On Sunday, June 14, thousands of protesters gathered outside the Brooklyn Museum in New York City in a powerful demonstration supporting the Black trans community, demanding justice for recent lives lost, as well as the disproportionate violence Black trans people face in this country. As people across the country and […]
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Father’s Day 2020 is another occasion that feels significantly different than the year prior. Sunday, the day devoted to dads may conjure up thoughts of George Floyd, a father whose death in police custody ignited nation-wide protests demanding justice and racial equality. Or perhaps, one might think of his daughter Gianna, 6, who, […]
India Morse is a deaf fitness instructor. India Morse India Morse is a fitness instructor and influencer who was born deaf. She spoke to Insider about the ways the fitness industry isn’t accessible enough for the deaf community. For example, boutique studios are often too dark and Instagram Live workouts […]
In an interview, Mr. Toussaint said that his father sent him to military school to help him avoid jail or worse, and that he has been pulled out of his car at gunpoint by police “because they are afraid of the color of my skin.” He hoped to awaken students […]
Designed to measure fitness, character and competence, the bar exam is a grueling 12-hour test typically administered over a two-day period to thousands of recent law school graduates. But with coronavirus cases still surging in many parts of the nation, some law school graduates view this communal experience not as […]
Photograph: Rick Callahan/AP For five years, a secret supervised drug injection site has operated in the US, allowing drug users to inject more than 10,000 times in a sterile, protected environment. The illegal operation is modeled after similar, legal sites in Canada and Europe, which seek to provide drug users […]