its $5,000 goal within seven hours. The subreddit has held several similar fundraisers in the past, raising money for a man who cut a hole in his own truck to rescue a trapped kitten, an outdoor gym in South Africa, and a father who sold his valuable comic collection to pay the medical costs of his adopted baby.

Chicago police stated on Thursday morning that they did not believe that the assault, carried out by four African-American teens against the white victim, was racially motivated. The police spokesperson told reporters that it is possible the victim was targeted due to his mental disabilities, but they are still investigating.at TomDispatch.com and will appear in “The Sea,” the Summer 2013 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com.



In heavy fog on the night of October 7, 1936, the SS Ohioan ran aground three miles south and west of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, and by noon on October 8, I was among a crowd of spectators come to pay its respects to the no small terror of the sea. I was 2 years old, hoisted on the shoulders of my father, for whom the view to windward was neither openly nor latently sublime. The stranded vessel, an 8,046-ton freighter laden with a cargo valued at $450,000, was owned by the family steamship company