Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
This statistic provides a pretty compelling snapshot of the severity of our income gap: In 2014, Wall Street’s bonus pool was roughly double the combined earnings of all Americans working full-time jobs at minimum wage. That sobering tidbit came from a new Institute for Policy Studies report by Sarah Anderson, who looked at new figures from the…
gallery js end gallery js start of gallery code Even big companies are getting screwed by NYC’s skyrocketing rents: Toys R Us will be leaving its enormous Times Square home next year. Commercial Observer broke the news, speaking with Cushman & Wakefield’s Brad Mendelson, who is marketing the 110,000 square foot space at Broadway between…
Head to your nearest pharmacy and grab a sympathy card for RNC chairman Reince Priebus: Conservative media celebrity Glenn Beck announced Wednesday that he’s leaving the Republican Party. “I’ve made my decision – I’m out. I’m out of the Republican Party,” the founder of The Blaze announced on his radio show. “I am not a…
In an article published Monday evening, USA Today reporter Bruce Horovitz wrote: “Starbucks, in partnership with USA TODAY, is about to tackle the issue of race in America.” Thank goodness someone is finally getting around to it! The article outlines a new program called “Race Together,” which will encourage baristas at 12,000 Starbucks locations to…
On Tuesday evening’s edition of MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes,” host Chris Hayes spoke with “CBS Sunday Morning’s” Nancy Giles and video blogger, writer and DJ Jay Smooth about Starbucks’ bizarre attempt at rectifying hundreds of years of systemic racism in the United States. Hayes played a clip from Smooth’s YouTube video “How to…
Late last week, we reported that the average Wall Street bonus totaled nearly $173,000 in 2014. Altogether, New York City’s nearly 170,000 securities industry employees took home $28.5 billion in bonuses, according to the New York Office of the State Comptroller. Shortly after the release, the left-leaning Institute for Policy Studies released a report showing that those…
Entry Text Azealia Banks did not hold back during her interview with Playboy for the magazine’s April 2015 issue, discussing topics like pervasive racism, her sex life and even Kanye West. The 23-year-old Harlem native, known for her no-holds-barred tweets, began her career sharing songs on Myspace and emailing producers for beats. In November, she…
Would you like some bloody gums and broken teeth with your mac and cheese? Kraft Foods has issued a recall of about 242,000 cases of the Original flavor of their Macaroni & Cheese Dinner because they may contain “small pieces of metal.” The company told Fortune in a statement that “a piece of stainless steel…
Enlarge / Concept art for the “Torch KS,” a predecessor to Descent’s Pyro GX. cache hit 334:single/related:6a6ce833dffdef0c946b7c2dca3011f4 empty The last time we checked in with Eric “Wingman” Peterson was August of 2014, where he was running Cloud Imperium Games’ Austin office and overseeing development on Star Citizen’s persistent universe. However, just a few months after…
That old monitor you’ve got lying around? Time to put it to work. Susan Robertson reminds us of how important it is to test our designs on older screens and ensure the things we build work well for everyone. Don’t Forget About Contrast · An A List Apart Blog Post.