New York City - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/new_york_city/?source=rss&aim=new_york_city en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/06/12/pelham/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/06/12/pelham/index.html?source=rss John Travolta and Denzel Washington face off in this New York subway thriller. But will they hijack a classic? Hey buddy, can you spare some gay pride? By Nancy Goldstein Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/09/rainbow_pilgrimage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/09/rainbow_pilgrimage/index.html?source=rss Cash-strapped New York City is trying to lure LGBT tourists. Too bad the city blew its shot at legalizing same-sex marriage. A city awash in cards By Jim Rich Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/24/underground_poker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/24/underground_poker/index.html?source=rss Inside New York's underground poker scene, where no one thinks about the recession, or their rent money, when there's a good hand to be played. I've got pushy Sabbath observers in my doorman-less lobby By Cary Tennis Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/08/sabbath/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/08/sabbath/index.html?source=rss Because observant Orthodox Jews may not use intercoms on the Sabbath, things get a little sticky in my building. Looking for the perfect stranger By Anita Jain Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2008/08/12/marrying_anita/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2008/08/12/marrying_anita/index.html?source=rss How a single, successful New York writer ended up pursuing an arranged marriage in India. Sheriff Rudy, crime fighter? By Joe Conason Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/11/16/giuliani_kerik/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/11/16/giuliani_kerik/index.html?source=rss The true story of policing in New York under Mayor Giuliani is less flattering than he would have us believe. Obamastock '07 By Alex Koppelman and Rebecca Traister Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/27/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/27/obama/index.html?source=rss Obama campaign says 24,000 came to an event in New York City Thursday night that looked more like a music festival than a campaign rally. Call 311 for the 411 about sex By Lynn Harris Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/08/311/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/08/311/index.html?source=rss Not even New York mandates comprehensive sex ed in schools. A move that's likely to fail By Catherine Price Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/07/bitches_and_hos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/07/bitches_and_hos/index.html?source=rss New York City considers banning the words "bitch" and "ho." A condom for every city By Catherine Price Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/03/city_condoms/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/03/city_condoms/index.html?source=rss Could New York, Thailand and India work together toward a future where every condom had a spokesperson and every city its own prophylactic? Giuliani's loyalty to an accused priest By Alex Koppelman and Joe Strupp Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/22/placa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/22/placa/index.html?source=rss A grand jury accused Alan Placa of molestation and his diocese has suspended him, but the presidential candidate continues to employ his lifelong best friend as a consultant. Mike Bloomberg could buy the White House By Walter Shapiro Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/12/bloomberg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/12/bloomberg/index.html?source=rss He just quit the GOP and became an independent. But does America crave a sane version of Ross Perot with actual governing experience? Rudy Giuliani, president (of Phi Rho Pi) By Paul Schwartzman Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/15/giuliani/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/15/giuliani/index.html?source=rss How America's mayor scrapped his way to the top of the least popular fraternity on his college campus, and other tales from his early political life. I left New York for San Diego and now I don't know where I am By Cary Tennis Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/18/new_yorker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/18/new_yorker/index.html?source=rss I'm a New Yorker. I don't think Californians really get where I'm coming from. "NYC's True Graffiti Problem" By David Puner Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/03/09/nyc_s_true_graffiti_problem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/03/09/nyc_s_true_graffiti_problem/index.html?source=rss It's an ad, ad, ad, ad world. "Too good for gridlock" By David Puner Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/01/29/rabbi_too_good_for_gridlock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/01/29/rabbi_too_good_for_gridlock/index.html?source=rss "Reckless rabbi" busted in amazing TV investigation. "The Hair Petting Game" By David Puner Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/01/10/hair_petting_game/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/01/10/hair_petting_game/index.html?source=rss Reaching out and touching everyone. "The Emperor's Children" By Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/09/12/messud/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/09/12/messud/index.html?source=rss With her dazzling new novel about young literary elite in New York, Claire Messud secures her star status. What they went through By Garrison Keillor Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/23/keillor_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/23/keillor_2/index.html?source=rss Our countrymen died real deaths on Sept. 11, and we need to listen to their last words. "A Disorder Peculiar to the Country" By Laura Miller Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/07/25/kalfus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/07/25/kalfus/index.html?source=rss Ken Kalfus' ingenious new book about an explosive divorce might be the best novel yet about 9/11. The wily coyotes of New York By Christopher Ketcham Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/01/coyotes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/04/01/coyotes/index.html?source=rss The coyote that led cops on a wild chase through Central Park last week illustrates how this supremely adaptive wild dog can live anywhere -- including in the heart of a big city. The I-word goes public By Michelle Goldberg Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/03/impeachment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/03/impeachment/index.html?source=rss At a forum in New York, pundits and politicians called for the impeachment of George W. Bush. New York City Council to elect first female, openly lesbian speaker By Lynn Harris Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/04/christine_quinn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/04/christine_quinn/index.html?source=rss Christine Quinn is poised to become "the most powerful openly lesbian or gay official in the country." "No way to stop it" By Rebecca Traister Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/07/newyork_subways/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/07/newyork_subways/index.html?source=rss In the New York subways, commuters think of London, 9/11 and the likelihood of more attacks. King Kaufman's Sports Daily Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2005/07/06/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2005/07/06/wednesday/index.html?source=rss London KO's Paris for Olympics! Stunning fourth-round upset sends 2012 Games Thames-side. Dejected Parisians hint at retirement.