Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
By Ramon Ramirez on January 18th, 2015 There are miserable gaps in the narrative. These deleted scenes double as reverberating cliffhangers. They mean hope to grieving families and widespread indignation for their countrymen. Here’s what we know: In September, six people were killed and 43 college students disappeared in the rural state of Guerrero, Mexico….
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The president’s proposals are designed to force his presumptive successor to campaign and govern on his terms. Jim Young/Reuters There’s a subtext to President Obama’s slew of domestic policy proposals since the November elections: President Obama does not trust Hillary Clinton very much. None of the president’s domestic-policy brainwaves has much chance of becoming law…
main NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Super Bowl tickets are cheaper than they were last year. You can thank the Patriots for that. On average, tickets were selling for $2,879 on Monday, according to SeatGeek, a search engine that tracks online sales. That’s down 20% compared to the same day last year. And it’s actually 18% cheaper…
main NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Fox News took time out of four broadcasts on Saturday to apologize for four separate instances of incorrect information that portrayed Muslims in a negative light. Several of the cases involved incendiary comments about “no-go zones” in Europe, where Islamic law supposedly supersedes local law and where non-Muslims fear to go….
The man at the opera tells me I’m disgusting, but in a lot of ways, he’s lucky. There is no moisture in the air. I slept the night before in braids. It’s a matinee, so I’m holding a very strong day vibe: more Tracee Ellis-Ross in Black-ish than Diana Ross’s 1983 Central Park performance. My…
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo main NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told CNN Tuesday she intends to sue Fox News in the wake of the channel’s coverage of supposed “no go” zones for non-Muslims. She said the channel “insulted” her city. “When we’re insulted, and when we’ve had an image, then I think we’ll…
A bipartisan group of senators is looking for a fresh start for legislation to help out start-ups. On Friday, six lawmakers are introducing a bill that they hope will lend a hand to new small businesses. “As somebody who has spent longer in venture capital than I have in politics, getting a start-up is about…
1. Mr and Mrs Granger of London were proud to say that they had a witch for a daughter. View this image › Warner Bros. Not that they said it much, or at all, to anyone. But they were proud all the same. 2. Proud, that is, until their daughter, Hermione, wiped all trace of…
Illustration by Susie Cagle.Illustrations by Susie CagleIf you can brave the cold to walk over to the Southern District of New York courthouse in downtown Manhattan, where U.S. v. Ulbricht, the trial of the man accused of being the operator of a online drugs marketplace, is currently in session, the first thing you’ll see are…