes when the subway lines pass underground.
Dozens of journalists, designers and developers spent four days in Miami last weekend bringing change to the face of Latin American journalism. The workshop, an initiative of Chicas Poderosas (Powerful Women), aims to empower female journalists, organizers and artists in developing countries.
Technology lovers and data geeks from all over the country gathered in Washington, D.C. this week for the Gov 2.0 Expo to explore the power of data and its emerging role in government. We spoke with Google’s Natasha Wyatt about innovations that Google’s Crisis Response team has brought to the table. (Full disclosure: Google’s Gulf Coast oil leak page is utilizing a NewsHour/NPR video feed and the oil estimation widget.)
The first things that hit the eye on a sunny day in Pilsen are the murals. There is art everywhere—on storefronts, brickwork, churches, restaurants. The Virgin Mary of Guadalupe glows blue and gold on the side of a four-story building; an unfinished Aztec god gazes down on people behind a tortilleria; in an older mural, a portrait of Che Guevara stares accusingly at passers-by, reminding the majority Mexican-American neighborhood of their collective ancestors and traditions.
