--- description: Jia Tolentino is a former editor of the Hairpin whose work has also appeared in The New York Times. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jia Tolentino ## Jia Tolentino Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close [_Jia Tolentino_](https://twitter.com/jiatolentino) _is a former editor of the Hairpin whose work has also appeared in_ The New York Times_._ ## Jia Tolentino Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * ![Tampa Bay Rays' David DeJesus gets a bucket of ice dumped on his head from video coordinator Chris Fernandez as part of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge before a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Aug. 17, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Fla.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54df4cfc8930f3c5/69869fea06f2c11d573305ac/als-ice-bucket-challenge-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Aug 18, 2014 ### [The Difference Between ALS and Ferguson Is That One Ill Can Be Cured](https://time.com/3136939/michael-brown-ferguson-als-ice-bucket-challenge/) The road that led America to Michael Brown's killing could be fixed--if only we acknowledged its mis... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/jia-tolentino/","name":"Jia Tolentino"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/jia-tolentino/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/jia-tolentino/"},"name":"Jia Tolentino","jobTitle":null,"description":"Jia Tolentino is a former editor of the Hairpin whose work has also appeared in The New York Times.","url":"https://time.com/author/jia-tolentino/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```