Samantha Grasso
Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.
Muslim woman says she was forced to show bloody menstrual pad to TSA agents
The officers refused to give her their names.
On Aug 24, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Cruel zoo patrons trick penguins into flipping for photos of fish
The fish were a red herring.
On Aug 23, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Woman apologizes, returns dog tree stolen from New York bakery after being Instagram-shamed
Woooof…
There’s more to Mollie Tibbetts’ story than whether her killer was undocumented
The right has already concerned itself over Mollie Tibbett’s attacker being undocumented—but his status is under dispute.
On Aug 22, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Tinder adopts new .edu feature for classist swiping
Tinder U is a game-changer—for better or worse.
Man’s solution to save breastaurants from killer millennials: Hooters, but make it therapy
TBH, tricking Hooters patrons into going to therapy isn’t that bad of an idea.
On Aug 21, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Watch UNC protesters topple the ‘Silent Sam’ Confederate statue
What a way to start the semester.
Lyft driver shot in head amid road rage argument with another driver
The driver is going to be OK.
On Aug 20, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Asia Argento paid off actor she reportedly sexually assaulted (updated)
The Me Too activist settled with her accuser.
Google is working on hearing aid support specifically for Android
The news is music to our ears.
On Aug 17, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Black mayoral candidate threatened with lynching
He’s not backing out of the Shreveport race.
Internet berates Fox News for mistaking Patti LaBelle for Aretha Franklin
Fox News sure tried to squirm its way out of this one.
DACA renewals cost $495—and GoFundMe is making it easier to raise those funds
GoFundMe’s new partnership is helping to elevate Dreamers’ stories.
On Aug 16, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
First-grader kept out of first day of school for having dreadlocks
They told him to cut his hair, or leave.
Black women were told they wouldn’t be hired—because of their ‘ghetto names’
The company claims an account was hacked.
On Aug 15, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
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