We believe people of color are more likely to get a violation for open containers.
NYCLU’s Advocacy Director Johanna Miller. Here’s why New York City’s new relaxed, open container policy is a toast to civil liberties!
Coffee on a beer can stove: the greatest hack in lightweight adventure kit. -Al Humphreys
It’s the freakin’ weekend!
This you-sourced infographic looks at the best beer in your state.
We couldn’t source info for Idaho. Which beer should we have chosen?
The savvy reader already knows that Cinco de Mayo is a fake holiday, a modest regional celebration in Mexico perverted by a German-American beer companies into a profit-driven stereotypical fiesta.
Well, I’m still going to be mixing up the margaritas. For all the inauthenticity of today’s celebrations, the real story behind Cinco de Mayo makes a compelling case for the holiday; in any case, the only replacement for a crappy stereotype is a shot of reality (with a slice of lime and some salt, please).
Though oil money is plentiful in post-Soviet Russia, little of that cash trickles down to most of the nation’s nearly 142 million citizens. Russians have long been known for love of the drink, and with about 19 million Russians now living below the poverty line, struggles with drugs and alcohol are on the rise. According to a 2010 Kremlin Advisory Panel, alcoholism in Russia has gotten so bad that 500,000 people die annually from diseases, crimes, and accidents related to alcohol. For men, who tend to guzzle more than women, the average life expectancy in Russia is now a wildly premature 60.
The Russian government has tried lots of things to combat alcoholism over the years, from taking vodka off store shelves to, most recently, ramping up the price of vodka. Nothing has worked. Now President Dmitry Medvedev is taking his attention off liquor and turning it toward beer. By order of a new law, beer is now considered an alcoholic beverage in Russia. Sound crazy? Allow us to explain.
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