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Meet the Black Harvard Students Renaming Dorms Dedicated to Slave Owners

“Our intention with this project is to highlight history, not to erase history.”

Have a Surgery Coming Up? You May Have to Take a Pregnancy Test.

Given the repeal of Roe v. Wade, these tests could have dangerous implications in some states.

5 Ways Celebrity Worship Hurts Us All

There are dark sides to the celebrity industrial complex.

Republicans Are Censuring Black and Trans Lawmakers

First Mauree Turner, then the Tennessee Three, now Zooey Zephyr.

Anti-Black Boomer Lawmakers Are Robbing Young People of Political Power

Look at the actions of the legislatures in Mississippi and Tennessee.

Students Just Helped Win a Statewide Ban on Assault Weapons

Washington is now the 10th state to enact this kind of ban.

Joe Biden Just Announced He’s Running for President Again

And Vice President Kamala Harris will be his running mate.

This New Program Trains Young Anti-Gun Violence Activists to Run for Office

Lawmakers have “failed to prioritize our safety. So we’ll be running to replace you.”

Some Neighborhoods Are Hotter Thanks to Racist Housing Policies

The difference in summer temperatures can be up to 20 degrees!

John Fetterman Opens Up About His Hospitalization and Mental Health

“Address your depression. I was skeptical it would make anything better, but it did.”
Senate

Dianne Feinstein Is Becoming a Big Liability—And Republicans Know It

The 89-year-old senator, who has been on medical leave since February, is giving Mitch McConnell and Co power to block Joe Biden's court nominees by refusing to step down.

A TikTok Ban Won’t Actually Address Online Safety

Here’s why.

Imagine a Country Not Built Around the Policy Priorities of Old White Men

In states like Virginia, we’re making it happen.

What LGBTQ Students Are Asking for on This Day of Silence

In 2023, we’re calling on adults.

How the U.S. Shames and Blames People Who Grew Up Poor

And what we can do about it.

Their Parents Were Locked Up for Years for Selling Weed

One $20 transaction put a father in prison for more than a decade.

How to Maintain Hope in the Face of Climate Crisis

Despair isn’t an option.
SCOTUS

Clarence Thomas Is On a Mission to Be the Most Corrupt Supreme Court Justice

The justice has accepted luxury vacations and yacht rides from a major Republican donor.

Why the First Lady Is Trying to Steer Young People to Technical Jobs

“You don’t need a four-year degree to get a good-paying job.”

How a White House Maid Brought Racial Inequality to FDR’s Desk

Lizzie McDuffie says her job “became a small crusade.”