Morning Coffee (6/29/19)

GOOD: James A. Fields Jr., avowed neo-Nazi in Charlottesville car attack, sentenced to life in prison

Scenes Of Tearful, Flu-Stricken And Underfed Migrant Kids Emerge In New Accounts

Cold, cramped, filthy: Migrants describe border centers

At G20, Trump Seeks Fresh Start With Putin After End of Mueller Inquiry

Donald Trump Is Promising to Fight the Census Case. That Might Actually Work.

Just evil for the fun of it: Trump Wants To Withdraw Deportation Protections For Families Of Active Troops

Why E. Jean Carroll, ‘the Anti-Victim,’ Spoke Up About Trump

Amazing: Ocasio-Cortez invites Megan Rapinoe to the House of Representatives in place of the White House

The ‘Wife Guys’ of the 2020 presidential race

Not great!!! Picture This: Diversity in Children’s Books 2018 Infographic

Morning Coffee (3/17/19)

New Zealand shows willingness to curb guns after one, not 1,981 mass shootings

Documents Reveal ICE Using Driver Location Data From Local Police for Deportations

This is awful: Hate crimes unit investigates Ginsburg poster graffiti

AS IS THIS: GOP Tries To Gut Protections For Native Women In Violence Against Women Act

One British Ex-Soldier to Be Prosecuted in ‘Bloody Sunday’ Shootings

Beto O'Rourke Would Make an Excellent Mix Tape. But He Shouldn't Run for President (Yet).

How Trump’s Brand of Grievance Politics Roiled a Pennsylvania Campaign

W.S. Merwin, Poet of Life’s Evanescence, Dies at 91

Actually, Women Do Ask for Money. They Just Don’t Get It.

New Study Shows Lack of Equity And Advancement For Diverse TV Writers

Morning Coffee (3/11/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Judge: Immigration Must Account For Thousands More Migrant Kids Split Up From Parents

Rotting food and endangered patients: How Venezuelans are faring during continuing nationwide power outages

Good for them: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Sues U.S. Soccer for Gender Discrimination

La Gordiloca: The Swearing Muckraker Upending Border Journalism

The Ripped Bodice has updated this with the 2018 report, and it's not great! The State of Racial Diversity in Romance Publishing Report

How High School Sex Ed Can Help Prevent Rape In College

YAY: Captain Marvel shatters box office ceiling with $153 million opening weekend

AND: ‘Captain Marvel’ Composer Shatters Glass Ceiling for Superhero Movies

NASA unveils stunning images of merging supersonic shockwaves

Can't wait to watch this and get mad1 THE SPANISH PRINCESS: Starz Sets May Premiere, Releases New Trailer

Morning Coffee (3/5/19)

House Judiciary panel launches sweeping Trump probe

Trudeau and Wilson-Raybould: The crisis that could unseat Canada's PM

Why Measles Is a Quintessential Political Issue of Our Time

The Gay-Rights Activists Hoping for a Legal Victory in Kenya

9 polling experts explain what could happen if Joe Biden doesn’t run for the presidency

Out Magazine’s Fresh Start Overshadowed by a Bitter Money Dispute

Ooh: Former ballerina takes legal action against managers of Balanchine’s ballets

Black History Trail Makes 200 Stops Across Massachusetts

Hollywood Diversity Report Finds Progress, But Much Left To Gain

Oh wow: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad women's race halted as rider catches men's race

Morning Coffee (12/21/18)

Time for happy Friday links!

Aww: Ayanna Pressley Will Get Her Dream Office Thanks To Fellow Rep.-elect Katie Hill

AAAAh, the trailer for Men in Black International!

Yay her! Michelle Obama becomes first woman in a decade to top Britain's Christmas bestseller list

Oh, yay, well-deserved! Outsports Male Athlete of the Year: Eric Radford

<3 ‘Mum this is me!’: the pop-up bookshop that only sells diverse children's books

I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS: Greta Gerwig's Little Women assemble in first cast photo

Interesting: Johnny Weir Joins Netflix Skating Drama 'Spinning Out'

Look at These Incredible Dinosaur Footprints Found in England

Useful! How to Make the Best Holiday Cookie Assortment

Arts Meets Science and Chemistry Wins the Day

Afternoon Tea (11/14/18)

THIS STORY!!! The Watcher

Whoo boy: The War Inside 7-Eleven

Thanks to Michelle Obama and other celebs, infertility is no longer a dirty word

12 Native American Authors to Read During Native American Heritage Month

Equality at the Gallows: The Hanged Women of England

Morning Coffee (10/30/18)

Take some time to read through this if you can: The lives lost in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

And: Trump’s Caravan Hysteria Led to This

Wow, look at Carter's letter to the Georgia secretary of state.

What Jair Bolsonaro’s Victory Could Mean for the Amazon, and the Planet (Spoiler: VERY BAD THINGS.)

Of course he did: Rep. King met with far-right Austrians on trip funded by Holocaust memorial group

Heh: Stoning Our Neighbors to Death Makes the Corn Grow High, and Elitist Liberals Should Stop Attacking This Traditional Value

This is great: The Sub-Gatsby Phantasmagoria of Anthony Scaramucci’s Book Party

Progress but still not, you know, GREAT: GLAAD's 'Where We Are on TV' report shows television telling more LGBTQ stories than ever

Older People Are Worse Than Young People at Telling Fact From Opinion

Well this is delightful: Hubble telescope fixed by 'jiggling it around'

Morning Coffee (10/14/18)

Of course: Trump administration weighs new family-separation effort at border

Turks tell U.S. officials they have audio and video recordings that support conclusion Khashoggi was killed

Sure, who needs that? E.P.A. to Disband a Key Scientific Review Panel on Air Pollution

Trump’s USA Today op-ed demonstrates why it’s time to unbundle news and opinion content

Oh go away: Sanders barnstorming country ahead of midterm elections

Uh, not good: Germany’s Far-Right AfD Urges Students to Report Biased Teachers

Awful: Babysitting While Black: Georgia Man Was Stalked by Woman as He Cared for 2 White Children

SLIGHT progress... Diversity of TV Directors Ticks Up in DGA Study: "The Compass Is Pointing in the Right Direction"

Dutch museums discover 170 artworks stolen by Nazis

A home with some Salem witch trials history is up for sale

Morning Coffee (9/23/18)

(I'm traveling, so this was mostly written in advance.)

New UN report documents evidence of mass atrocities in Myanmar against the Rohingya

Brett Kavanaugh’s Accuser Says She’s Willing to Testify Before Judiciary Committee

Wow: Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar's Siblings Endorse Rival in New Campaign Ads

How... funny? Congressman jokes that Ruth Bader Ginsburg was molested by Lincoln

Fans of Ranked Voting See an Opportunity in Massachusetts

Ex-Harper’s Editor Says Staff Was ‘Sidelined’ During Hockenberry, Roiphe Pieces

Study: Latina Speaking Characters on TV Reach Historic High — of 7 Percent

The New Hip Churches are Fooling Google. They Pop Up as “Gay-friendly” — it’s a Hoax.

Ooh: A Dance World Mystery Spurs a Contest for Choreographers

Elephant Tusk DNA Helps Track Ivory Poachers

Morning Coffee (9/6/18)

The New York Times’s Trump-bashing op-ed from a senior Trump official, explained

Ayanna Pressley wins the Massachusetts 7th Congressional District primary in an upset

Trump suggests that protesting should be illegal

Salisbury poisonings: police name two Russian suspects

Kavanaugh Will Try to Hide His Views on Abortion. Here’s How to Not Be Fooled.

How Duterte Used Facebook To Fuel the Philippine Drug War

Democrats Are Pushing More Diverse Candidates. Behind The Scenes, Not So Much.

Amazing: Even Bears Respect Putin, New Russian State TV Show Declares

Hmm, interesting concept: ‘Serial’ Season 3 Podcast Premiere Date Set

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Will Pay $145,000 For Misleading Customers About That Vagina Egg

Morning Coffee (7/5/18)

Poland Purges Supreme Court, and Protesters Take to Streets

Trump’s Orphans Offer Democrats A Simple Lesson

Suppression of Minority Voting Rights Is About to Get Way Worse

This data is fascinating: Democrats Are Wrong About Republicans. Republicans Are Wrong About Democrats.

How To Spot Plastic Patriotism, Using ‘The Troops’ For Your Pet Cause

Of course: Zinke linked to real estate deal with Halliburton chairman

Just cuz, I guess? Interior Department plans to let people kill endangered red wolves

Today in very normal sports headlines: Eric Abidal: Barcelona deny former president bought illegal liver for defender

Feature Film Director Diversity Remains Low, Directors Guild Reports

Ooh fun: Instagram Stories, Now Twice as Big as Snapchat, Adds Music Integration

Morning Coffee (6/22/18)

OKAY. IT'S FRIDAY. HAPPY LINKS, DARN IT.

Yay! New Zealand Prime Minister Becomes 2nd Elected World Leader to Give Birth in Office

Gina Rodriguez is using her 2018 Emmy campaign money to send an undocumented student to college

Look at this lineup: America Ferrera to edit timely, star-studded essay collection on diversity and culture

I LOVE THIS BOOK: Read an excerpt of the mystery book featuring Barack Obama and Joe Biden as action heroes

Eeee: To All the Boys I've Loved Before Looks Like the Cute Teen Romcom of the Summer

Also, Creed II trailer!

I am generally not a tiny house fan but LOOK: This tiny home was modeled after a lunar lander

Heh: The Mets should sign Jennifer Lopez

This Video Made From Real Mars Data Will Make You Feel Like You're Flying Over the Red Planet

15 Chic Bags to Schlep on Long Weekends

Morning Coffee (5/13/18)

This is a very good read: American democracy has faced worse threats than Donald Trump

Clashing Views on Iran Reflect a New Balance of Power in the Cabinet

Schneiderman said his alleged abuse was “role playing.” As a sex educator, I’m horrified.

Chris Murphy was my favorite already but now he has a CHEESE BILL.

How The Fake News Industry Weaponizes Women

The Diversity Gap in Children’s Book Publishing, 2018

I... can see why: Burberry Is Suing Target for Knocking Off Its Iconic Plaid Pattern

I still can't quite believe this is a real show: ‘A Very English Scandal’ Trailer: A Violin-Playing Hugh Grant Purrs To Ben Whishaw In BBC & Amazon Drama

This is lovely! Buckingham Palace shares an image of the Instrument of Consent for Harry & Meghan’s marriage

Bradley Cooper To Star In & Direct Leonard Bernstein Movie As Dueling Biopics Tune Up (Honestly, "dueling Bernstein biopics" is not necessarily where I expected 2018 to go.)

Morning Coffee (3/21/18)

Xi Taps Harvard-Educated Adviser to Tighten Grip on China’s Economy

Immigration Advocates Warn ICE Is Retaliating For Activism

Good: GOP Candidate Who Called Emma González A "Skinhead Lesbian" Drops Out Of Race

The Grisly Murder Case That Could Turn Half of Oklahoma Back Into Tribal Lands

If you think voters are divided on abortion, think again

This is great: She Was the Only Woman in a Photo of 38 Scientists, and Now She’s Been Identified

If you downloaded the Bitcoin blockchain, you may have downloaded child porn

‘Multiple Steves and Pauls’: A History Panel Sets Off a Diversity Firestorm

Astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly Are Still Identical Twins, Despite What You May Have Read

Ooh: HBO Unveils First-Look Photos Of ‘My Brilliant Friend’ Drama

Morning Coffee (3/8/18)

Sergei Skripal was deliberately poisoned with nerve agent, say police

Jeff Sessions’s lawsuit against California’s “sanctuary” laws, explained

What a shock: Trump Spoke to Witnesses About Matters They Discussed With Special Counsel

Stormy Daniels Is Suing Trump Over A "Hush Agreement" That She Says He Never Signed

And: Trump Lawyer Obtained Restraining Order to Silence Stormy Daniels

Kentucky Senate pulls bill to outlaw child marriage following opposition by conservative group

New report shows lack of progress for women of color in the media

Ooh! Little Women to become multicultural graphic novel for 150th anniversary

Google Researchers Are Learning How Machines Learn

This sounds interesting: Gina Rodriguez to Star in, Produce Netflix Rom-Com ‘Someone Great’

Morning Coffee (3/5/18)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week!

First up: here are all the Oscar winners! I correctly predicted 21 of 24 categories. Not bad!

Progress? Special counsel wants documents on Trump, numerous campaign associates

Mueller’s Focus on Adviser to Emirates Suggests Broader Investigation

Uh... State Dept. Was Granted $120 Million to Fight Russian Meddling. It Has Spent $0.

What a headline: Florida’s senate convened a rare Saturday session to reject taking action on guns

‘Pure madness’: Dark days inside the White House as Trump shocks and rages

A Group of Women Just Bought the Weinstein Company

Bitcoin thirst spurs Icelandic heist—“Grand theft on a scale unseen before”

Wow: Call Me By Someone Else’s Name: Armie Hammer’s Actress Wife Sues Woman Who Impersonated Her To Attend Vanity Fair Party

'Diversity in Romance' report finds decrease in books by authors of color

Morning Coffee (1/22/18)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Good for them: Union Is Formed at Los Angeles Times and Publisher Put on Leave

I thought we already knew this but I'm glad to see research and attention being given to it: Repeated Head Hits, Not Just Concussions, May Lead To A Type Of Chronic Brain Damage

Important in understanding everything: Trump’s Debt to Ron Paul’s Paranoid Style

Comrade, meet Cupid: China’s Communist Party plays matchmaker to millennials

This story is terrifying: Almost 35 years ago, she let a stranger hold her newborn. It has haunted her ever since.

Cursed are the cheesemakers: Spain and Mexico locked in manchego dispute

Can Philippe Jaroussky Help Fix Classical Music’s Diversity Problem?

I can't believe he's OLD enough, we're all going to die: Logan Lerman in Talks to Play Dan Rather in JFK Drama ‘Newsflash’

Hmm: Legends of Tomorrow Eyeing Episode About Young Barack Obama

Ooh: Possible Remains of ‘Lost’ Monastery Discovered in Scotland

Morning Coffee (12/13/17)

I did not expect this! Once a Long Shot, Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Race

Exclusive: Grassley urges Trump to reconsider controversial judicial picks

There's finally a conviction in the Irene Garza case!!!

Janet Yellen Didn’t Set Out to Be a Feminist Hero

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year is feminism.

This Year's Christmas Tree Shortage Has Roots In The Recession

This is an important study but SIGH: Diversity on Magazine Covers Saw a Slight Decline in 2017

Olympic Athletes From Russia, and the Politics of What They’ll Wear

Memoirs of an Emperor: Hirohito’s Account of World War II Sells for $275,000

!!! Harry Potter Mobile Game Will Turn Users into Hogwarts Students

Morning Coffee (11/18/17)

I'm traveling and compiled and scheduled this post in advance, so WHO KNOWS what's actually going on in the world by now. Back on Tuesday!

Donald Trump and the Russian Dog That Didn’t Bark

Jamelle Bouie on The Stakes in Alabama

A good read on Jezebel's attempts to report the Louis CK story: On Rumors

This is great: Tutus and Tool Belts: Church of England Urges Children to Explore Gender Identity

Directors Guild Finds ‘Some Progress’ in TV Hiring Practices of Women, Minorities

I knew they had a lot of land but this is A LOT: Congrats to the Pioneer Woman for Being the 23rd Largest Landowner in America

Whoa: In a Major First, Scientists Edit DNA Within the Human Body

I know he did Beauty and the Beast but I still think of him as the Perks guy so this made me laugh: Disney's 'Prince Charming' Sets Writer-Director Stephen Chbosky

Aw: Canada Accidentally Forced Olympic Hopefuls Into Midnight Curling

80-Year-Old Mystery Cracked As Final Missing Piece Of Magritte Painting Found

Morning Coffee (11/17/17)

This week's Happy Friday links have a lot of Go Fug Yourself but I'm not actually sorry, unless any of you already read their site faithfully and thus have fewer new things to read here.

This is wonderful: Barbie Debuts a Hijab, Thanks to Ibtihaj Muhammad

Chelsea Clinton announces international companion to She Persisted children's book

This is both funny and thoughtful, even if you don't care about Blake Shelton: Blake Shelton Is People’s Sexiest Man Alive? (Real talk: Blake Shelton is not even the sexiest man alive ON HIS OWN TV SHOW, though his reaction quoted in that piece made me like him a little better than I had.)

!!!! 280-Character Tweets Make Tetris Possible on Twitter

Titanic to return to theaters for 20th anniversary (This briefly sent me spiraling because my friend and I went to see it for an anniversary release ALREADY and that CANNOT have been ten years ago, but no, it was FIVE years ago. Are they going to re-release it every five years? This is not necessarily a complaint.)

This happened at the end of LAST week but I wanted to make sure you saw because it's important: Tom Hiddleston Is Literally Walking Around London Cradling a Puppy

Let's go to Italy's new food theme park.

USEFUL and also funny: How to Pluralize Your Last Name on Holiday Cards

Three Gorgeous Cakes for the Holidays

SPARKLY SHOES. (I just got sparkly shoes on clearance for $13 and I'm obsessed and need you all to invite me to holiday parties so I can wear them.)