As an Asian-American woman, I was embarrassed that it took me until late into the 2020 presidential election primaries to learn that Senator Kamala Harris is half South Asian.
The president of BC Marine Parks Forever, George Creek, told NPR that he called America "the biggest petri dish in the world," and you know what, he was right.
An explosion in Lebanon’s capital city yesterday killed at least 100 people and injured 4,000, as hundreds of thousands are feared to have lost their homes in the wake of the blast. Though as of Wednesday the cause of the blast was not yet determined or announced (right now Lebanon needs our support — not our speculation) the government’s initial statements suggest the explosion was caused by massive quantities of ammonium nitrate stored at the port where the blast occurred.