The American Exceptionalism That Made Usha Vance and Me
My mother’s name is Usha, and for years, when I told non-South Asian people her name, I’d squint, trying to picture the spelling. But these days, it clicks immediately: Usha,…
Southwest Airlines Will Now Make Passengers Pay for Checked Bags
Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that it will begin charging customers a fee to check bags, abandoning a decades-long practice that executives had described last fall as key to differentiating the…
Rodrigo Duterte’s wildest moments from ‘ex-gay’ claim to ‘holocaust of drug addicts’ as ‘Trump of Philippines’ arrested
THE Former President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested for alleged crimes against humanity but the leader was famous worldwide for his wild claims. He was arrested when…
Terrified dad of Brit held in Trump immigration crackdown over ‘visa error’ says ‘we need her home NOW’ amid health fear
WATCH the heart-wrenching moment the dad of a British tourist held in the US over a visa mix-up says he “just wants her home”. Becky Burke, 28, was detained fourteen…
The Meaning of Rodrigo Duterte’s Arrest
March 11 was a day of reckoning. Fresh off a plane at the Manila international airport, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was flanked and detained under an arrest warrant issued…