Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Syria. Show all posts

Thursday, September 24, 2015

0 What We're Reading Today (9-24-15)

The Washington Region Needs Bold Commitments to End the Housing Crisis - Greater Greater Washington
David Bowers  (read the comments, as well)

White Out: Why integrating America's neighborhoods and cities is harder than we think - Slate
Jamelle Bouie

Eyes all sticking like honey on bees - Matt's Newsletter
Matthew Yglesias

Black patients fare better than whites when both get same healthcare, study finds - LA Times
 Alan Zarembo

What Rugby Can Teach America About Honoring Indigenous Culture - The Atlantic
 Jake Flanagin

Political scientists think "the party" will stop Trump. They shouldn't be so sure. - Vox
Andrew Prokop

What Does Success Look Like for Pope Francis? - Five Thirty Eight
Five Thirty Eight

What Congress Really Thinks of the Pope - Politico
Katelyn Fossett

As Others Flee to West, Most Syrian Refugees Remain in Region - NY Times
Jodi Rudoren

A Modest Proposal - The New Yorker
David Sedaris

How Conservatives Explain Away Republican Islamophobia - New York Magazine
Jonathan Chait

Why I Still Think Fiorina Was a Terrible CEO - Politico
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

The Importance of Donald Trump  - New York Magazine
Frank Rich

Bait and Switch - Harpers
Clare Malone

Here's What the White House's Behavioral Sciences Team Discovered in Its First Year - New York Magazine
Jesse Singal

The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War?  - The Atlantic
Graham Allison

The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration - The Atlantic
Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Power of Public Housing - The Atlantic
Alana Semuels

Moynihan, Mass Incarceration, and Responsibility - The Atlantic
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Monday, September 14, 2015

0 What We're Reading Today (9-14-15)

The Anti-Redskin - The Atlantic
Ariel Sabar

The Intersection of Faith and Politics - The Atlantic
Erin Kotlan

The vengeful god of Kim Davis: The powerful forces we ignore when we fixate on one Kentucky clerk - Salon
Brittney Cooper

A Brief Visual History of Weapons - The Atlantic

Mark Zuckerberg and the End of Language - The Atlantic
William Davies

Scare Headlines Exaggerated The US Crime Wave - Five Thirty Eight
Carl Bialik 

Why I Put My Wife's Career First - The Atlantic
Andrew Moravcsik

Think Out Loud - The New Repulic
Michael Eric Dyson

Paid Leave's Champions This Week: Obama, Hilton Hotels, and Saudi Arabia - The New Republic
Esther Breger

Parenting Shouldn't Be About Self-Sacrifice, Whatever Your Income - The New Republic
Stacia L. Brown

The First New Subway Stop Since 1989 - New York Times
Emma Cott and Colin Archdeacon

America's Teaching Force, by the Numbers - The Atlantic
Laura McKenna

The Staggering Scale of Germany's Refugee Project - The Atlantic
Heather Horn

Enter the 'Smarmonym' - The Atlantic
Megan Garber

How to Evaluate the Economic Records of Governors Who Want to Be President - Five Thirty Eight
Ben Casselman

Boston Then and Now: 1888-2015 - The Atlantic
Alan Taylor

By: John Cueno

Monday, June 10, 2013

0 What We're Reading Today (6-10-13)

First and foremost, congrats to Jameelah on her NEW JOB!

Second, sorry for the delay.  This is basically a "What we've been reading the past few days because my tabs are so cluttered."  There is a lot of fascinating business in the news though ranging from the NSA, to the George Zimmerman (Trayvon Martin) trial, on to more shootings in the US, and the happenings in Gezi Park.

Battleground America: One nation, under the gun - New Yorker
Jill Lepore

Sean, Oscar, and Trayvon - The Nation
Mychal Denzel Smith

What's Really on Trial in George Zimmerman's Case? - Color Lines
Eric Mann

ULTRA-magnetic FCs: The Soccer Fans at the Heart of Turkey's Uprising - The Nation
Dave Zirin

J.D. Speaker Josie Helen Duffy speaks at Harvard Law 2013 Commencement - YouTube
Josie Hellen Duffy

We're a Movement, Not a Market: What would Pride look like without corporate America's stamp of approval? - The Media
Allison Francis

Has America progressed? - ESPN
Kiese Laymon

How Mayor Emanuel locked the parking meter deal in place - Chicago Reader
Mick Dumke

From 9/11 to PRISM: A Nation Gone Dotty - New Yorker
John Cassidy

Why 'Game of Thrones' Red Wedding packs such an emotional impact - AV Club
Tasha Robinson

Birth of the Surveillance State - The Atlantic
Michael Hirsh

PRISM's Legal Basis: How We Got Here, and What We Can Do to Get Back - The Atlantic
Margot Kaminski

Government Phone Surveillance for Dummies - The Atlantic
Megan Garber

When The Beautiful Game Turns Ugly - ESPN
Wright Thompson

How I Taught Myself to Code in Eight Weeks - Life Hacker
David Sinsky

The Battle for Aleppo - The Nation
James Harkin

John Lewis's Long Fight for Voting Rights - The Nation
Ari Berman


Wednesday, May 29, 2013

0 What We're Reading Today (5-29-13)

Cubs-White Sox are on TV and a thunderstorm is gonna roll in tonight before Chicago has some real summer heat without the wretched mugginess.  Jay and I are taking someone to task on Facebook.  Jameelah is looking for a book to read in the summer and YOU are probably wondering what is on the internet today for your edification!  We got you covered.

John Hope Franklin: Apologies aren't enough - Indyweek
olufunke moses

Selling Food Stamps for Kids' Shoes - ColorLines
Seth Freed Wessler

Will and Jaden Smith Give Fucking Insane Interview About Patterns - Gawker
Caity Weaver

Notes on Elevating the Conversation about African-American Film - Indie Wire
Daniel Garrett

Then Vs. Now: Chicago 1963 - Buzzfeed
Brian Galindo

What sex means for world peace - Open Democracy
Heather Mcrobie

But Austerity Works So Well! - American Prospect
Gershom Gorenberg

When Black Kids Want to Learn and the World Tells Them 'No' - The Nation
Mychal Denzel Smith

Houston Is Unstoppable: Why Texas' Juggernaut Is America's #1 Job Creator - The Atlantic
Derek Thompson

The 11 Most Fascinating Charts From Mary Meeker's Epic Slideshow of Internet Trends - The Atlantic
Derek Thompson

Let's Be Clear: Establishing a 'No-Fly Zone' Is an Act of War - The Atlantic
Conor Friedersdorf

Why the Clinton Scandals Were a Bigger Deal Than the Obama Ones - The Atlantic
Garance Franke-Ruta

America's Top Colleges Have a Rich-Kid Problem - The Atlantic
Jordan Weissmann


Monday, December 24, 2012

0 Snakes on McCain: 10 Best Articles of 2012

This is just me -- can't speak for the rest of Snakes on McCain we're all different people and I, unlike Andrew, have not had any strange dreams about mud wrestling with Hu Jintao.  I'm sure that I missed some articles and I definitely have a bias with respect to what I like to read -- like any blogger.  Also, I'm a twenty-something so I think I know everything.
I decided to do this in the shower yesterday morning so since then I've been scouring the internet in the hopes of stringing together enough keywords to direct me toward the articles I need but, alas, I'm sure that some have slipped by and will go uncelebrated.  Feel free to sound off in the comments on any pieces you think I missed.  These are purely articles I found on the web so anything that is exclusively in print is undetected to the all-knowing-eye that is this SOM list.
Ranking them would be too tough so this is an unranked top 10 with some honorable mentions toward the bottom.  Sadly, I'm not clever enough to have a grading rubric devised.  Some are narratives I wish we talked about more, others are literary and tugged at my heartstrings, then there are others that I just find illuminating and wanted to share (again).
Happy reading and thanks for a great year.  I'll put the stats for Snakes on McCain in a post closer to New Year's Day so you guys can see just how great you all have been.

#ForTheBoys

Holla at the homies (some missing)

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Kiese Laymon
Gawker, July 28



Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Atlantic, September 2012



Laura M. Colarusso
Washington Monthly, May/June 2012



Michel-Ange (Mickey) Desruisseaux
With Apologies to Bill Bennet, October 21



Dear President Schapiro: Why I Can't Recommend Northwestern University Anymore
Greg Wright
Wright and Left, October 22



David Maraniss
Vanity Fair, June 2012



Jason DeParle
New York Times, December 22



Bill Simmons
Grantland, June 8



Kiese Laymon
Gawker, August 25



William Brandon Lacy Campos
My Feet Only Walk Forward, November 5



HONORABLE MENTIONS 




The Caging of America
Adam Gopnik
The New Yorker, January 30*



Michael Lewis
Vanity Fair, October 2012



Brian Phillips
Grantland, August 10



Mike Giglio
The Daily Beast, December 10



Anna Therese Day
The Daily Beast, October 23



Dashiell Bennett
The Atlantic Wire, September 6



The 'Cac Responds to Kate Upton Body Haters
Emile M. Cioran and Anonymous**
In the 'Cac, July 18
**I'm the anon



Reprint: An Account of Sexual Assault at Amherst College
Angie Epifano
In the 'Cac, October 18



Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine (re-published by Mondoweiss)
Mondoweiss, December 20



Samee Sulaiman, Sami Kishawi
The Chicago Maroon, December 4


Mia McKenzie
Black Girl Dangerous, July 16



Seth Freed Wessler
ColorLines, January 18


* BONUS: Top 10 New Yorker Stories of 2012 - The Apostate; The Obama Memos; The Caging of America; The Story of a Suicide; Spoiled Rotten; We Are Alive (Bruce Springsteen); Big Med; Super-Rich Irony; One on One; The Choice


Tuesday, November 20, 2012

0 What We're Reading Today (11-20-12): Anderson Cooper, Mohamed Morsi, and the War on Drugs

Stacy Lambe

James Harkin

Ron Synovitz


Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Garance Franke-Ruta

Richard H. Pildes

Assume Joke Dead - The New Republic
Alex Pareene

Katrina vanden Heuvel



 

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