Cheat Sheet - Lupita Nyong’o and the Myth of Post-Racial Hollywood

Read This, Skip That .... May 29, 2014 NARRATIVE 1. Lupita Nyong'o and the Myth of Post-Racial Hollywood As Lupita Nyong'o's star rises, the charming Ivy League graduate with an America-approved cultural pedigree is being used as proof of the mythical post-racialism of Hollywood. Rawiya Kameir on the Oscar winner's "acceptable blackness." Read it at The Daily Beast MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY 2. Obama Wants a $5 Billion Blank Check The president says he wants Congress to give him $5 billion next year to fight terrorism, but the news came as a shock to lawmakers—and they are not about to give up the money easily. Lawmakers express their shock and surprise to Josh Rogin. Read it at The Daily Beast SQUARE ONE 3. Australia: MH370 Not in Search Area The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is seemingly back to square one. According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, "the search in the vicinity of the acoustic detections can now be considered complete and, in its professional judgment, the area can now be discounted as the final resting place of MH370." The four acoustic pings that were driving the search for the still-missing plane likely did not actually come from it. Authorities now believe that the sounds probably emanated from some other man-made source. A seven-week search of 329 square miles of ocean floor was largely guided by the pings, which now means the search was effectively for naught. Read it at The Daily Beast JERKS 4. Anti-Vaxxers Push Measles to 20-Year High People who hate vaccines but love to travel internationally have pushed U.S. measles cases to the highest level in 20 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday there are 288 cases so far this year, the largest number since 1994. "The current increase in measles cases is being driven by unvaccinated people, primarily U.S. residents, who got measles in other countries, brought the virus back to the United States and spread to others in communities where many people are not vaccinated," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases.  Read it at Centers for Disease Control Judge Dread 5. Abandon Hope All Ye Tried in Japan The 99 percent conviction rate in Japan's criminal courts is no credit to the efficiency of the system or efforts to reform it. Jake Adelstein on why those stats have less to do with efficient law enforcement than with forced confessions, trumped up charges, professional judges who have no common sense, and gross prosecutorial misconduct. Read it at The Daily Beast So Long Dems Trip Over Each Other to Ax VA Chief Eric Shinseki, face of the scandal. YET AGAIN Sergeant Accused of 12 Sexual Assaults From Afghanistan to Missouri. LUCKY Corrupt FBI Agent Conviction Vacated For Whitey Bulger's handler. NEW NORMAL 90% of Heroin Users Are White Live outside urban areas. EASY AS ABC 'Reading Rainbow' Kickstarter's $1M Day Nearly 23,000 donors pitched in. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Viral Video of the Day: BASE Jumping Dog Extreme dog walking! More Videos Don't Tell Me How to Cover My Butt by Tessa Miller Jackie Kennedy's Return to Arlington by Nicolaus Mills Dakota Fanning's 'Night Moves' by Marlow Stern

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