Nation Sep 17 New Yorkers revisit Occupy Wall Street on its fifth anniversary People gathered in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan on Saturday, exactly five years after Occupy Wall Street began, describing how a small encampment spread to cities across the country.
Arts Sep 17 How Edward Albee felt about his most famous work Edward Albee, who interrogated contemporary life with plays that exposed the drama and psychology of human relationships, died Friday at 88, his personal assistant Jakob Holder confirmed.
Nation Sep 14 Chelsea Manning will receive gender affirmation surgery, Army says The U.S. Army has told Chelsea Manning she will be permitted to receive gender affirmation surgery, ending a hunger strike that she began last week.
Arts Sep 04 Rebecca Sugar, Cartoon Network’s first female creator, on writing LGBTQ stories for kids Rebecca Sugar, creator of Steven Universe, spoke with us about her new book, attitudes toward LGBTQ themes in children's media and her personal history with fairy tales.
Arts Sep 03 Light show turns primeval Kyoto forest, shrine into a kaleidoscope For a few brief days this summer, a sacred shrine and forest in Kyoto, Japan, became a technicolor dreamscape.
World Aug 28 How big is the world’s largest marine preserve? The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is set to become the largest ecological preserve in the world.
Nation Aug 28 ‘It makes me frustrated and sad’ — stories from men who cannot donate blood In July, the public received the chance to weigh in on a long-debated topic: a policy by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that bans blood donations from men who have had sex with men in the past…
Economy Aug 27 The oldest hat factory in the U.S. tells a larger story about manufacturing In the heart of Amish country, hat makers are maintaining a century-old business.
Nation Aug 27 UNC cannot enforce part of HB2, federal judge rules A federal judge has blocked the University of North Carolina from enforcing part of the state's HB 2 that limits bathroom use by transgender people.
Nation Aug 21 The complications of ID for non-binary people — and how it could change soon Two cases are causing state and federal agencies to confront questions over gender neutral IDs for nonbinary people.