BY: TREVOR HEWITT If Ron Paul popularized the online moneybomb, Bernie Sanders revolutionized it. Reddit has raised just over $1.25 million US for Sanders since he announced his presidential bid last April. That brings his campaign’s total donation amount to…
A woman reads to caged dogs at the pound so they know they’re not unwanted
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA Take a moment to imagine being locked inside a kennel waiting for an owner who might never come. According to the ASPCA, 7.6 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year. Of those, 2.7 million animals are…
How Reddit’s citizen journalism could have led to an innocent 22-year-old’s suicide
BY: MICHAEL LYONS Bulletin board site Reddit describes itself as the “front page of the internet,” a sobering concept for anyone who has ever actually been on the Internet. These days, Reddit is the newsmaker. In one 24-hour news cycle,…