Private prisons are cashing in on Trump’s ICE crackdown. They’re just getting started
Immediately after President Trump’s election victory in 2024, private prison stocks soared and company executives could hardly contain their glee.…
Trump’s new foreign aid ban expands his “cruel” agenda on the world
Reproductive rights groups are gearing up for the current Trump administration to implement extensions to the current global gag rule…
Anthony Minghella, 1954-2008 – Salon.com
English writer and director Anthony Minghella has died at age 54, according to various news reports. It’s a sad and…
The resilience of uchche, bitter melon
Baba was our resident gardener. He told us tales of big brinjals, bright pumpkin flowers, sprite okra that grew in…
My parents died and left me a mortgage, some guns and 34 decorative fish
Unlike me, most of my friends still have their parents. Most of my friends have never had to write an…
Kennedy’s attacks on HPV vaccines could cause cancer to rise
Cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, kills about 350,000 people annually — but for the last…
Punk pioneer Lenny Kaye reflects back on “the original sin of rock ‘n’ roll”
Punk in the Big Apple is a subject that has been exhaustively—and some might say exhaustingly—documented over the years, yet…
The big problem with those viral tiny snack tins
There’s a 2021 InStyle cover story of Jennifer Aniston that I think about more often than I’d like to. Specifically,…
“An out-of-touch plea for more money”: Trump seeks $1.5 trillion for new defense budget
For 2027, President Donald Trump is asking for a record military defense budget of $1.5 trillion as part of the…
Early pregnancy care declines despite Trump’s pro-birth agenda
The current Trump administration has previously said it’s focused on promoting a “pro-family” agenda. Trump has said that he wants…