In 2015, the state of Texas tried to buy execution drugs from a “company” run by teenagers in India whose main business was selling party pills online. / BuzzFeed On the Bay Area’s O.G. rapper, E-40: / thefader.com Next week, goalies in the NHL will show off a
In case you’re like us and you stayed up late only to fall asleep somewhere in the third set (d’oh), but now you’re too impatient to re-stream the whole thing, here’s a great round-up of highlight clips that tell the story of a remarkable
“С президентом Путиным, мой совет должен заниматься, но будьте осторожны.” Тереза Мэй на Путина, с которым будет Трампа есть телефонный звонок в субботу. / CNN An analysis of data that have never been compiled together: mass incarceration costs governments and families at least $182 billion a year. / prisonpolicy.org “While more
It’s hard to know what to say when the biggest, most powerful speaker in the world prefers hyperbole to normal speech, and tends to lie. / factcheck.org A brief primer for the curious about the evolution of America’s dollar bill, from 1862 to the note that’s used
As soon as today, reams of climate data used around the world will be taken down from the EPA website. / Reuters “An amazed senior adviser recently pulled out his phone to show us a string of the emailed PDFs, all demanding response. It was like something from the early ’90s.
And just like that, we’re off: The CDC canceled a major climate change conference shortly after the election. / politics.blog.myajc.com “‘Some MPs tend to become quite unpleasant if they have been drinking,’ said Danny Pieters, the committee chair, pointing out that free alcohol was not the norm
According to a new study, the amount of gun violence in top-grossing PG-13 movies continues (!) to exceed the amount of gun violence in the biggest box-office R-rated films. / Annenberg Public Policy Center “The most important thing happening is not a Trump tweet. What’s infinitely more
Linda Sarsour, one of the co-chairs of the Women’s March on Washington, began her life in activism by lobbying for the inclusion of Muslim high holy days on the New York City school system’s holiday calendar. / YouTube “During a time of extreme partisanship and division—a time
“From 17th century Postmedieval English abodes to 19th century Tudors all the way through the “McMansions” of the 1990s,” a handy guide to the vernacular of American homes. / Pop Chart Lab From an outgoing interview with Obama’s White House photographer, Pete Souza: / GQ A former restaurant owner from Waco,
“We are supporting a business model which was appropriate to a historic phase in business history which is now over and which is largely irrelevant to the needs of modern business and now mainly serves the interests of a bloated finance sector.” Governance requirements have tipped the balance from businesses
