Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
close story-meta-footer Photo Voting in Ohio during the 2012 presidential election. Low turnout early in the day among demographic groups likelier to vote for President Obama made his campaign team think he was going to lose the state (he didn’t). Credit Michael F. McElroy for The New York Times In the history of the Obama…
This campaign in which Donald Trump kept claiming he’d make America great again has, in fact, made it seem much smaller to the rest of the world. CHRISTOPHER DICKEY 11.08.16 7:51 AM ET PARIS—Every four years, when American presidential elections roll around, there is one almost universal refrain that can be heard half in jest,…
A generation ago, newspapers and television news programs had a lot of influence over what people read and watched. Stories that made it on the front page got a lot of attention, while most people never heard about stories that mainstream media outlets chose to ignore. Things are very different on the modern internet. Most…
Donald Trump participates in Wednesday night’s presidential debate in Las Vegas. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) There was one candidate who came to Wednesday night’s presidential debate spoiling for a fight, and it wasn’t Donald Trump. A more subdued Trump worked his way through the early part of the debate in Las Vegas by talking policy and…
President Barack Obama on Sunday mocked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for having his Twitter access taken away by his campaign staff, who hope to minimize the real estate mogul’s frequent social media ramblings in the last days before the election. “Apparently, his campaign has taken away his Twitter,” Obama said, speaking at a Hillary…
Why Does Nobody Know About Trump’s Vlog SubscribeSubscribedUnsubscribe1,383,3271M Add to Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Sign in Share More Report Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Sign in Transcript 861 Like this video? Sign in to make your opinion count….
It was an innocent mistake—but one that brought widespread humiliation on a noted Canadian journalist and illustrated just how much our country lags behind America in terms of race coverage. “Code-switching” is the act of changing the language you use, or how you express yourself in conversations, depending on the context. It’s a way to…
close story-meta-footer Photo Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate, with Beyoncé and Jay Z at a rally in Cleveland on Friday. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times I feel bad for anyone who still hasn’t learned to speak Beyoncé. Her language is the body. It’s stagecraft. It’s Instagram posts. She doesn’t speak; she signifies. And…
ONLINE advertising is booming. Digital-ad revenues in America in the first half of the year reached a record $32.7bn, according to the latest figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau, a trade group. For marketing folk, digital ads have great appeal because consumers’ online data can be used to direct what they think are the right…
Looks like everyone wants folks to get out and vote, even superheroes. Ms. Marvel, otherwise known as Kamala Khan, is urging voters to tap into their own superpowers this election season to get to the polls and vote. Marvel Comics issued a first look at the upcoming release of “Ms. Marvel” No. 13, which focuses on the teenager’s attempt…