March 7, 2016
By The Morning News
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- Afghanistan, America’s longest war, is being almost entirely ignored during this election cycle.
- Takeaways from the Democrats' debate: Sanders got personal; Clinton scored on guns.
- Sixty-eight percent of Sanders supporters don’t watch cable news.
- Potential upside of Trump’s destroying the political norm: the end of big-money political contributions.
- Optics not great when Trump asks his supporters to raise their hands and pledge allegiance to his campaign.
- Despite promises of reforms from Obama, inmate deaths continue in ICE detention facilities.
- Kids imprisoned in the US are five times more likely to be black, three times more likely to be Native American, twice as likely to be Latino than white.
- Leaked Uber customer support complaints show over 6,000 reports of sexual assaults, presumably by Uber drivers.
- Pilot, entrepreneur, physical therapist among the most right-swiped jobs on Tinder.
- Journalist who reported Minnesota's Red Lake county as the "worst place to live" is moving there.
- Astonishing Minnesota high-school basketball game included four overtimes and a full-court shot.
- Tennis broadcaster Bud Collins dies, leaving behind colorful pants.
- Nancy Reagan dies at 94.
- Reagan turned down Rock Hudson’s dying request for help convincing a French hospital to treat him.
- Music-video supercut spans 41 years of Bruce Springsteen performing “Thunder Road,” the lead track from Born to Run.
- Kylie Minogue files opposition to Kylie Jenner’s application to trademark the name Kylie.
- Plagiarism in the crossworld world.
- See also: Video evidence of professional bridge players cheating.
- Writers with day jobs discuss balancing careers, family, and early morning novel work.
- Books by MFA and non-MFA writers have almost no differences; if anything, they're all just concerned with men.
- Welcome, roosters! The Morning News 2016 Tournament of Books begins today with introductory remarks.
- Buy a special ToB Memo Book for $2 and Field Notes will match your $2 and donate $4 to 826 National.
