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-Jin Kim | Monday, April 29, 2019
If you’ve ever had a loved one lying in a hospital bed, clinging to their dear life, you know that the last thing on your mind is the medical bill. Because when you see them lying lifeless and unconscious, wrapped in tubes and bandages, surrounded by buzzing machines and frantic nurses, the only thing on
Jin Kim | Monday, April 8, 2019
Last June, a 16-year-old wearing a bright red MAGA hat walked into a Whataburger in San Antonio to order a hamburger. But as he took a bite of his burger, a man nearly twice his age walked up to him, threw a drink in the teenager’s face, and walked out of the restaurant with his
Jin Kim | Monday, February 18, 2019
This past Thursday, we celebrated Valentine’s Day — the annual outlandish celebration of love and everything possibly pink and romantic. But, while many Americans spent the day drowning in chocolates, cards and carnations, there are those of us who spent the day overwhelmed in grief, anguish and regret. Lest we forget, one year ago this
Jin Kim | Monday, February 4, 2019
We’re barely a month into 2019, but judging from the news cycle in recent days you’d think it was 2020. Indeed, with ambitious Democrats lining up to announce their bids for the White House, 2019 is starting to look a lot like the new 2020. But if it feels way too early to be talking
Jin Kim | Monday, January 21, 2019
Even if you’ve tried to block out the horror that is the news cycle, you must’ve heard by now: the United States federal government is shut down. To be completely accurate, the latest shutdown is a partialshutdown — 75 percent of the government remains open and has been funded through September 2019. But the remaining 25