samantha-grasso

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.

Blue Heron Farm's candy corn puppy costume

This Texas farm is dressing up its itty-bitty puppies for 31 days of Halloween

You're welcome.

On Oct 23, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

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White woman threatens to deport Spanish-speaking family in restaurant

The woman didn't want visitors to 'freeload on America.'

On Oct 22, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

RyanAir criticized for lacking response to racist passenger

Airline criticized for the way it handled racist passenger yelling slurs at elderly Black woman

Many say the airline didn't do enough to protect the abused passenger.

On Oct 22, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

A 'Halloween' billboard defaced to depict Rep. Maxine Waters

Conservative street artist defaces ‘Halloween’ billboard to attack Rep. Maxine Waters

He owned the libs with a bad arts-and-crafts project!

On Oct 19, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

New Jersey police 'activists' protest for police

Police ‘activists’ protest outside woman’s office over Facebook comment

She simply called out implicit racial bias.

On Oct 19, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

A mural on the U.S.-Mexico border wall

Republican ads are rallying around Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric

Fears of border security and gangs are trending.

On Oct 19, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

#DisabledDisabilityMovies challenges movie narratives

#DisabledDisabilityMovies explores realistic movies about people with disabilities

Enough with the 'inspirational' ableist porn.

On Oct 18, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

A Walmart employee told a customer to speak English because they were in Texas

Walmart employee tells customer to speak English ‘because we’re in Texas’

The employee told him this in Spanish.

On Oct 18, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Kim Zolciak accused of photo editing her children smaller

‘Real Housewives’ star accused of photo-editing her children to be thinner

Someone has edited the photos, but was it actually Kim Zolciak herself?

On Oct 17, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

A substitute teacher being arrested for having sex with a student

Substitute teacher arrested after she was recorded having sex with student

The teacher faces up to 10 years in prison.

On Oct 17, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

trump stormy daniels

Stormy Daniels jokes Trump is into bestiality after he calls her ‘horseface’

Daniels shot back, calling the president 'Tiny.'

On Oct 16, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Indigenous Americans twitter explains Elizabeth Warren's failed DNA test

Indigenous Americans call out Elizabeth Warren’s dangerous DNA analysis

Blood quantum has long been used to discriminate against Native Americans.

On Oct 16, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Me Too movement founder Tarana Burke

Me Too founder Tarana Burke reflects on the year’s reckoning

'It's OK to feel frustrated because that's a natural feeling—it's just not OK to stop.'

On Oct 15, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Hillary Clinton said Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky wasn't a power imbalance because she 'was an adult.'

Hillary Clinton says Monica Lewinsky’s adult age eradicated Bill Clinton’s abuses of power

Hillary supporters are disappointed in her defense of her husband.

On Oct 15, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Amber Wagner jstlbby

Amber Wagner, Instagram’s unofficial preacher, is just livin’, baby

"You are the motherf***ing sh*t!"

On Oct 15, 2018 by Samantha Grasso