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How We Chose the Closers

By Maya Chung and Lori Fradkin

Monique Couvson Wants Society to Better Understand Black Girls

By Rebecca Schneid

Civil Rights Attorney Lisa Holder Says Reparations Are More Than Money

By Nik Popli

David J. Johns Won't Stop Fighting for Queer Black Youth

By Solcyré Burga
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Dorothy Roberts Thinks We Need a New Way to Keep Kids Safe

Dorothy Roberts is an academic, 2024 MacArthur “genius” grantee, and author who is advocating for what, at first blush, seems like a really crazy idea: the abolition of child-protective services. CPS is a catchall term...

By Belinda Luscombe

Philip Cooper Gives Former Inmates the Tools to Start Over

Philip Cooper does some outreach, but what he really prefers to do is inreach. Cooper, founder of the Asheville, N.C.-based nonprofit Operation Gateway, says the best time to help men who are finding their way...

By Belinda Luscombe

Emily Anadu Is on a Mission to Elevate Black Joy

Emily Anadu arose one Saturday morning in 2020 and grabbed a dustpan and broom, ready to take on what she assumed would be a daunting task after racial-justice protests swept through New York City the...

By Solcyré Burga

Is Elon Musk’s Gov’t. Buyout Offer Too Good to Be True?

Musk is offering an unprecedented—and uncertain—financial incentive for federal workers to resign, as part of Trump's plan to restructure the “deep state.”

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, COLLIN BINKLEY and BYRON TAU / AP

Christians Respond to Trump's Foreign-Aid Freeze

"Who can read the words of Jesus Christ and think this is OK?"

By Belinda Luscombe

Thousands Across U.S. Protest the Trump Administration’s Policies

The demonstrations were organized online under the hashtags #buildtheresistance and #50501 (50 protests, 50 states, one day).

By MORGAN LEE / AP

Protests Against Trump and Project 2025 Are Planned Across the U.S.

A movement to oppose the early actions of Trump’s Administration is taking off online, with plans to protest across the U.S. on Wednesday.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

West Point Disbands Clubs Per Trump Anti-DEI Order

The U.S. Military Academy disbanded 12 affinity groups and placed all other clubs under review, in accordance with President Trump's crackdown on DEI.

By Miranda Jeyaretnam

What New U.S. Policies on Chinese Imports Mean for Shein and Temu

USPS said it would work with Customs and Border Protection to implement a collection process for new China tariffs to avoid delivery disruptions.

By Zen Soo / AP

Trump Signs Order Banning Trans Athletes From Women’s Sports

“With this executive order, the war on women’s sports is over,” the President said at a signing ceremony for the latest in a string of executive actions aimed at trans people.

By Will Graves / AP

What to Know About El Salvador’s Detention Offer to the U.S.

Why is El Salvador doing this? Is it even legal? Has this been done before elsewhere?

By Philip Marcelo and Marcos Alemán / AP

Senate Confirms Pam Bondi as U.S. Attorney General

The former Florida attorney general is expected to oversee a radical reshaping of the Justice Department that has already been rattled by the firings of career employees seen as disloyal to the Republican President.

By Alanna Durkin Richer and Stephen Groves / AP

China Announces Counter Measures Against U.S.

Beijing responded to Trump’s tariffs on Chinese exports with tariffs of its own on multiple U.S. imports as well as an antitrust investigation into Google.

By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and HUIZHONG WU / AP

El Salvador Offers to Detain Deportees and Criminals From U.S.

A U.S. official said the Trump administration had no current plans to try to deport American citizens—but said Bukele’s offer was significant.

By Matthew Lee and Juan Zamorano / AP

IRS Direct File Still Available Despite Elon Musk’s Comments

Though the billionaire presidential adviser created confusion when he said he’d “deleted” the agency behind it, the free filing program is still available—at least for the coming tax season.

By Fatima Hussein and Barbara Ortutay / AP

Chris Wright Confirmed as Trump’s Energy Secretary

The CEO of Colorado’s Liberty Energy has been one of the fossil fuel industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change.

By Matthew Daly / AP
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