How Trump’s executive order affects health care plans and prices
Congress may have failed to repeal and replace Obamacare, but an executive order signed by President Trump on Thursday could trigger big changes in the health care law. William Brangham talks to Avik...
Puerto Rico, the Mayor of San Juan, and the President
The federal response in Puerto Rico continues to draw criticism from locals, their dissatisfaction amplified by President Trump’s visit to the island on Tuesday. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz...
Puerto Rico faces a colossal task to rebuild
My father is from Puerto Rico and my mother is from the Dominican Republic. I’ve been watching anxiously as news has been filtering out from Puerto Rico. My ex-wife, Juanita Garcia, returned to...
Want to feel connected? There’s a book for that.
The Mott Haven Public Library branch was a long city block from my public housing apartment in the South Bronx. It was there that I discovered the world outside of my neighborhood. There were...
Will the end of DACA prod Congress into immigration action?
When I was with the Voicewaves project in Long Beach, I had worked with young people who had signed up for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). I remember how proud and excited they were....
‘Raising Bertie’ paints portrait of hope and hardship for three young men
When I was growing up in the Bronx, New York public housing, I didn’t think I was poor. I had a roof over my head and my parents made sure that we had food and clothing. They sacrificed to send...
Detroit’s tiny houses give residents a home to rebuild their lives
Would Tiny Houses work in Long Beach? Do our land costs put this out of bounds? According to the Real Estate website Zillow.com, “The median home value in Long Beach is $555,000. Long Beach...
Race and Racism in the Age of Trump
Race and Racism has been in the American DNA from our beginning. One cannot speak about our Original Sin without it causing rancor, thumb twiddling, deep sighs, and angry fingerpointing. This is one...