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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
Angel Reese, Angela Bassett, and the Unfair Standards of 'Professionalism'
Whether at work or school, society rushes to dismiss Black women as unprofessional.
By Leah Goodridge and Olayemi Olurin
How Parents Are Fighting to Get Their Trans Kids the Care They Need
One parent said they want to show their son they're "deserving of every normal, dumb, good thing.”
By Colleen Hamilton
How Black Students Got a Quality Education in the Jim Crow South
The Rosenwald Schools served hundreds of thousands of Black students.
By Mary Retta
A Brief Timeline of School Segregation in the US
From the end of the Civil War to today
By Jameelah Nasheed
How Young Brazilians Are Organizing Against Fascism
On January 8, far-right extremists invaded Brazil’s three branches of government.
By Nicole Froio
Many Students Learn a Racist, Inaccurate History of Reconstruction
But this was a pivotal period in American history.
By Catherine Caruso
Intersex People Deserve Reparations for Non-Consensual Surgeries
Intersex rights are human rights.
By Courtney Skaggs
The Far Right Isn't Done With Trans People or Critical Race Theory
"Proponents suggest that these policies will protect young people. Which young people?"
By Zein Murib
How a Jewish World War II Pilot Became King of the Christmas Tree Business
Si Spiegel invented the artificial Christmas tree.
By Cameron Katz
Why I Wish I Could Pull a Red Card for FIFA
Qatar's FIFA World Cup raises concerns with worker deaths and anti-LGBTQ+ policies.
By Jo Gutierrez
SCOTUS
Supreme Court Appears Fully Ready to Gut Affirmative Action
The court's conservatives are expected to roll back decades of precedent.
By Eric Lutz
How Articles of Sikh Faith Are Criminalized on College Campuses
And how Sikh students are fighting back.
By Anissa Deol
Queer Brown Vegan Wants to Make the Climate Movement More Inclusive
“The environmental movement is being hijacked by corporations.”
By Mélissa Godin
Understanding the Ableist Discourse Around John Fetterman’s Stroke
Of course, someone who requires closed captioning is capable of holding elected office.
By Sarah Blahovec
Why Are There So Few Politicians With Disabilities?
For disabled people, attempting to take political office can be a huge gamble.
By John Loeppky and Alex Green
Conservatives Are Trying to Get This Teacher Fired for Being Nonbinary
A teacher at an Oregon elementary school is the latest LGBTQ+ educator to face right-wing attacks.
By James Factora
How Standardized Tests Punish Disabled Students
“The processes involved in standardized testing failed me.”
By Haley Moss
11 Activists on What Disability Justice Means
“It means unapologetically loving and fighting for all parts of me.”
By Teen Vogue Staff