De Blasio's Opportunity: A Local Attack on Inequality

David Callahan Demos
The truth is that many good ideas for tackling New York's near-record inequality and promoting opportunity are sitting on the drawing board. All that's been missing is a mayor interested in such ideas.

Detainee Abuse in Afghanistan

Unidentified American soldiers watching as Afghans — likely a mix of Afghan National Army personnel and interpreters — torture and interrogate a prisoner.

Friday Nite Videos -- November 8, 2013

Portside
Jon Stewart -- Affordable Horror Story. Liquid Art. Canned Heat -- Woodstock Boogie. Burn: Detroit Firefighter Documentary. Professor Louie -- What Does it Mean to be Working Class?

Affordable Horror Story

The Daily Show

President Obama qualifies his formerly definitive statements regarding the Affordable Care Act, and his opponents lie like motherf**kers about its effects
 

Liquid Art

A single drop of water at 2,000 frames per second, by Markus Reugels and Ludwig Lehner . Gorgeous!

Burn: Detroit Firefighter Documentary

BURN is a feature documentary about Detroit, told through the eyes of Detroit firefighters, who are charged with the thankless task of saving a city that many have written off as dead. For viewing options, go here.

Where You're Safe From Gun Violence

Andy Borowitz The New Yorker
Study: Americans safe from gun violence except in schools, malls, airports, movie theatres, workplaces, streets, own home