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If there is anyone able to understand the vast and ever-changing cultural diversity of this sprawling nation of ours, it is elderly white Reaganite Peggy Noonan, who once met a Mexican. Now, mi amigos, she has met a Dominican as well. In the past, America has turned to Peggy to learn how Latinas talk, and…
Early Tuesday morning, music journalist and Pitchfork senior editor Jessica Hopper asked for stories from “women and other marginalized folks” on inequality they might have experienced in the music or journalism industries. Gals/other marginalized folks: what was your 1st brush (in music industry, journalism, scene) w/ idea that you didn’t “count”? — Jessica Hopper…
The new issue of Jacobin, commemorating the 150th anniversary of Union victory and emancipation, is out now. Subscribe today to get a copy or order a single issue. In principle the annual Burning Man festival sounds a bit like a socialist utopia: bring thousands of people to an empty desert to create an alternative society. Ban money and advertisements and make it…
In October 2011, I was rounding out a year and a half of service in a Whole Foods bakery when I finally stopped to read the text that was on the side of our pie boxes. This was a revelatory moment in my relationship with the company, which wants its employees not just to drink…
One person is dead and three more are injured after a gunman opened fire in a Prospect-Lefferts Gardens hookah lounge early this morning. According to police, the shooting occurred at Buda Lounge on Flatbush Avenue just before 3 a.m. One 27-year-old man, who was shot in the head and torso, was pronounced dead at Kings…
Today in This Shouldn’t Be News: Why do we care so much about the way women talk? Fusion.
Cindy Mills, the former Subway franchisee who said Jared Fogle had suggested she advertise herself for sex on Craigslist, claims that she warned Subway about Fogle way back in 2008 and the company didn’t do anything about it. Mills, who was a Subway franchisee in Florida during 2006 to 2012, said that Fogle used to…
Miley Cyrus Dressed In Disguise To Ask Random People What They Think Of Her http://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinharris/miley-cyr… As you can probably guess, it’s really damn funny. Miley Cyrus Dressed In Disguise To Ask Random People What They Think Of Her.
Per an alert sent to students by school administrators, Savannah State University in Georgia is on lockdown while campus police investigate a shooting near the student union. One man has been taken to the hospital, CBS 46 reports. “The SSU campus is on lockdown following a shooting incident this evening at or near the Student…
On Friday, three days after Gawker ran Dee Barnes’s essay “Here’s What’s Missing From Straight Outta Compton: Me and the Other Women Dr. Dre Beat Up,” the New York Times ran a piece that included an official apology from Dr. Dre addressed to “the woman I’ve hurt.” Barnes’s response to Dre’s apology is below. Bravo,…