Opponents Second-Guessed This All-Muslim Girls Basketball Team. Bad Move.
Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. Their opponents are in gym shorts and jerseys on the court. The Salam Stars, in long-sleeve shirts, sweatpants, and hijabs, huddle and stretch before taking their positions. “Sometimes we see [our opponents] laughing”…
Refusing to Lie, an Innocent Man Spent 22 Extra Years in Prison to Protect the Truth
Rafael Ruiz, exonerated of a rape charge that sent him to prison for 25 years, with his lawyer from the Innocence ProjectBebeto Matthews/AP Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. He could have gotten out of prison years earlier. But…
Yes in My Backyard: A Radical Approach to Improving Homeless Encampments
An Oakland, California, tent encampment similar to the one at 37th and Martin Luther King Jr. WayJane Tyska/Digital First Media/The East Bay Times via Getty Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. For a decade, she lived two doors down…
Saved at Sea, a Family of Nurses Reunite 4 Decades Later With Their Rescuers
Thao Nguyen and Chip Reichert reunite almost 40 years after a rescue in the South China Sea.WGN-TV Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. In 1981, the USS John Young spotted a motorless fishing boat filled with people in the…
You Don’t Need an Olympic Medal to Stand Up for Human Rights, but How’s This for a Protest?
Kimia Alizadeh, the first woman from Iran to win an Olympic medal, before announcing her decision to defect in protest.Andrew Medichini/AP Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. They told her where to go, what to wear, how to act,…
A Story Your New Year’s Hangover Could Use: $5.3 Million in Debt Wiped Out
Valeriya/Getty Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. It was a startling announcement: A California church had raised enough money to pay off the medical debts of 5,555 struggling Los Angeles–area residents in time for Christmas, wiping out more than…