Dara Lind

So there’s a new prime minister in Australia now; the EU desperately needed a refugee plan and didn’t make one; and even President Obama thinks liberal college students are too sensitive.

It’s a total 180-degree turn from Angela Merkel’s previous position. But there’s a reason for it.

Whether people say Europe is facing a “refugee crisis” or a “migrant crisis” tends to depend on how they feel about the people who are coming.

A socialist is about to lead Britain’s Labour Party; Turkey’s Kurdish insurgency flares up again; and the NYPD apologizes for its treatment of a black man.

From census takers deciding whether someone was “quadroon” or “octoroon” to allowing people to choose more than one race they identify with.

Police are reportedly on “high alert” for attacks on white people and cops. But the threat is mostly imaginary.

The US just promised to take in 10,000 Syrians — but that’s barely a drop in the bucket.

The US plans to take 10,000 Syrian refugees next year; a new human ancestor is discovered; and the Iran deal is, officially, Congressionally bulletproof.