Dating Dating While DyingThe New York Times - By JOSIE RUBIOOne night, as a friend and I were headed to a bar to see someone I had met on a dating app, she asked, “What do you tell these guys?” I pulled up my profile and handed her my phone. “I have cancer so you
Tariffs Bibles but Not Textbooks: Trump’s Tariff Exemptions Pick Winners and Loserspropublica.org - ProPublica Products won exemptions from the U.S. Trade Representative for “health, safety, national security and other factors,” but the criteria remain unclear. …
Play buttonPhilippines From Korean dramas to Filipino sitcoms, Asian Americans lead the way on streamingNBC News - Saleah Blancaflor“When we say that Asians have been on the leading edge of streaming, we're not kidding,” one expert said. The late '90s was a time when connecting to the internet meant hearing the screech of a dial-up
Indian-American News Arranged marriages take a modern spin in recent novels by South Asian American authorsNBC News - Lakshmi Gandhi“There was still a choice that existed within the process — a choice that ultimately belonged to me,” author Zara Raheem said. That’s how author Zara Raheem ended up meeting the man she would eventually
Melania Trump Trump Asserts He Can Force U.S. Companies to Leave ChinaThe New York TimesPresident Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, arriving in Biarritz, France, on Saturday. A Chevrolet dealership in Chongqing, China. American automakers have bet billions of dollars on the Chinese
Opinion Immigration lawyers: We saw what's happening at the US-Mexico border. It's a tragic farce.USA TODAY - Christina Brown and Kara LynumThere is no due process in Mexico for asylum seekers, just endless obstacles to staying alive, finding an attorney and communicating with authorities. In January 2019, the Trump administration implemented
Liberal View Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Are Leading the Democratic Candidates on Criminal Justice Reformmotherjones.com They know that public safety isn’t just about law enforcement; it’s about access to education, health care, and other services. On Tuesday, Sen. …
She waited 17 years to become a citizen. Labor contractions weren’t going to get in her way.The Washington Post - By Marisa IatiShe was minutes away from becoming a citizen after 17 years in the United States, and she was not about to let a little thing like labor contractions get in her way. The Armenian American woman, 31, walked
Opinion Opinion: I Walked The Desert For Days To Make It To America. Then They Took Me To The Ice Box.buzzfeednews.com - Irani Garcia Zacarias Coming to a new country is like coming into a stranger’s home. At the US border, we are not treated like guests, and we're barely treated like humans. …
Business Trump Ordered U.S. Companies to Leave China. Is That Possible?The New York TimesAn assembly plant operated by General Motors and its Chinese partners in Liuzhou, China. American automakers have bet billions of dollars on the Chinese market. A shoe factory in Wenzhou. Few places can
Ras Baraka Tainted Water, Ignored Warnings and a Boss With a Criminal PastThe New York Times - By NICK CORASANITI, COREY KILGANNON and JOHN SCHWARTZNEWARK — In the year after receiving test results showing alarming levels of lead in this city’s drinking water, Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark made a number of unexpected decisions. He mailed a brochure all
European Council European Council President Warns EU Will Retaliate If Donald Trump Taxes French WineHuffPost - Amy RussoDonald Tusk said there would be consequences if the U.S. president went through with his tariff threat against France. European Council President Donald Tusk warned Saturday that the European Union will
Trump ‘hereby’ orders U.S. business out of China. Can he do that?The Washington Post - By Jeanne Whalen, Abha Bhattarai, Reed AlbergottiPresident Trump’s extraordinary edict demanding U.S. companies move out of China — delivered in a series of angry tweets Friday — left industries of every stripe scrambling to understand how seriously
The Trump economy: A chaotic, contradictory response to a slowdownThe Washington Post - By Damian Paletta, Robert Costa, Josh Dawsey, Philip RuckerTop White House advisers notified President Trump earlier this month that some internal forecasts showed that the economy could slow markedly over the next year, stopping short of a recession but complicating
Trump’s company could save millions if interest rates fall as he demandsThe Washington Post - By Jonathan O'Connell, David A. Fahrenthold, Heather LongPresident Trump stands to save millions of dollars annually in interest on outstanding loans on his hotels and resorts if the Federal Reserve lowers rates as he has been demanding, according to public
Guns As Trump waffles, some Democrats talk up mandatory gun buybacks, licensingNBC News - Benjy SarlinThe conversation on the campaign trail is different this year. Mass shootings are the reason why. WASHINGTON — Rep. Eric Swalwell of California might have left the presidential race, but his signature
Mississippi 'I thought she was going to die': Parents separated from children after Mississippi ICE raidsUSA TODAY - Alan Gomez, Alissa Zhu, Giacomo Bologna and Rebecca MorinCARTHAGE, MISS. — Every morning, 9-month-old Elizabeth wakes up and reaches across the bed to breastfeed, but her mother isn’t there. Her father, Romeo Ramirez, has tried his best to mimic the process,
Srinagar India’s Move in Kashmir: More Than 2,000 Rounded Up With No RecourseThe New York TimesRelatives consoled Zahida Jan, whose brother had been detained since early August, in the Kashmiri city of Pulwama last week. Security forces in Srinagar, Kashmir’s largest city, earlier this month. Prayers
U.S. Politics California Is the ‘Popular Boy or Girl at the Dance’ in 2020The New York TimesFormer Vice President Joe Biden served breakfast to guests during a campaign stop at Dulan’s Soul Food in Los Angeles. Senator Bernie Sanders has a sizable infrastructure to fall back on from the last
News Kids left without either parent at home for 8 days after Mississippi ICE raidABC News - Sophie Tatum U.S. immigration authorities took eight days before they realized they had detained both parents of two children in Mississippi earlier this month …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Quit Trying To Be A Superhero - Darius Foroux - Pocketgetpocket.com Hi there, superhero! How are you? Working on a lot of projects simultaneously? Planning a holiday? Taking care of the family? Paying the bills? …
20 Slang Terms From World War I - Mental Floss - Pocketgetpocket.com One of the subtlest and most surprising legacies of the First World War—which the United States entered more than 100 years ago, when the country …
How anti-Semitic beliefs have taken hold among some evangelical ChristiansThe Washington Post - By Julie ZauzmerBENSALEM, Pa. — As she cleans up the counter where the teenagers at her church’s Vacation Bible School ate their cookies and yogurt, Luba Yanko complains about the state of the country. President Trump
Greenland Sure, Trump Can Buy Greenland. But Why Does He Think It’s Up to Denmark?POLITICO - By JOSEPH BLOCHER and MITU GULATIIt’s not 1850 anymore. Here’s how a land purchase might work today. Joseph Blocher is law professor at Duke University School of Law. Mitu Gulati is a law professor at Duke University School of Law. Over
Bill de Blasio Inslee Out. Moulton Out. De Blasio? Town Hall May Be Last Gasp.The New York Times - By JEFFERY C. MAYSHe’s entrenched toward the rear in fund-raising totals. He rejects the validity of the various polls showing him at zero percent. And he also acknowledges that he will probably not qualify for the third
Wayne LaPierre How Wayne LaPierre Survived a Revolt at the N.R.A.The New York TimesWayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, has run the organization for a quarter-century. Charles J. Cooper, a longtime outside counsel to the N.R.A., in 2013. Portraits of
Rohingya Massacred at Home, in Misery Abroad, 730,000 Rohingya Are Mired in HopelessnessThe New York TimesThe Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in June. Rohingya refugees in the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in June. The Rohingya who escaped to Bangladesh now live in squalid
Politics Meltdown On Main Street: Inside The Breakdown Of The GOP's Moderate WingNPR - Susan DavisThree weeks after Democrats took control of the U.S. House in the 2018 midterm elections, about 40 reelected and recently defeated lawmakers in the centrist Republican Main Street Caucus gathered at the
Amazon Climate change, oxygen and biodiversity: Amazon rainforest fires leave plenty at stakeNBC News - Erik Ortiz"The effects of forest destruction in the Amazon don't stay in the Amazon. They affect us all," one expert said. Record fires sweeping across the Amazon this month are bringing renewed scrutiny to Brazil's
Nashville, TN A local's guide to Nashville, Tennessee, United States - The Washington PostThe Washington PostIn a cafe perched above the Cumberland River on Rutledge Hill, coffee geeks Ben and Rachel Lehman offer not only the city’s best cup of joe but also roasted-in-house beans, gadgets and guidance for those
