BuzzFeed shares soared early Wednesday after the entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy reported a stake in the online media company and asked for talks with the board.Ramaswamy, who ended his candidacy in January and threw his support behind Donald Trump, has taken a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-05-22 14:46:15 UTC ]
One evening in early March of last year, Alexis C. Madrigal and Robinson Meyer, colleagues at The Atlantic, set out to answer a simple question: how many people had been tested for the coronavirus in the US so far? The answer, it turned out, was actually quite complicated: in the absence of data... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-03-17 12:29:53 UTC ]
For Nicki Mitchell of Pomona, there was one good reason to come hear U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California talk about her memoir Sunday afternoon at a theater in Los Angeles. “I’m seeing it as an opportunity to see the next president,” said Mitchell, a high school counselor. Harris hasn’t... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A production crew filming the season two finale of the Amazon Studios original series "Goliath" at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles in December. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jeb Bush announced this weekend that he is releasing 250,000 emails from his two terms as Florida’s governor. North Korean hackers may be dismayed that he beat them to it, but Bush 2016 boosters are happy. This move, along with a planned ebook incorporating the emails, was taken as the surest... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Republican Party has a lot of problems, and if there’s one that doesn’t get enough attention, it’s the party’s broad appeal to provocateurs, faux martyrs, and grifters. Just look at the speakers list for the Republican Leadership Conference, which began on Thursday. There’s Donald Trump, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]