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.
DACA recipients are being urged to renew their status ASAP
The internet is helping raise funds for DACA renewal fees in light of upcoming injunction.
On Aug 3, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Bodycam shows cops’ fatal chokehold on Black man who asked to see arrest warrant
His family is pursuing a civil rights lawsuit.
Immigrant parents are reportedly holding hunger strikes in detention centers
Protesters can join in solidarity.
On Aug 2, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Internet slams ICE official for calling family detention centers ‘summer camps’
You cannot rebrand ‘jail.’
On Aug 1, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Man swaps ‘Redskins’ logo for ‘Caucasians’—and watches white people get offended
This experiment in empathy failed.
Viral video of ‘Uber driver’ throwing his ‘passenger’ into a fountain stumps the internet
These pranksters even fooled New Yorkers.
On Jul 31, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Threesome steals baby shark from aquarium by sneaking it out in a stroller
Thankfully, Helen the shark is already safely back at the aquarium.
The Trump administration missed its deadline to reunify immigrant families. Now what?
Over 1,000 children still aren’t reunited with their parents.
On Jul 27, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Bodycam footage shows Chicago police shot Black man as he ran
His family says he wasn’t armed.
On Jul 26, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Back-to-school shopping gets a hell of a lot more somber with kids needing bulletproof supplies
Is there no chance of coming back from bulletproof school supplies?
This is what it looks like when Pakistani women legally vote for the first time
The images are powerful.
On Jul 25, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
It’s fine, Brock Turner only wanted ‘outercourse,’ lawyer argues
Good thing no one is buying this bulls**t.
Oakland station slammed for using gun photo of slain Black teen
Why must murdered Black kids be depicted as ‘thugs’?
On Jul 24, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
Server who said customer stiffed him for being a ‘terrorist’ made it up
He no longer works at the restaurant.
You don’t have to ‘feel thin’ to have thin privilege, a fashion writer explains
Here’s how to check if you benefit from thin privilege.
On Jul 23, 2018 by Samantha Grasso
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