Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
For our physical and mental health, it feels important to create some sort of remove between ourselves and what is happening with the advent of the Trump administration. But to fight autocracy, Russian journalist Masha Gessen recommends that everyone keep panicking. On Wednesday’s episode of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Gessen destroys every one of…
(Scott Heins / Gothamist) In a move that should surprise no one but outrage everyone (who isn’t getting rich off it), President Donald Trump signed executive orders revisiting both the Keystone XL Pipeline, which President Obama rejected in 2015, and the Dakota Access Pipeline, the construction of which the Army Corps of Engineers…
The decision to advance the pipelines cast aside efforts by President Barack Obama’s administration to block construction of the two pipelines, while making good on one of Trump’s campaign promises. As he signed the documents Tuesday in the Oval Office, Trump also vowed to “renegotiate some of the terms” of the Keystone bill and said…
Hundreds of activists rallied and marched in downtown D.C. this December in a show of solidarity with Dakota Access Pipeline Water Protectors. (Photo by Julie Strupp) Activists are planning a rally tonight in front of the White House to show their opposition to the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines….
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has instituted what it described as a temporary media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency and barred staff from awarding any new contracts or grants. Emails sent to EPA staff since President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday and reviewed by The Associated Press detailed specific prohibitions banning press releases,…
Company also agrees to implement anti-fraud program and enhanced compliance obligations in agreements with federal authorities The Western Union Company (Western Union), a global money services business headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements with the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department, and the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices…
Market Intern BuzzFeed’s shopping vertical needs an editorial intern for a full-time paid position in the New York office, available to start immediately. You’ll be tasked with writing posts about current and upcoming online sales and deals in a variety of categories. The ideal candidate has a strong social media presence, especially on Pinterest, Instagram,…
You Are Not Equal. I’m Sorry. A post is making rounds on social media, in response to the Women’s March on Saturday, January 21, 2017. It starts with “I am not a “disgrace to women” because I don’t support the women’s march. I do not feel I am a “second class citizen” because I am a…
This morning I got a notification from my Politico news app that told me what I quietly prayed wouldn’t happen: President Trump froze federal hiring. My blood boiled and I went silent to the people around me. My career plan, my humble job that I wanted for years, my job that I’d sent in several…
Getty Images A journalism professor raises some excellent points. It’s damn near impossible to turn on a cable-news show and not see Kellyanne Conway sitting there, doing verbal parkour to try to explain how whatever awful thing Donald Trump (or his press secretary) just did was actually neither offensive nor terrifying, and really, it’s all…