An exhaustive look at the life and lawsuits of Backpage.com, originally started by the jerks who turned alt-weeklies into a chain to compete with Craigslist’s “Adult Services” section. / The Ringer “Democrats in the Senate use demographics as their excuse for the fact that they only have one
DHS’s Advisory Board rejected a portion of an internal report that recommended maintaining and increasing ICE’s reliance on private prisons—which sounds great in headlines, but their rejection is merely advisory, and Trump’s DHS pick can just ignore whatever decision current DHS head Jeh Johnson makes anyway.
One thing that’s worse than your friend who’s really into bouldering? / The Onion
The student journalist who spoke with Abdul Razak Ali Artan thought he’d found the perfect human interest story: a young, intellectual Muslim man who successfully transferred to a better school, only to find nowhere to pray at one of the nation’s largest universities. / issuu.com By the end
“With her face unpainted, it’s almost as if Clinton is returning to an earlier iteration, reclaiming her identity as the accomplished, aggressive lawyer Hillary Rodham, who pursued success while rejecting the rules put forth by the patriarchy.” For women in the public eye, makeup is never really “just makeup”
Approximately 204 million pounds of turkey were expected to be discarded this Thanksgiving, which could cost the country’s sanitation departments up to $293 million. / foodandwine.com To accompany your Wednesday morning beverages, if reading about the fate of journalism under Trump appeals to your mood. (If not, here’s
We are finalizing the longlist for the 2017 Tournament of Books. The Guardian (part two) / The New York Times (and Lithub’s response) / The Telegraph / Washington Post (mystery and thrillers / SF and fantasy) / Wall Street Journal (“for people of a certain age”) / GQ / Glamour / Publishers Weekly / the Costa shortlist / Amazon.
Global sea ice has hit a record low, with Arctic ice melting instead of refreezing as it typically does during November. / New Scientist 1. A softening of racism, not investment in education, boosted Asian-Americans to the middle class. Before World War Two, Asian-Americans were discriminated against viciously, but
“We have absolutely no control over how many people are charged, request an attorney, or are found eligible.” The mass amounts of #NoDAPL protesters being arrested has put further strain on North Dakota’s public defense system, forcing it to drop longstanding ethics guidelines so everyone can have their Constitutionally
“The entire structure of Facebook is not set up as a news-sharing platform, but as a headline and image-rating platform.” Tracing a fake Breitbart story from inception to its all-but-guaranteed Facebook virality. / Vice News A profile of Frank Waln, a Native American rapper breaking through into
