Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
You may know, after the attack on the kosher supermarket during the Charlie Hebdo assault, that French Jews have faced discrimination and attacks for years. What you may not know is the scale of France’s anti-Semitism problem. This statistics, in Natasha Lehrer’s big Guardianfeature on anti-Semitism in France, puts it in context: Half of all…
Entry Text On the 13th anniversary of the United States’ military prison on the island of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the facility creates “a psychological scar” on the nation and must be closed.”I’ve been in the group that believes it’s in our national interest to…
A Maryland couple is reportedly under investigation for allowing their 6- and 10-year-old children to walk around the neighborhood together without an adult. Danielle and Alexander Meitiv, of Silver Spring, say the investigation is an invasion of their privacy and infringes on their rights as parents, a local CBS affiliate reported. “I grew up…
Target to close all 133 Canadian stores; 17,600 employees will lose jobs Target says it will close its stores in Canada, a market that it entered only two years ago. Image: AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz/Associated Press By Anita Li2015-01-15 17:18:19 UTC TORONTO — Target is closing all of its stores in Canada, less…
One of the co-founders of Charlie Hebdo spoke out this week with some harsh words for slain editor-in-chief Stéphane Charbonnier (a.k.a. Charb), accusing him of “dragging the team” to their deaths. According to The Telegraph, Henri Roussel told the late Charb, “I really hold it against you.” He considers Charb both an “amazing lad” and…
Spa Castle 57 is exected to open at 115 E. 57th St. in late November. View Full Caption Facebook/Spa Castle Premier MIDTOWN — Spa Castle’s controversial Manhattan location was shut down indefinitely by the Health Department on Tuesday because the business lacked required documentation. “We closed Spa Castle in Manhattan today because they were found to be…
Begin: Right Rail Advertisement Container End: Right Rail Advertisement Container Begin: WordPress Article Content What if Silicon Valley had emerged from a racially integrated community?Would the technology industry be different? Would we? And what can the technology industry do now to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past? I met Bob Hoover one sunny Friday afternoon when…
Out of the wild Deer are invading New York City, and we don’t know how to stop them By Brendan O’Connor Just before Christmas of last year, John Caminiti, who lives in Staten Island, New York City’s least populated borough, watched traffic come to a standstill outside the Staten Island Mall. “It got quiet all…
It’s a little confusing. The cover of the next Charlie Hebdo features a cartoon of Mohammed holding a “Je suis Charlie” sign under the headline “Tout est Pardonné” (“All Is Forgiven”), which is a little confusing. Who, exactly, is forgiving whom? According to Charlie Hebdo columnist Zineb El Rhazoui, the drawing is a call to forgive gunmen Chérif and Saïd…
DeRay McKesson, a Minneapolis school administrator, has been interviewed by the Washington Post, Reuters, and The Atlantic, and gained more than 61,000 Twitter followers over the past five months. It’s all thanks to his frequent bursts of 140-character insight about the #blacklivesmatter movement, which sprung up after police officer Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown, a black 18 year old,…