u.s. government
Meet the Black Harvard Students Renaming Dorms Dedicated to Slave Owners
“Our intention with this project is to highlight history, not to erase history.”
By Sydnie Cobb
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.
By Rebecca Long and Larisa Klebe
5 Ways Celebrity Worship Hurts Us All
There are dark sides to the celebrity industrial complex.
By Landon Jones
Republicans Are Censuring Black and Trans Lawmakers
First Mauree Turner, then the Tennessee Three, now Zooey Zephyr.
By Lex McMenamin
Anti-Black Boomer Lawmakers Are Robbing Young People of Political Power
Look at the actions of the legislatures in Mississippi and Tennessee.
By Jhumpa Bhattacharya and Anne Price
Students Just Helped Win a Statewide Ban on Assault Weapons
Washington is now the 10th state to enact this kind of ban.
By Natalya McConnell
Joe Biden Just Announced He’s Running for President Again
And Vice President Kamala Harris will be his running mate.
By Emma Specter
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.”
By Lauren Young
Some Neighborhoods Are Hotter Thanks to Racist Housing Policies
The difference in summer temperatures can be up to 20 degrees!
By Annie Evans and Cameron Katz
John Fetterman Opens Up About His Hospitalization and Mental Health
“Address your depression. I was skeptical it would make anything better, but it did.”
By Maggie O'Neill
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.
By Eric Lutz
Imagine a Country Not Built Around the Policy Priorities of Old White Men
In states like Virginia, we’re making it happen.
By Irene Shin
What LGBTQ Students Are Asking for on This Day of Silence
In 2023, we’re calling on adults.
By Eris Robinson
How the U.S. Shames and Blames People Who Grew Up Poor
And what we can do about it.
By Teen Vogue Staff
Their Parents Were Locked Up for Years for Selling Weed
One $20 transaction put a father in prison for more than a decade.
By Jacqui Germain
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.
By Eric Lutz
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.”
By Rachel Janfaza
How a White House Maid Brought Racial Inequality to FDR’s Desk
Lizzie McDuffie says her job “became a small crusade.”
By Sarah Fling and Cameron Katz