New York (NYTimes)– In my reporting, I regularly travel to banana republics notorious for their inequality. In some of these plutocracies, the richest 1 percent of the population gobbles up 20 percent of the national pie.

New Orleans (The Gadling)– Six Flags New Orleans, which closed as Hurricane Katrina approached in 2005 and has never reopened. The sign outside the park still announces that it’s “CLOSED FOR STORM.” The theme park was in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, one of the hardest hit areas during Katrina and the flooding after the storm. […]

By Michael Tapia— Wade Phillips’ tenure with America’s Team is over; Jimmy Johnson pulled the cord on Phillips’ life support machine. Many around the league speculated that after the Cowboys’ dismal 1-7 start and losing five straight including their last two by double digits their head coach was hanging by a thread. It was made […]

Massachusetts (AP)– He’s the most famous son of this quiet mountain hamlet in western Massachusetts. But until recently, people looking for signs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ life and legacy in Great Barrington would have had a hard time finding them.