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Adoptees Shouldn’t Have to Feel Grateful

"Adoption just isn’t that positive win-win-win for all people.”

They Lost Their Loved Ones — Then the Conspiracy Theories Started

“What do I do? Do I laugh? Do I cry?”

Black Studies Has Helped Me Understand My Chinese Family

Rather than “indoctrinating” me, it’s done the exact opposite.

Pollution Caused My Skin Condition and Turned Me Into a Climate Activist

Kamea, 10, also has asthma caused by the petrochemical pollution in Sulphur, LA.

Their Parents Were Locked Up for Years for Selling Weed

One $20 transaction put a father in prison for more than a decade.

How Parents Are Fighting to Get Their Trans Kids the Care They Need

One parent said they want to show their son they're "deserving of every normal, dumb, good thing.”

A Post-Roe America Demands Guaranteed Income

If states can force people to have children, we must force states to financially provide for them.

Zaya Wade Opens Up about Educating Her Trans-Affirming Family in Debut Cover

Just one week after making her runway debut.

I Couldn’t Distill My Trauma Into a College Essay

The admissions process assumes it’s easy for students to summarize our lives.

Snoop Dogg’s Daughter Cori Broadus Found That Forever Kind of Love

“God literally picked him for me.”

From Getting Kicked Out of High School to Working in the White House

Meet Dr. Alister Martin.

For the Holidays, Chosen Family Can Be Better Than the Real Thing

Read why these young people are spending the cheerful season with friends.

A Harvard Museum Has Kept the Hair of Native Children for Decades

“Indigenous cultures regard hair as sacred, alive, and an expression of one’s spirit.”

How Gen Z Activist Sophia Shapiro Helped Her Dad Become Governor

The college student helped mobilize the youth vote.

These Cruel Policies Prevent People in Prison From Receiving Mail

“Mail is a little piece of home,” one 14-year-old says of her letters to her dad.

What I Learned Growing Up in a Conservative Black Christian Family

In college, I began to question the beliefs I grew up surrounded by.

6 Young People on How Guaranteed Income Programs Changed Their Lives

“It gave me this feeling, like we’re gonna be okay.”

My Republican Grandpa Helped Champion Abortion Rights

As a state lawmaker from North Dakota in the 1960s.

What It’s Like to Live In a State Run By Politicians You Can’t Stand

“At first, there was this huge urge to just get away and get out.”

What Life Looks Like for Young Ukrainian Refugees

These photos take you inside their day to day lives.