The News
November 2, 2016
It’s Wednesday, the middle day of the week. The World Series continues tonight after the Cubs forced a Game 7 against Cleveland, a city that previously benefitted from a blown 3–1 series lead and may now find itself on the losing end of that situation. In other topical news, only six days remain before Election Day and a recent study found that a majority of Americans were stressed about the event.
Speaking of the election, today we’re launching “Throw Down Week” at Wonks This Way, where we present competing pieces predicting the results of the presidential election and discuss our methods for a three-part series that will conclude after Election Day.
Anyway, thanks for reading and enjoy the day ahead.
Cheers,
The Wonks Team
Politics
- Farai Chideya wraps up FiveThirtyEight’s “The Voters” series by profiling Mexican-American voters, noting how their political views differ from other Latino groups as well as generational distinctions between first and third-generation Mexican Americans.
Business and Economy
- Steven Solomon of The New York Times analyzes the causes behind this year’s uptick in corporate mergers, noting the role of the presidential election as well as the potential impact of the proposed mergers on the media industry.
Public Policy and Health
- Austin Frakt of The Upshot Blog assesses the economic benefit of paid sick leave policy, noting the benefits to long-term outcomes on employees’ health and productivity as well as the policy’s effects on employers’ health care costs.
Sports
- Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer examines how this year’s MLB postseason paradoxically represents the best and worst of the league’s expectations for baseball, noting how increasing viewership has coincided with lengthier games featuring more strikeouts and fewer home runs.
Culture
- The Washington Post TV critic Hank Stuever reflects on the state of late-night talk shows, arguing that hosts often produce the same jokes about the presidential election and for new voices to stymie the predictable echo chamber approach to programming.
