Send Us Your Letters About Puerto Rico
Last week, the Trump-Pence administration met with FEMA officials to congratulate the agency on a successful 2017. They…
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Mándenos Sus Cartas Sobre Puerto Rico
La semana pasada, la administración de Trump-Pence se reunió con representantes de la FEMA para felicitar a la agencia…
In Academia, Professors Coming On to You Is on the Syllabus
In the middle of the night on November 11, 2011, Jenn Shapland, a 24-year-old graduate student in the English…
The Texans Who Are Mad as Hell About Trump's Border Wall
Many feel the Trump administration’s proposed border wall is toxic and divisive. But in the Rio Grande Valley, it’s…
Activist Fighting ‘Anti-Male Bias’ on Campus Really Doesn’t Wanna Talk About His Old Harassment Suit
Over the last few months, the Department of Education’s civil rights division has opened a set of unusual…
A Hunger Strike on the Bowery
No one remembers who suggested a hunger strike. But when it was proposed, almost everyone raised their hands to…
The Secret, All-White Committee Advising New Orleans’ Black Woman Mayor on the Fate of Confederate Statues
Nearly a year ago today, New Orleans residents cheered, sang, and danced in the streets as they watched the city take…
When Healthcare Funding on Reservations Dries Up
The Penobscot Indian Reservation, established through a settlement with the state of Maine in 1980, begins about 12…
Craft Beer’s Moral High Ground Doesn't Apply to Its Workers
Scott Timms is taking a break from brewing beer. At 35, he’s been at it for 13 years, most recently having worked at…
North Carolina’s Teacher Revolt Was Decades in the Making
A derecho of red shirts swept through Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday as thousands of teachers and their allies flooded the…
D.C.'s Biggest Homeless Shelter Is About to Close. Will Amazon Take Its Place?
On a recent spring evening, a group of mothers at D.C. General Family Homeless Shelter were enjoying the weather,…
America's Paranoid Heart Is the NRA Convention
DALLAS, TX— On Saturday, just after the anti-gun protest, I joined the NRA. Thirty bucks. It entitled me to a one-year…
Elaine Chao Is a Stealth American Nightmare
Nearly every member of Donald Trump’s wealthy cabal of cabinet members has faced some sort of scandal in the…
'Unfuckable' Women Don't Go on Killing Sprees
When I was in high school, I felt completely undateable. Everyone around me seemed to be pairing off, falling in love,…
Here's What Happens When Doctors Can't Say 'Abortion'
This week, the Trump administration is inching toward its long-promised reshaping of Title X legislation, a change that…
When the Cost of Giving Birth Is Billed to Your Baby
Recently, I talked to women about what it was like to be pregnant and uninsured. Shortly after my story was published,…
Why Are We So Thirsty for #MeToo Comeback Stories?
As familiar as I am with the pastime of giving white men maximum credit for minimum effort, even I was taken aback by…
How Red Bull Invented the SponCon Industrial Complex
A few years ago, when I was a naive writer at a very different publication, I decided to do a story about an energy…
'It's Always There': Going Back to Columbine 19 Years Later
“We’ve grown up knowing nothing more than the fact that we may be shot in our school,” 16-year-old Kaylee Tyner said as…
Navigating a Digital World After 40 Years in Prison
Edward Minor had a paper due for his English class on income inequality at Wayne County Community College in Detroit.…
