On the Road with J.S. Ondara
Six years ago, Kenyan folk singer J.S. Ondara left his home country behind to live with an aunt in Minneapolis and pursue his dream of becoming a musician. Though he was wholly unprepared for the windchills of the northern Midwest, he’s been able to channel his experience as a stranger in a strange land into…
How Are You Cutting Down on Plastic Waste?
Katarzyna Bialasiewicz/Getty Images The United States—and the world—is facing a plastics crisis. Experts predict that if we continue using plastics at the current rate without proper disposal, there could be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050. The problem has only gotten worse after China stopped accepting contaminated recycling last year. The United…
Asylum Was Pretty Much Dead Before Trump. Now He’s Trying to Finish the Job.
The US Coast Guard arrives on a Haitian refugee boat in 1992. Haitians intercepted at sea were generally returned to Haiti or detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Jacques Langevin/Getty In October 2013, 368 mostly Eritrean migrants died after their ship sank off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa. Italy honored them with honorary citizenship…
Thousands of Transgender Troops’ Lives Are About to Change Radically. But the Military Still Hasn’t Figured Out the Details.
Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) talks to transgender military members Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik (left), and Army Capt. Jennifer Peace (right), at the conclusion of a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing in February.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press On the January day when five Supreme Court justices agreed to revive President Donald Trump’s ban on…
Donald Trump Wanted to Dump Asylum Seekers on Streets of Democratic Cities
Jim Loscalzo/CNP via ZUMA Just when you think Donald Trump can’t surprise you anymore with his boorish behavior, he takes things to a whole new level: White House officials have tried to pressure U.S. immigration authorities to release detainees onto the streets of “sanctuary cities” to retaliate against President Trump’s political adversaries, according to Department…
Does Cheating to Get Into USC Really Deserve Jail Time?
Lori Loughlin and her daughters in happier days.Action Press via ZUMA The Cut passes along the latest on the parents who cheated to get their kids accepted into elite universities: TMZ reported earlier this week that prosecutors will only accept plea deals that include prison time, but People noted that [Lori] Loughlin and Giannulli resisted…