Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
The family of Tamir Rice is lashing out against the criminal justice system after a grand jury declined Monday to indict the police officer who shot the 12-year-old at a park in Cleveland in November 2014. Rice’s family has argued the non-indictment in the case, in which a black child was killed by a white police…
It must have been fate that “Tomatogate” would happen in the same year that women inadvertently kicked down the doors of the boys club that is country music. Earlier this year, esteemed radio consultant Keith Hill walked into a firestorm when he suggested in an interview that country music radio stations must limit the number…
Fromm Star Wars to Mad Max, a new, more diverse kind of storytelling went mainstream this year – and the backlash shows how much it matters. I saw Star Wars this week like everyone else, and yes, it was madly entertaining, and no, it wasn’t perfect, and if I want to see a film that’s…
Sorry, kid, but you had to die Shocking no one but disgusting everyone whose heart isn’t made of dog vomit, a grand jury has determined Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann was justified in shooting a 12-year-old black child dead in November 2014. Thus, after more than a year of investigation, Loehmann — whose daddy said…
A grand jury declined Monday to indict the rookie police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in a Cleveland park in November, 2014. In yet another racially charged case in which a black youth was killed by a white officer, the grand jury refused to indict either of the two officers involved in…
Clayton Homes has used a pattern of deception to help extract billions from poor customers around the country — particularly people of color, who make up a substantial and growing portion of its business. The company is controlled by Warren Buffett, one of the world’s richest men. Third of a series GALLUP, N.M. — After…
Moustafa Bayoumi is a professor of English at Brooklyn College, where I teach political science. His book, “This Muslim American Life,” came out in September. It’s a fascinating collection of pieces—sometimes hilarious, often unsettling, always probing and provocative—about, well, Muslim life in America, past and present. There’s a mini-memoir about the time Moustafa worked as…
Those of us in favor of stronger laws to abate gun violence mostly support our cause by arguing against the claims of the gun lobby (roughly, the N.R.A. and gun manufacturers). It should by now be obvious that this is a waste of time. The case for action is overwhelming, but there’s no chance of…
WASHINGTON — Old-guard racists like David Duke aren’t the only white nationalists to have been encouraged by Donald Trump’s candidacy this year: His bid has also provided a tremendous boost to a newer movement calling itself the “alt right.” Up until now, the alt right labored mostly in obscurity, its internal fights and debates hidden…
“Return Of The Jedi is great, but the Ewoks are so annoying.” That’s a pretty common refrain from Star Wars fans. In fact there are whole fan edits dedicated to removing the little fuzzy bears from the film’s climax; I can only assume they’re made by the most hardcore of Star Wars lovers. The idea…