Week Around the Ists

Photograph of the Reverend Al Sharpton by Armchair Messiah on Flickr

Gothamist watched a series of civil disobedience events, protesting the Sean Bell shooting verdict, unfold across the city--over 200 people, including the Reverend Al Sharpton, were arrested. Somewhat related, on behalf of a black freelance reporter for the NY Post, the NYCLU sued the city and NYPD for racial profiling.
Phillyist took a look at how city employees are bankrupting Philadelphia. Not that they need more cops on the streets there or anything.
Seattlest wondered what it means when we see shoes flung over power lines.
Shanghaiist spotted Superman on the Shanghai subway.
LAist's blood boiled when they found out that California is busting forward thinking veggie oil fuel car users -- those caught include Gov. Schwarzenegger.
SFist reported on Mayor Gavin Newsom's Make-Me-Governor tour, which included a trip to Israel and a proposed cigarette ban.
Torontoist covered a precedent-setting media ethics ruling that will force a local news station to admit error for using a Flickr photographer's work without permission or credit.
Bostonist's Dreamboat Baby apologized for allowing New Kids on the Block to assail our ears with a new single, which Bostonist didn't completely hate.