u.s. government
This Young Lawmaker Went Viral on TikTok for Calling Out Dems Voting for Trump’s Agenda
Angelita Morillo wants Democrats to grow a spine.
By Angelita Morillo
What Happens When ICE Agents Show Up at Your High School
Undocumented students and teachers are preparing for potential arrests.
By Lajward Zahra
Donald Trump’s Criminal Justice Agenda Is a Front
He pardoned violent January 6 offenders and is criminalizing vulnerable immigrants.
By Scott Hechinger and Andrew Kornfeld
These Gen Z'ers Are Ditching Social Media for Good
Young people are fed up with Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
By Laura Molloy
The True Story of the Only Black Police Precinct in U.S. History
The officers at the Miami precinct were not allowed to arrest white citizens.
By Vanessa Contreras and Terrance Cribbs-Lorrant
A Conspiracy Theorist Is Officially Running Our Health Department
RFK Jr. was confirmed today.
By Shefali Luthra, The 19th* and Barbara Rodriguez, The 19th
What Will Happen to Your Student Loans if Trump Closes the Department of Education?
Dismantling the department would put Pell grants and other need-based aid programs at risk.
By Stephanie Hall
A Year Without Nex Benedict
"We are saying that the rhetoric is just as damaging as the bullet or the blow."
By Lex McMenamin
Trump’s Plan for Mass Detention at Guantánamo Has Happened Before. It Was a Disaster.
Haitian kids and teens known as the “ghosts of Guantánamo” were imprisoned at the notorious Camp Nine.
By Brianna Nofil
Trump Is Purging Federal Websites of LGBTQ+ Content. Here’s What’s Been Affected So Far
From the CDC to the Census Bureau, the Trump administration has scrubbed thousands of webpages.
By Nico Lang
"Resist, Obstruct, Protect Our People": Maxwell Frost Has a Plan for Taking on Trump
"Why is a single Democrat voting to confirm any of these Trump Cabinet nominees?"
By Lex McMenamin
How the Word ‘Recycling’ Allows Corporations to Dupe Consumers Like You
The term is so broad that it’s almost meaningless.
By Joseph Winters
How Trump's Admin Will Make Bird Flu Worse
Industrial farming’s entire business model creates the perfect conditions for diseases to spread.
By Jessica Culpepper
50 Years Before Rosa Parks, Barbara Pope Refused to Give Up Her Train Seat
In 1906, Barbara Pope refused to give up her seat on a segregated train.
By Rob DeHart
Trump Will Gut Climate Protections. Activists Say They'll Do Anything to Stop Him.
We “will not be staying non-disruptive,” one organizer said.
By Kate Yoder and Frida Garza
Meet the Students Fighting to Stop the Sale of High-Capacity Guns — and Winning
No one should be able to fire off 41 rounds in 30 seconds.
By Norah Krause and Grant Cramer
Elizabeth Warren Says She Plans to Challenge Elon Musk Directly
“The number one thing people can do right now is speak out.”
By Allegra Kirkland
What TikTok Users From Around the World Are Saying About Trump
“It keeps flipping between unbelievable hilarity and unfathomable horror.”
By Yanise Cabrera
Future Doctors and Science Students Are Trying to Stop RFK From Becoming Health Secretary
“As young people, we have unique concerns about RFK and what his confirmation would mean for our future.”
By Grace Danqing Yang and Em Cosgrove
I’m a Millennial Congresswoman. This Is How Democrats Lost Touch With Young Voters.
Rep. Sara Jacobs, one of the youngest members of Congress, says her party needs to act on issues like the housing crisis.
By Rep. Sara Jacobs