JUNE 18, 2002

Full News Archive

• Headline: Bloomberg Increases Housing Aid for Homeless. Impact: Bloomberg's housing aid plan not only helped the homeless but also sparked a nationwide trend of mayors pretending to care about housing while secretly building more parking lots. Thanks, urban planning!. Fact: Did you know that this was the first housing aid increase since 1995? Because apparently, waiting two decades to help people is the new fast track to progress!.
• Headline: Debate Over New York Drug Law Reforms. Impact: These two bills were so ineffective that they actually inspired a whole new genre of political satire: 'How Not to Change Anything 101.' Future lawmakers would study this moment as a cautionary tale.. Fact: Did you know that Rockefeller-era drug laws have survived longer than many reality TV shows? Talk about staying power!.
• Headline: Cat Food for Aardvarks, and Other Zoo Diets. Impact: If only we had known that mixing cat food with monkey chow would lead to a viral TikTok trend among pet owners trying to impress their friends with gourmet pet meals. The culinary world would never be the same!. Fact: Did you know that the Bronx Zoo's aardvarks were actually the first animal influencers? They just didn't have Instagram back then to prove it!.
• Headline: The Power of Love Leaps The Great Divide of Death. Impact: The review of 'The Lovely Bones' opened the floodgates for all future 'books that sound like they should be a rom-com but are really just sad tales about loss.' Thanks, Michiko!. Fact: Did you know that this book was so popular it actually turned 'undying love' into a literal concept? Because nothing says love like haunting your loved ones from the afterlife!.