Technology
How Does Virtual Reality Work?
Photo: Gabrielle Lurie/AFP/Getty Images. Welcome to What The Tech?!, Refinery29's weekly column explaining the basics behind a buzzword or concept you've heard tossed around ……Read More
Lifestyle
Immigration
Immigration, Segregation, and Education
One of the more controversial initiatives enacted by the Obama administration is the effort now underway to aggressively reduce segregation in residential neighborhoods across the ……Read More
Community
Meditation Rooms opened at University of Nevada
“Meditation and Reflection Rooms” formally opened on March 16 at University of Nevada-Reno (UNR), claimed to be one of the “nation’s top public research universities”. These ……Read More
Work & Money
What Happened When I Hired An Online Career Counselor
Photographed by Rockie Nolan. I’m not the kind of person who thrives on the unknown, especially when it comes to my career. I like ……Read More
Books
Qatari Poet Muhammad Al Ajami, Serving 15-year Sentence, Pardoned by Emir
Qatari poet Muhammad al-Ajami — who was the target of an international solidarity movement because of his 15-year prison sentence — has been pardoned, according to ……Read More
Immigration
H-1B Worker Driven Deep into Poverty Sues Employer
The H-1B worker wanted a few days off work so that he could visit his dying father in India; his employer (a fellow Indian) said ……Read More