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The attack on a largely Latino crowd at a gay nightclub in Orlando by a Muslim American mass shooter has meant different things to different people. The devastation cuts across many facets of culture, identity and community.

We wanted to speak to people who might be feeling this most acutely — folks who belong to the LGBTQ and Latino communities that were disproportionately affected, folks who shared the shooter’s Muslim background, and people whose identities fall somewhere in both camps.

How LGBTQ People Of Color Are Dealing With Orlando: Code Switch Podcast, Episode 4

The city of Orlando has publicly identified 48 of the 49 murder victims in the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub.

Look at their faces.

Stanley Almodovar III, 23.

Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20.

Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22.

Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36.

Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22.

Luis S. Vielma, 22.

Kimberly Morris, 37.

Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30.

Darryl Roman Burt II, 29.

Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32.

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21.

Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25.

Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35.

Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50.

Amanda Alvear, 25.

Martin Benitez Torres, 33.

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37.

Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26.

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35.

Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25.

Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31.

Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26.

Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old.

Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old.

Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 years old.

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old

Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old

Cory James Connell, 21 years old

Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 years old

Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old

Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old

Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 years old

Jerald Arthur Wright, 31

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25

Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25

Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24

Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27

Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33

Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49

Yilmary Rodriguez Sulivan, 24

Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32

Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28

Frank Hernandez, 27

Paul Terrell Henry, 41

Dude, Where Are The Women? #AllMalePanels In Global Development

There was the seven-member all-male panel discussion on energy and climate at the European Commission in February.

There was the seven-member all-male panel on counterterrorism at the U.N. in March.

And then there was the panel on infrastructure at the World Bank in April: 15 men and one lone woman, in a red blazer, serving as the moderator.

Why are women so woefully underrepresented?

That’s the big question behind the hashtag #allmalepanels. Since 2013, it’s has been tacked onto photos of dudes-only panel discussions at conferences and blasted out on social media. The goal is twofold: draw attention to the lack of women experts in male-dominated fields like finance, tech and science as well as push for the inclusion of women.

But over the past year or so, the hashtag has started trending in an unexpected space, the international development and aid sector — where women’s issues are a key part of the agenda and where the workforce is hardly male-dominated.

In the U.S., for example, a 2009 survey from the University of Denver shows that women made up 75 percent of the nonprofit sector. Yet in a field that devotes tremendous money and energy to promoting gender equality, industry observers report that panel makeups are often quite unequal.

A few from the article. Link in to see the rest.

Rainforests get swallowed by farms in Brazil: Satellite images of Rondônia in western Brazil, taken in 1975 (left) and 2009 (right). (NASA, Images of Change)

The oil sands boom in Alberta, Canada: Open pit mines near Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, seen in 2000 and 2007. (NASA, Images of Change)

Alaska’s Columbia Glacier recedes rapidly: Alaska’s Columbia Glacier, seen on July 28, 1986, and July 2, 2014. (NASA, Images of Change)

The ‘Wild’ Horses of Dingo Mountain

So here in Harlan county, we have our own wild-west. On a mountain called Dingo, 20+ years ago, a mare and uncut stud were abandoned on a stripmine. Today we have several hundred feral horses roaming our mountains. Most of these horses are ponies, bred by God and the elements. They’re thick and hardy and come in every color under the rainbow.

For years people have made a Sunday afternoon of riding up to see them, to pet on the ones who have known humans their whole lives or who have been dumped out by their previous owners.

Four or so years ago, a proposal was raised to have these horses, or at least most of them, removed from the public land because of so called “damages” they were doing to trucks and mining equipment. The humane society and “concerned citizens” fought hard against this and won, saying these horses deserved to be there and were doing no damage to anyone else. But nobody considered the damage they were doing to themselves. 

These horses, for years, had a caretaker. A hay-bringer that kept them going in hard times. That man is now gone from this world, for almost a year now, and the horses are screaming for help. 

I do not believe these horses should be removed. I do wonder, however, where are all the people who cried out for them four years ago? All those who stood up for them and begged for their safety -where are they now?

With this, I’m hoping to start some, likely futile, campaign for help. I cannot feed them alone, but I am hoping that seeing these horses that are so beloved will compel those who say they care for them to help them. They need hay to help them come back from winter, and they need hay throughout the winter. The dead horse in this photo was not old.

You can learn more about the fight for the Dingo horses Here

Learn more about the mass shooting of them Here

KAYTRANADA // BUS RIDE (w/ Karriem Riggins & River Tiber)

I’m 100% excited for the release of KAYTRA’s forthcoming debut album on XL Recordings. Check out the tracklist to have your mind blown by the amount of golden features!

99.9% tracklist 1. Track Uno 2. Bus Ride [ft. Karriem Riggins and River Tiber] 3. Got It Good [ft. Craig David] 4. Together [ft. AlunaGeorge and GoldLink] 5. Drive Me Crazy [ft. Vic Mensa] 6. Weight Off [ft. BADBADNOTGOOD] 7. One Too Many [ft. Phonte] 8. Despite the Weather 9. Glowed Up [ft. Anderson .Paak] 10. Breakdance Lesson N.1. 11. You’re the One [ft. Syd] 12. Vivid Dreams [ft. River Tiber] 13. Lite Spots 14. Leave Me Alone [ft. Shay Lia] 15. Bullets [ft. Little Dragon]