NPR Giving Reporters Hostility-Training Workshops for Rowdy Trump Rallies
The 90-minute “Trump Training” sessions were organized after multiple journalists sustained injuries while covering the presidential candidate. [Washington Post]
Why Are Brothers so Frequently Involved in Terrorist Attacks?
Following the massive attacks in Brussels’ airport and metro station that that killed 31 people, authorities named two of the suicide bombers were brothers Khalid and Ibrahim el-Bakraoui. The pair join a long list of terrorist siblings including those who attacked Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine, those involved in the Paris attacks last November that killed 130 people and the brothers responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing. The New York Times investigates why brothers are frequently found responsible for these radical attacks. [NYT]
Obama Trapped The Leader of a Repressive Regime Into Answering Questions From the Press
Obama may not always have the best reputation for engaging with the press, but he did a stunning job of forcing Cuban leader Raul Castro into answering some tough questions. POLITICO’s moment-to-moment recap of the affair is both excruciating and delightful. [POLITICO]
Millennial Workers Are More Likely to Get Free Food Than Health Insurance
These days, young workers are in it for the free snacks. A new survey released by Jobvite shows free food is the top job perk for workers between 18 and 29. According to the survey, 35 percent of millennial workers say their companies provide them with free snacks and meals, a benefit that’s more common than health and dental insurance for this age group. The length of time millennials stick with any company is also shortening — people in their early 20s are estimated to change jobs 15 to 20 times or more in their lifetime, according to Jobvite. [Quartz]
Starbucks Will Donate Leftover Food to Those In Need
Starbucks is teaming up with Feeding America, a national food bank, to donate 100 percent of its leftovers from all of its U.S. locations, according to CNN.com. It had tried to donate food before but didn’t have a consistent way to do it until now. [CNN]
Obama’s Awkward Tango
President Obama, the good sport that he is, got roped into attempting to tango with a professional dancer during his visit to Argentina — a performance Jezebel likened to getting to see a “bar or bat mitzvah kid slow-dance with their middle school crush.” [Jezebel]
Whatcha Gonna Do With All That Junk, Smithsonian?
The National Museum of Natural History has a lot of stuff they don’t put in their exhibits. Instead, they store all of it — including dead birds, parts of whales, thousands and thousands of beetles and butterflies and what appears to be drawers and drawers of carefully labeled dead mice — in their back rooms, shown in these astounding photographs taken of each department’s staff and storage. It’s incredible. But we have to ask: Why so many parrots? [MessyNessy Chic]
All ’90s Kids Rejoice for 'All That' Reunion
As if 11 seasons wasn’t enough, the TeenNick popular television sketch show "All That" is coming back in April on The Splat to celebrate the show with some of its top stars, including Kel Mitchell, Josh Server, Lori Beth Denberg, and SNL’s own Kenan Thompson. The show was popular for spinning other top shows, like Amanda Bynes’ "Amanda Show" and "The Nick Cannon Show". Although there are no further details as to what the special will feature, The Splat did release a teaser video with all the stars. [Entertainment Weekly]
The Problem With J.K. Rowling’s Twitter Feed
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has become very active on Twitter in recent years, but writer Heather Schwedel is not a big fan of her frequent updates. She criticizes the feed for constantly tinkering with the Harry Potter world and says she much preferred the version of it from 2009 to 2013, when the famed author would tweet only a few times a year, as opposed to the more current version, which includes a steady stream of information on topics like tuition and religion at Hogwarts. [Slate]
Netflix’s Selection Is Shrinking
There are fewer options on Netflix than there were two years ago, according to the site AllFlicks, which specializes in Netflix content. The collection has shrunk by a third since 2014, AllFlicks found. Netflix may be getting rid of more obscure, outdated content and focusing on its original content and keeping titles up to date, Quartz surmises. [Quartz]
The Competitive World of Blind Sports
From recreational games to more competitive Paralympics, a growing number of programs are helping visually impaired people push their athletic prowess. “It’s a common theme among visually impaired competitive athletes,” the author writes. “They’re determined to prove that very little is beyond their reach.” [The Atlantic]
The column was compiled by DNAinfo reporters Daneille Tcholakian, Alexandra Leon, Carolina Pichardo, Eddie Small, Nikhita Venugopal, Gwynne Hogan, Irene Plagianos, Shaye Weaver, Jeanmarie Evelly, Emily Frost and Rachel Holliday Smith.
