In Qatar, migrant workers were forced to run a “megamarathon” in jeans and flip-flops in a demonstration of the state’s competence ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The connection between forcing wage slaves to run a marathon and a country’s suitability for an international sports competition. (The Daily Beast) Senator Dianne Feinstein has called […]

McDonald’s and Walmart have joined a growing list of companies paying above the minimum wage. Forbes tries to figure out why. We’re just trying to enjoy it. A driverless car navigated a cross country trip in just nine days. What an exciting future we seem to be entering, complete with new and exciting traffic laws. […]

On Wednesday, Governor Jerry Brown (finally) imposed mandatory water restrictions in California. Brown mandated that each town is to reduce its water usage by 25%. This historical drought has left the Northern Sierra mountain range’s snowpack, the main water source for the state of California, at an all time low of 16% of its average amount. No more […]

Dermatologists hate her! This suburban mom uses cheap household ingredients to keep her skin looking like she’s still twenty-five! Here are fifty-two bars of soap that look eerily similar to human beings. You can’t ignore this shockingly heartwarming picture of a single mother making it on her own in the Big Apple. Here are three things you’ll never want to read again if […]

A new fence in front of the tourist section of the White House is coming along with a new President in 2016. (NY Times) In an effort to address its low levels of tourism since 2011, Egypt has released a new visa law in which tourist visas will only be granted to groups traveling with a […]

March Madness is in full swing which means that it’s time for another round of Liewitness News! Which school are you rooting for: University of Phoenix or DeVry University? (Huffington Post) What scares a New Englander more than Tom Brady jumping off a cliff? Gisele Bündchen posting a Facebook video of Tom Brady jumping off a cliff. […]

Inexplicably extant smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry (formerly Research In Motion) has announced its lowest quarterly sales in eight years, though it somehow managed to sell 1.6 million handsets over the period. (Financial Times) Senator Harry Reid has announced that he won’t be seeking a sixth term in 2016, thereby ending what will have been a ten-year […]

Professor Mercer talks about Columbia when comparing the experience teaching here and teaching in prison. (Washington Post) Former N.B.A. player Troy Murphy talks about Columbia in describing what it’s like to go back to school here. (New York Times) Forbes talks about Columbia when they evaluate the significance of the recent administrative decision to close […]

Yesterday Kraft and Heinz merged to make the mega Kraft Heinz Company. Together the company’s sales will be upward of $28 billion. The deal is projected to close in the second half of 2015. The real question is, will they be selling ketchup flavored mac and cheese now? (CNN) Uber recently announced that they would […]

Another Republican candidate is announcing today his desire to run for President in 2016, and if he wins come the fateful day, there will be a long-established pattern of Democrats being President in between Texan Republican administrations. (NY Times) The Lone Star state has been paying the way for veterans enrolled in in-state colleges, but […]

Everyone’s favorite boot manufacturer, LL Bean, plans to triple its U.S. stores by 2020, citing strong sales growth in—you guessed it—their footwear division. Whether this sets them up to find out the hard way about the existence of Zappos and the idea of a “fad,” only time will tell. (NYT) Art Basel Hong Kong, an Asian […]

To get an Apple Watch or not to get an Apple Watch? Are they lame?? Not if you bling it out. Dolce & Gabbana introduced tech gear dripping in crystals on the runway in paris, but no need to stop there. Get your sick new Apple Watch done! (Vogue) Kendrick Lamar is dropping, To Pimp a Butterfly, on […]

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson took to the runway at Valentino’s Paris Fashion Week show to announce Zoolander 2. (Rolling Stone) Check out this piece on “post-internet poetry”–writing that uses the internet and technology as its basis. (New Yorker) The winter of Canada Goose: We guess outside Butler isn’t the only place you can find people […]

The early bird doesn’t always catch the worm—in Georgia, at least. Kevin McGill, a garbage collector in The Peach State, will be spending the next fourteen weekends behind bars for beginning his job of taking out the trash nearly two hours before his shift was set to begin. (NY Daily News) Nearly 300 individuals attempt to climb Mount […]

Though the city name didn’t do well (enough) at this year’s Oscars, millions of ordinary citizens and socially-active celebrities made appearances this weekend in Selma, Alabama to march together on the 50th anniversary of MLK’s historic march. (NY Times) Thinking of spending this fine March 9 day in Poughkeepsie? This is not a shabby idea; […]