Trump signed an executive order last week reinstating a Bush-era deportation policy, Secure Communities, which effectively outlaws sanctuary cities, threatening to defund any jurisdictions that…
LONGFORM
Concept albums by Beyonce, Frank Ocean, and Solange are changing the way millennials listen to music
“Who has time to listen to a Mahler symphony, for God’s sake?” said Leonard Bernstein in a 1989 interview with Rolling Stone. He bemoaned the…
ESE TIPO NO PAGA
Los jornaleros indocumentados ahora tendrán una nueva manera de combatir el robo de salario
Read this in English. Omar Trinidad empezó a trabajar como jornalero cuando emigró de México a los Estados Unidos hace nueve años. Hace seis años,…
NO PAY NO WAY
Immigrant laborers have a new tool to fight back against rampant wage theft in the US
Leer en español. Omar Trinidad immigrated to the US from Mexico nine years ago and started working as a jornalero, as day laborers are known…
ROYAL ATTITUDE
“No one should be bullied”: Prince William becomes first British royal to appear on the cover of a gay magazine
Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is a familiar face on UK newsstands, particularly as media outlets have raced in recent years to cover his…
LAUGH FACTORY
Watch: Stephen Colbert’s former comedy troupe makes hilarious corporate training videos
The Chicago-based improvisational comedy group Second City counts some of America’s greatest—and most irreverent and profane—comedians among its alumni. John Belushi, Bill Murray, Julia Louis-Dreyfus,…
BAD ADS
Mayor Sadiq Khan has banned body-shaming ads from London’s transit system
In one of the first high-profile moves of his administration, London mayor Sadiq Khan announced on Monday (June 13) that body-shaming ads will no longer…
A 127-year-old US newspaper is giving itself away in an essay contest
The 127-year-old Hardwick Gazette, located in Hardwick, Vermont, is up for grabs. All you have to do is describe why you want to run a…
WHAT A MESS
A child swiftly destroyed this $15,000 Zootopia Lego sculpture when it went on display in China
A Chinese mall’s publicity stunt went awry earlier this week when a young child wrecked an elaborate Lego sculpture of a Disney character commissioned by…
TWIN PEAKS
New photos of Pluto reveal Earth-like terrain that is “a total, complete mystery” to scientists
Close-up imagery of Pluto’s surface has scientists wondering how the dwarf planet’s terrain came to be. The photos, which show expansive mountain ranges and valleys,…
SCREEN SAVER
Victims of child trafficking can now report abuse on touchscreen kiosks in India
An Indian NGO is installing touchscreen kiosks across the country which vulnerable children can use to ask for help. Childline was established with the goal…
NEW PLAN
US immigration authorities are shipping transgender detainees to a rural town in Texas
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is building a new immigration detention center in a small town in Texas with a special unit meant to…
