The story of a young visionary who cast off gender and started a successful American movement for freedom, tolerance, and love.
In Sudan, pro-democracy protestors brought down two violent regimes over the past three months. On June 30, they hope to bring down a third.
It wasn’t the first time queer folks fought back, but it was a rallying cry for the next wave of gay liberation.
A clear and shared vision among Democrats is the only way to compete against “Make America Great Again.”
There are only a few men who seem not to have gotten the memo. Unfortunately for us, they’re the men at the top of the Democratic field.
In 2019, legislators in seven states expanded abortion rights while some states moved to restrict or ban them.
It’s found more than 5,000 racist, sexist, and Islamophobic Facebook posts and comments by law enforcement.
Choosing a veggie burger won’t stop climate disaster, but here’s why you should do it anyway.
Not all the rich are created equal, and it will take different policy approaches to redistribute some of their wealth.
While Congress stalls, you can take other kinds of actions to help immigrants in transition, in detention, and in crisis.
Sizeism is everywhere in our culture, from the workplace to the playground. It’s time to change that.
Especially for the people who live and work in the places you’re traveling.
Director Tamara Shogaolu shares stories that don’t usually make the news in a way that makes it literally impossible to look away.
Despite continued court delays, confidence remains high among the young people suing the government for its support of fossil fuels.
Canada and South Africa both used similar commissions to grapple with their histories of racism and genocide. The U.S. could benefit from following suit.
The House subcommittee hearing held on Juneteenth is the result of centuries of work.
The census provides crucial demographic data that’s used to allocate resources—and suppressing responses from immigrants and other marginalized communities could have dire consequences.
The publishing history of “No-No Boy” shows how writers shifted the narrative about internment and draft resistance.
Parity is at the core of agriculture’s potential to address overproduction.
Co-op alternatives to Airbnb strive to offer short-term rentals that respect local communities.
The U.S. owes Guatemalan migrants and asylum seekers some recognition after decades of destructive involvement in their country.
For Black people, whose donor pool is exceptionally small, addressing racism in the medical profession is crucial to finding solutions.
As one of the few out queer journalists covering the tragedy on the ground, I learned that my identity served my work, not hindered it.
I will likely never see how I am used in those images. But I was glad to relinquish power in those moments.
The Hands Up Act could do something about it.
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