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This Young Lawmaker Went Viral on TikTok for Calling Out Dems Voting for Trump’s Agenda

Angelita Morillo wants Democrats to grow a spine.

What Happens When ICE Agents Show Up at Your High School

Undocumented students and teachers are preparing for potential arrests.

Donald Trump’s Criminal Justice Agenda Is a Front

He pardoned violent January 6 offenders and is criminalizing vulnerable immigrants.

These Gen Z'ers Are Ditching Social Media for Good

Young people are fed up with Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.

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.

A Conspiracy Theorist Is Officially Running Our Health Department

RFK Jr. was confirmed today.

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.

A Year Without Nex Benedict

"We are saying that the rhetoric is just as damaging as the bullet or the blow."

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.

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.

"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?"

How the Word ‘Recycling’ Allows Corporations to Dupe Consumers Like You

The term is so broad that it’s almost meaningless.

How Trump's Admin Will Make Bird Flu Worse

Industrial farming’s entire business model creates the perfect conditions for diseases to spread.

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.

Trump Will Gut Climate Protections. Activists Say They'll Do Anything to Stop Him.

We “will not be staying non-disruptive,” one organizer said.

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.

Elizabeth Warren Says She Plans to Challenge Elon Musk Directly

“The number one thing people can do right now is speak out.”

What TikTok Users From Around the World Are Saying About Trump

“It keeps flipping between unbelievable hilarity and unfathomable horror.”

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.”

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.