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…
“Libraries have become de facto homeless shelters”: Emilio Estevez on His New Movie “The Public”
The last time audiences saw actor Emilio Estevez in a library was in 1985 for a dance sequence in the brat pack classic, The Breakfast Club. Thirty-four years later in his new movie, The Public, Estevez is playing the librarian, caught in the middle of a police standoff with library patrons, most of whom are…
House Democrats Just Passed a Bill to Revive Net Neutrality
Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call On Wednesday morning, the House of Representatives passed a bill to restore Obama-era net neutrality protections—but the effort is likely to stop there, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) saying his chamber won’t consider the measure and the White House threatening to veto the bill as well. The House passed…
Vigilantes Not Welcome: A Border Town Pushes Back on Anti-Immigrant Extremists
In late August last year, 39-year-old Michael Lewis Arthur Meyer exited La Gitana bar in Arivaca, Arizona, took out his phone, and started recording a video for his Facebook page: “So down here in Arivaca, if you like to traffic in children, if you like to make sure women and children have contraceptives before handing…
A Man Suffered a Heart Attack on the Train. Another Passenger Rushed to Help Just In Time.
Avi Hatami and Brad Wieboldt.Screenshot via Newsday Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. Avi Hatami was on a commuter train outside New York, studying for a medical exam, when he heard something. Hatami, an aspiring doctor just 10 months…
Billie Eilish’s Mouthful of an Album Is an Overdramatic Tumblr Post Brought to Life
Dafydd Owen/Avalon via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Dropping “Ocean Eyes” on Soundcloud a few years ago, 15 year-old Billie Eilish never expected it would lead to an impressive cult following and a well received EP, don’t smile at me. And yet, it did. The EP introduced a young new…