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She was walking alone, a block from her house in San Pedro, Honduras, in a fuchsia-colored dress, when three strangers leaped on her in the dark. “They ripped open my dress, they insulted me, they threw me to the ground. They punched me, they threw combustibles over me, and they lit me on fire,” said Estrellita Escobar, clasping her scarred forearms at the memory. As a transgender woman in Honduras, she was constantly at risk. She narrowly escaped being abducted, and then would endure another brutal beating on the streets. Escobar said she reported all three incidents to the police. When nothing was done, she fled to the United States. Escobar, a transgender woman from Honduras, was burned and beaten in the street in her Honduran hometown. (Courtesy Of Estrellita Escobar | Express-News)In December, Escobar, 25, was placed in a special immigrant detention unit where people like her — born male, but identifying as women — wait for their asylum hearings. At the … [Read more...] about ‘Slam dunk’ asylums

Peter Jamison, The Washington Post Published 2:17 pm PDT, Tuesday, April 16, 2019 The Sedgwick Gardens, a stately apartment building in northwest Washington, overlooks Rock Creek Park and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Sedgwick Gardens, a stately apartment building in northwest Washington, overlooks Rock Creek Park and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Photo: Washington Post Photo By Marvin Joseph Photo: Washington Post Photo By Marvin Joseph Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close Image 1 of 4 The Sedgwick Gardens, a stately apartment building in northwest Washington, overlooks Rock Creek Park and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Sedgwick Gardens, a stately apartment building in northwest Washington, overlooks … [Read more...] about District of Columbia housed homeless in upscale apartments. It hasn’t gone as planned.

Amy Gardner and Beth Reinhard, The Washington Post Published 11:56 am PST, Tuesday, November 6, 2018 A "Vote Here" sign stands outside a polling station in Phoenix on Nov. 6, 2018. A "Vote Here" sign stands outside a polling station in Phoenix on Nov. 6, 2018. Photo: Bloomberg Photo By Caitlin O'Hara Christopher de Lellis (l to r), assists Gavin Newsom as he signs the sign in log before casting his vote at the Masonic Lodge on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 in Larkspur.  Christopher de Lellis (l to r), assists Gavin Newsom as he signs the sign in log before casting his vote at the Masonic Lodge on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 in Larkspur.  Photo: Lea Suzuki, The Chronicle Buy photo Gavin Newsom (right) holds his son Dutch as he listens to direction from Anne Shaheen (left), deputy inspector, as he prepares to cast his vote at the Masonic Lodge on … [Read more...] about On Election Day, voting problems emerge across the country