Thousands of Women Speak Out About Their Own Assaults After Trump Tape
In the wake of a recording of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump bragging about grabbing women and kissing them, thousands of people on social media have been speaking about their own experiences with being assaulted in an effort to reduce stigma for survivors. [New York Times]
NBC Suspends Anchor Billy Bush Following 2005 Trump Tape
Billy Bush was been suspended from his job anchoring the 9 a.m. hour of NBC’s “Today Show" after being caught laughing and joking with Trump in the aforementioned recording. He’s been replaced with Al Roker, who sparred with Bush over his defense of Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte after he was arrested in Rio. Sources told CNN the suspension could turn into a permanent removal. [CNN]
Samsung Stops Making the Galaxy Note 7 Smartphone
After weeks spent trying to prevent its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone from catching fire, Samsung is permanently stopping production on the beleaguered device. Although the company had first indicated it would just be a temporary halt in production, the company decided to make it permanent because of customer safety issues, calling to mind another notorious product that didn’t quite work out: the Ford Pinto. [NPR]
'I’m the Last Thing Standing Between You and the Apocalypse'
A reporter chronicled the ups and downs of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign during its final weeks as pressure mounts — from supporters and party leaders — for her to win. “Don’t blow this” is what she told the reporter she hears most often these days. [New York Times]
Warren Buffett Releases His Tax Data After Trump’s Debate Comment
Businessman Warren Buffett voluntarily released his taxes Monday, after Trump said during the presidential debate Sunday that the billionaire investor used the same tax loophole Trump used to avoid paying federal income taxes. Buffett said that he has paid federal income tax every year since 1944, when he was 13. He also said that in 2015, he paid $1.85 million in federal income taxes on adjusted gross income of $11.6 million. [Bloomberg and New York Times]
New York Times Editor Told to ‘Go Back to China’
Michael Luo, the deputy Metro editor for the New York Times, was getting lunch with his family and friends after church on the Upper East Side Sunday when a woman yelled to him to “Go back to China.” Luo approached her about the comment but felt the interaction wasn’t satisfactory, so he wrote an open letter to her. [New York Times]
NYC’s 'Hazy' High School Admissions Process Disadvantages Families
City high schools are supposed to give equal priority to students who attend an open house at the school and to those who attend a larger high school fair, but many aren’t following the rules, this report found. By favoring students who attend an open house, the schools are disadvantaging students who can’t make it, the reporters found. Students and schools are frustrated by the vague process, as one guidance counselor called it “a madhouse.” [The Atlantic]
Justice Department Launches Investigation into Inmate Treatment in Alabama
As a nationwide prisoner strike against unpaid labor enters its second month, the country’s justice department opened an investigation into conditions in Alabama prisons. The Department of Justice will look into excessive force and sexual abuse by inmates, and whether safe and clean living conditions are provided, it announced in a statement. [BuzzFeed]
Trump Admitted He Walked Backstage at Beauty Contests to Stare at Naked Contestants
Donald Trump told Howard Stern in 2005 that he used his status to “get away with” bursting into the dressing rooms at Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants to ogle the undressed contestants. [BuzzFeed]
Former NFL Player Eviscerates Trump Over His So-Called 'Locker Room Talk'
A man bragging about sexually assaulting women is not "locker room talk," nor is it how regular guys speak among themselves, says former NFL kicker Chris Kluwe. To suggest otherwise is “plummeting past the morass of gross incivility into the abyss of depraved sociopathy.” [Vox]
And Now for Something Completely Different... 'Fraggle Rock' Is Coming Back to TV
Good news for Jim Henson fans: His beloved '80s children’s show “Fraggle Rock” is coming to HBO in 2017, remastered and shown in HD. Now a new generation of kids can follow the adventures of Henson’s underground Muppets. [AV Club]
This column was compiled by DNAinfo reporters Katie Honan, Shaye Weaver, Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, Eddie Small, Emily Frost, Gwynne Hogan, Noah Hurowitz, Irene Plagianos, Allegra Hobbs, Dartunorro Clark and Jeanmarie Evelly.
