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Federal Court Upholds Students’ Right to Use Bathroom Matching Gender Identity

A federal court sided Tuesday with Gavin Grimm, a transgender student who sued the Gloucester County, Virginia, school board after it banned him from the men's restroom.

Kate Wheeling

Venezuelans in Miami, Florida, protested against the Venezuelan elections taking place on May 20th, 2018.

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After President Maduro’s Controversial Re-Election, What’s Next for Venezuelans?

Amid ongoing tumult and the largest mass migration in Latin American history, Sunday's presidential election provided no relief.

Chris Feliciano Arnold

Detail from the cover of So Lucky by Nicola Griffith.

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‘We Are Desperately in Need of Seeing Ourselves’: A Conversation With Nicola Griffith

Griffith's new novel is a thriller that also helps dismantle the idea that disability is necessarily tragic.

David M. Perry

U.S. Army soldiers salute during the national anthem during the an anniversary ceremony of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 on September 11, 2011 at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Ten years after the 9/11 attacks in the United States and after almost a decade war in Afghanistan, American soldiers paid their respects in a solemn observence of the tragic day.

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Rethinking Our Approach to Mental Trauma

A conversation with psychologist Ken Falke, who uses the concept of post-traumatic growth—which emphasizes that there can be positive consequences to trauma and suffering—to help combat veteran suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Ethan Walker

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Amid Ongoing Scandals, the University of Southern California Faces Lawsuits

Five women filed civil lawsuits against University of Southern California gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall on Monday, alleging that he sexually abused them under the pretext of medical care.

Ashley Hackett

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Jeff Sessions Wants to Reopen 350,000 Immigration Cases

As of September of 2018, over 350,000 immigration cases had been closed and never re-opened, saving some immigrants from deportation and allowing judges to move through cases more quickly.

Ashley Hackett

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The Trump Administration Is Set to Cut Off Federal Funding to Clinics That Offer Abortions

The White House plans to announce a rule today that would bar federal funds from going to any clinic that provides abortions or refers their patients to abortion providers.

Francie Diep