Emily BobrowVerified account

@EmilyBobrow

Journalist (mostly for The Economist); cultural critic; bemused observer

New York
Joined October 2012

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  1. So US citizenship works like Judaism; matrilineal route to being kosher. Also many opportunities to feel varklempt

  2. Can't quite believe the fed gov't spent $1.5b on abstinence-only sex education under George W Bush

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    Wha?

  4. Hm, might need to see the data on this one

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    NYT fashion editor: Well, that went well I think.

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  6. Voter behavior and essentialism: Parents of daughters support Hillary Clinton more than parents of sons

  7. A state representative starts waiting tables in order to pay off her college debt

  8. Real bipartisan support for background checks, among other measures

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    Obama: "We do not have to accept this carnage as the price of our freedom."

  10. Why cops should not double as school disciplinarians: “They were doing things with kids that you’d not believe”

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    Rubio on Obama gun plan: “You can pass all the gun laws in the world...It will not stop the criminals.” By same logic, why pass any laws?

  12. Finally read this profound piece from Eula Bliss on the uncomfortable comfort of whiteness

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    Outstanding article from on and what the musical/hip-hop album says about America.

  14. In 2013 median wealth of white households was 13x the median wealth of black households; widest gap since 1989

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    “From 2010 to 2012 the police killed black men ages 15 to 19 at a rate 21 times” that of white men the same age.

  16. "Bravery is easy, when you defend yourself from others; humanity is more difficult: it's when you defend others from yourself"; via

  17. We can't "make the future good...unless we are willing to make the past right” grim story of a lynching

  18. Good lord, this. Happy new year! (HT )

  19. Definitely worth a read.

  20. Surely a full-piece would do twice the job. Also, gross.

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