For the third time in the last year, the Supreme Court turned away an opportunity to make life much worse for trans youth. By Ian Millhiser Trans rights protesters outside of the Supreme Court building in 2019. Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images Ian Millhiser is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Read More…
The fashion industry has created a sprawling informal disposal network across the world—that brings with it money, conflict, and environmental destruction. This story originally appeared on Grist and was copublished with El País. It’s reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A Spanish-language version can be read here. Reporting was supported by the Joan Konner Program Read More…
A majority of the Massachusetts congressional delegation is pushing President Biden to remove Cuba from a list of governments that sponsor terrorism, a designation issued in the waning days of the Trump administration. In a December letter not previously made public, the members panned Trump’s inclusion of Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list Read More…
By Patrick Wall For Black students like Yanie, center, discussing their mental health and trauma in their lives can be especially difficult. A peer-mentoring program piloted last year by the East Orange, New Jersey school district — which Yanie participated in — aims to support students like her. (Sarah Blesener for Chalkbea When a friend Read More…
– Over the last thirty years, the efforts of parents, educators, and state leaders have laid the foundation for a pluralistic sea change in how we think about the education options available to families in the U.S. But over the last four, things went from incremental to warp speed. In 2023, 20 states added or Read More…
Kenneth Roth In the Hague trial, both sides have largely avoided evidence contradicting their case. Yet South Africa’s arguments are strong Watching lawyers for South Africa and Israel debate whether Israel is committing genocide in Gaza was like observing two versions of reality that barely intersect. Each set of counsel, appearing before the international court Read More…
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