Trans advocates work locally. Conservatives fight back nationally. Alison L. Gash - May 31, 2022 Support for LGBTQ rights is at an all-time high, but some state legislatures are on the attack
Five states ban transgender girls from girls’ school sports. But segregating sports by sex hurts all girls. Elizabeth Sharrow - April 16, 2021 When Title IX first segregated school sports into girls’ and boys’ teams, it was meant to be temporary.
Here’s what Martin Luther King Jr. would say to Sen. Tom Cotton about American history Michael McKoy - July 29, 2020 King called for a “multiracial patriotism.” Here’s what it looks like.
Alabama state legislators are wrong about their voters’ opinions on abortion. Leah C. Stokes - May 28, 2019 Why would politicians pass abortion bans that their voters oppose?
How Alabama’s new abortion law echoes Communist Albania’s extreme abortion ban Ani Kokobobo - May 17, 2019 With no contraception either, women had high maternal mortality — and a high abortion rate.
Schoolchildren around the world are on climate strike. Here’s what you need to know. Per Adman and Katrin Uba - March 14, 2019 Meet Greta Thunberg
One year after the Parkland shooting, is the #NeverAgain movement on track to succeed? David Meyer - February 14, 2019 One year ago, a teenage gunman armed with an semiautomatic
Millions of protesters turned out in June — more than in any month since Trump’s inauguration. Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - August 31, 2018 This is the 17th installment in a monthly series reporting
In December, thousands of Americans protested against the tax plan, for DACA and about all the other usual suspects Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - January 25, 2018 This is the 12th installment in a monthly series reporting
No, Republicans haven’t ‘always’ supported voting rights until now. This is the real story. Jesse H. Rhodes - January 12, 2018 [caption id="attachment_68027" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In this file photo, a voter
Unlike Trump, most presidents emphasize our common ideals Mary Stuckey - August 25, 2017 [caption id="attachment_62808" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump answers questions about his
What persuades elected officials to remove Confederate symbols? Framing it as good for business. Jordan Peterson and Christian Grose - August 21, 2017 When white nationalists marched in Charlottesville last week, resulting in
The U.S. can’t fight terrorists in Africa. So guess what it does instead. Charles Thomas - February 1, 2016 [caption id="attachment_35026" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A crashed MQ-9 Reaper drone seen
Can Burkina Faso — Africa’s most coup-prone state — become a stable democracy? Molly Ariotti and Naunihal Singh - September 21, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29688" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Men ride a motorcycle past a
How to change minds about same-sex marriage Melissa R. Michelson and Brian Harrison - May 26, 2015 [caption id="attachment_25338" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Shanté Wolfe, left, and Tori Sisson,
#BlackLivesMatter, the international papal edition Naunihal Singh and Kim Yi Dionne - April 23, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23676" align="alignnone" width="620" class="align center"] Pope Francis arrives to
Why popular opinion can’t predict a coup Naunihal Singh - September 15, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15689" align="alignnone" width="620"] A member of the Lesotho military
Is Mitt Romney a Bad Candidate? John Sides - September 21, 2012 The only way to answer the question in the title