Sophie Weiner

Scores of volunteers began congregating from activist enclaves throughout the West this summer as word of an ambitious project spread: the building of a new community center in Athens that would serve refugees pouring into Greece. Khora, a new center built by volunteers, opened ...

Last Sunday, HBO’s topical comedy show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver aired a segment in which the show acquired and then retired nearly $15 million of consumer medical debt. Oliver used his monologue to go after debt buyers who use questionable tactics to collect on ...