Tag: Illegal

The Illegal History of Tattooing in NYC

No one would try to tell you that tattooing has always been accepted in the mainstream. Only in the last few years have visible tattoos escaped a reputation as a job interview-killer or reason not to bring home a boyfriend or girlfriend to mom and dad. But the long overdue acceptance of tattoos as a...

Did You Know Mace is Illegal in Canada?

I have a hard time accepting how empty the “men are trash” vs. “not all men” discourse feels. I feel it should be possible to hold space for women’s experiences without talking about masculinity like it’s a genetic disease. Am I wrong? Can’t we hold space...

Child Tax Credit in 2024: Republicans Fear Encouraging Illegal Immigration

Some House Republicans are expressing concern that the child tax credits included in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 could encourage illegal immigration. The legislation, which passed the House with a bipartisan vote, seeks to expand child tax credit provisions to benefi...

Why Are Psychedelics Illegal?

On March 1, 2016, in the morning, I rode an elevator to the eleventh floor of a building in Chinatown and sat in a surprisingly high-ceilinged — for being so far up in the sky — courtroom with sixty to eighty people. Two grand juries, we learned, would be selected that day. Those not cho...

Why Are Psychedelics Illegal?

On March 1, 2016, in the morning, I rode an elevator to the eleventh floor of a building in Chinatown and sat in a surprisingly high-ceilinged — for being so far up in the sky — courtroom with sixty to eighty people. Two grand juries, we learned, would be selected that day. Those not cho...

Why We Left ‘The Left’ (Part I: Illegal Immigration)

Let’s take a step back. Wherever you are on the political aisle, it’s evident that much has changed over the last two decades. What was once a neatly polarized Left v. Right split in the early 2000s has become a collection of fractures; ‘Establishment Liberals’ (Joe Biden,&nb...