Is that not how the saying goes? Someone tell Amazon.
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The Che Guevara of Abortion Reformers
“That’s crazy. People won’t talk about abortion! They’re afraid to. I’m going to talk about abortion! ABORTION!”
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Who Do You Have for Science This Year, I Have Mr. YouTube Again
“The longer these kids stayed there, the further behind they were.”
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Four Days Trapped at Sea With Crypto’s Nouveau Riche
“‘Being a woman in blockchain,’ she says, ‘is like riding a bicycle. Except the bicycle is on fire. And everything is on fire. And you are going to hell.’”
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Quotes
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later (Or Don’t)
Officer Stephen Mader got fired for deciding not to shoot someone, and if that doesn’t say a lot about the problems with police culture in the U.S., I don’t know what to tell you.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
No Justice For Old Men
In 2018, we’re inured to stories of a powerful men taking advantage of girls and getting away with it, but Jeffrey Epstein’s story still manages to horrify.
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Ajji’s Cooking: Preserving an Unsung Cuisine
“It feels so strange, so unnecessarily fanciful to attempt to describe in English something we ate almost all the time.”
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The Cities That Amazon HQ2 Left Behind
Was Amazon’s HQ2 search a real contest, or a foregone decision rooted in a polarized economic system that funnels wealth toward a few major cities?
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quotes
Carl Weathers, You Deserved Better
Maybe with Creed II, a black actor will get the Oscar nod instead of the one white guy.
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Louisiana School Made Headlines for Sending Black Kids to Elite Colleges. Here’s the Reality.
Ivy League schools love stories of underprivileged students overcoming all the odds to make it to the top, so that’s what T.M. Landry fed them — at the expense of the students themselves.