September 16, 2016
You won’t find it listed on the Dow, but the faith industry in America is worth twice as much as Apple. / The Guardian
In case you’re a #NeverTrump Republican or an anti-Clinton Democrat, now you can trade your vote with a new friend in another state. / The New York Times
“The lyrics are a dim approximation of every amazing song Springsteen has written about ambition, hope, and faith. He also whistles in two lines.” All 314 Bruce Springsteen songs, ranked from worst to best. / Vulture
Teenage girl who spent an entire year eating lunch alone at school designs app to help lonely kids find friends. / themarysue.com
From your Friday white paper, “Trading Fire: The Arms Trade Network and Civil War,” the following conclusion: “As one civil war ends, the resulting changes in the international market leads other war torn countries’ imports to increase, which in turn increases the number of casualties in ongoing civil wars.” / papers.ssrn.com
Can US cities compensate for curbing sprawl by growing denser? Interesting piece by Issi Romem in Buildzoom finds that “cities confronting growth pressure face a tradeoff between accommodating growth through outward expansion, or accepting the social implications of failing to build enough new housing.” / buildzoom.com
“Picture a climber in your head. What does that person look like? Sound like? Act like? The institutions that caused this gap in the first place are deeply entrenched and won’t just go away.” Great personal essay by Indigo Johnson in Climbing on the lack of diversity in the rock-climbing community. / climbing.com
How we intend to go into this weekend: like a a nine-year-old Polynesian rugby player who is bigger, stronger, and faster than everyone else on the field. / thebiglead.com
House Intelligence Committee sends a bipartisan letter to President Obama urging him not to pardon Snowden, reminding him that he said in a news conference in 2013, “I don’t think Mr. Snowden was a patriot.” / The Washington Post
“Is it possible that, along with these differences, my moral compass also points in somewhat different directions depending on the language I’m using at the time?” Why our memories and moralities are deeply entwined with the languages we speak. / Scientific American
Danner Darcleight, who has served more than 17 years of a 25-to-life prison sentence for murdering his parents while in thrall to addiction, offers 10 ways to adapt to life in prison. / kirkusreviews.com, Medium
“He’s the perfect candidate for parole. That’s all he thinks about. If he gets into a conflict [with another inmate], he backs out. He wants to be a free man again.” The life of prisoner 1027820, O.J. Simpson, who is determined to make parole, which could happen as early as next year. / Los Angeles Times
DNC emails newly released by WikiLeaks—sourced to Guccifer 2.0, who the intelligence community links to Russia in anonymously statements—contain lists of donors to the DNC, many of whom later received ambassadorships or were appointed to other positions of power, adding credibility to the claim that Clinton engaged in pay-to-play practices as Secretary of State. / Politico, observer.com, Associated Press
Hard to imagine a better way to cap off the week than with Helen Money’s Become Zero. / helenmoney.com
OMG so true. / The Cooper Review
“For most of 2007, Clinton’s language is consistently more masculine. By late 2007, however, when she was trailing far behind Barack Obama on measures of likability, Clinton’s language became more feminine, particularly in interviews. Clinton, in response to her likability problem, deviated from her dominant, masculine strategy in late 2007 into early 2008 in order to present herself to voters as a warmer, more feminine candidate” Forget shrill—as Hillary Clinton took on progressively masculine roles, she began to talk more like a man. / London School of Economics Blog
Half the battle is just being heard, especially if you’re a woman of color, as Attorney General Loretta Lynch can attest. / The Washington Post
Of course, there’s still plenty of room for improvement. / YouTube
Lawyers for the AP, Vice, and Gannett filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the FBI for improperly denying their FOIA requests for information about the technology purchased by the FBI and used to successfully unlock Syed Farook’s iPhone. / USA Today
Related: TMN’s Sam Stecklow took a look at theoretical real-world consequences that could have come of the FBI winning a court battle against Apple to force the tech giant to allow law enforcement access to locked iPhones in March. / New York
“It took Mr. Trump five years of dodging, winking, and joking to surrender to reality, finally on Friday, after a remarkable campaign of relentless deception that tried to undermine the legitimacy of the nation’s first black president.” Why Donald Trump’s “birther” lie collapsed. / New York Times
Iconic Hollywood location of Amoeba Music will become luxury condos with a pool on top, though the shop may stay open on the ground floor for now. / factmag.com
“There are days when I feel that I could literally scream to the top of my lungs for 10 minutes.” Profile of Rhonda Covington, the only full-time public defender for Louisiana’s 20th Judicial District. / The Marshall Project