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Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari.ABC As Jimmy Kimmel noted in his opening speech at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, this year marks the most inclusive ceremony ever, with a wide variety of nonwhite creators and performers nominated throughout the night. Among those nominees were Master of None co-creators Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, who…
Jim Cooley carries his AR-15 semiautomatic rifle into his home after getting it repaired in Winder, Ga. Cooley, who also owns a 9mm handgun, almost never leaves his home unarmed. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) WINDER, Ga. —All Jim Cooley wants to do is buy some soda. “You want to come to Walmart?” he asks his…
Phyllis Schlafly founded her conservative Eagle Forum the year I graduated from high school, in 1975. So I can’t summon a renewed sense of outrage after her death this week, at age 92. As much as I loathed Schlafly’s politics, I have to acknowledge her impact at a crucial time in my development. I aspired…
He did not apologize or speak to his own role in spreading the falsehood, which many people see as an attempt to undermine the legitimacy of America’s first black president. Instead, Trump offered a curt admission tainted by yet another demonstrably false charge: that Hillary Clinton and her 2008 primary campaign “started” the racially charged…
Image: Adam Clark Estes Fifty years is an enormous milestone, especially when you’re talking about the relatively short history of television shows. So why on Earth and Vulcan did CBS and Paramount fail to capitalize on Star Trek’s 50th anniversary? Do you know how the two mammoth companies acknowledged this beloved, decades-spanning, money-generating franchise? Late…
Many people claim that they don’t need much sleep, insisting that even five hours a night is enough shuteye for them to feel rested. According to new scientific research, “habitual short sleepers” may actually be handling the brain tasks that most of us deal with during the night, like memory consolidation. From Medical Xpress: Both…
The Daily Dot laid off 30 people — about 40 percent of its total staff — on Friday, POLITICO has learned. The cuts were across the board, affecting everyone from upper management and the business side to the newsroom and art department. The entire product team was laid off. The budget for freelancers has also…
Daily Dot lays off at least 15 across company if this is a ‘universal’ story then the story-tag will be ‘story’ By Peter Sterne 09/16/16 02:55 PM EDT The Daily Dot is currently undergoing a round of layoffs, POLITICO has learned. The cuts are across the board, affecting everyone from upper management and the business…
Antoine Dodson of the “Bed Intruder Song” Image: Gizmodo, Photos: Apple/YouTube On Wednesday, Mic published an extensive report on leaked internal emails from Apple employees that discussed the “sexist, toxic work environment” at the company. The anchor of the story, and the incident that apparently sparked an internal email thread among 12 employees, was an…
By JAY Z, MOLLY CRABAPPLE, JIM BATT and KIM BOEKBINDER | Sep. 15, 2016 | 3:58 Why are white men poised to get rich doing the same thing African-Americans have been going to prison for? Related: article: Jay Z: ‘The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail’ Source: Jay Z: ‘The War on Drugs Is…