• How Australia's pioneering social media ban is impacting teens

    How Australia's pioneering social media ban is impacting teens

    Mar 25, 2026 10:35 PM EDT

    ... says the government hasn't considered the gaps created by the social media ban for teens who are isolated, including kids in rural Australia and LGBTQ+ teens. Natasha Sholl, Mother of Ezra Sholl: We might be living in a very specific and extreme situation, but there are lots of other ...

  • Americans divided on nation's history as 250th anniversary nears

    Americans divided on nation's history as 250th anniversary nears

    Mar 18, 2026 10:20 PM EDT

    ... where we have a minimum amount of information available to the public at these places about race, about labor, about women's rights, about the LGBTQ experience, and these things that are important, equally important, in American history. Fighting has gone from being long-range, being hit by artillery as ...

  • With 100 days to go, World Cup faces challenges with Iran war and Mexico cartel violence

    With 100 days to go, World Cup faces challenges with Iran war and Mexico cartel violence

    Mar 05, 2026 12:39 AM EDT

    ... Cup — at least in the early stages before the soccer action takes over the headlines. In 2022, Qatar's treatment of migrant workers and the LGBTQ+ community drew headlines off the field. LGBTQ+ rights, the annexation of Crimea and the poisoning of a spy in Britain were in focus when ...

  • Supreme Court blocks California law against schools outing transgender students to parents

    Supreme Court blocks California law against schools outing transgender students to parents

    Mar 03, 2026 12:57 AM EDT

    ... ruled for religious plaintiffs in other recent cases, including allowing parents to pull their children from public-school lessons if they object to storybooks with LGBTQ+ characters. The California order comes months after the court upheld state bans on gender-identity-related healthcare for minors. The justices also seem to ...

  • Andy Beshear on how Democrats can appeal to voters across party lines

    Andy Beshear on how Democrats can appeal to voters across party lines

    Feb 25, 2026 11:40 PM EDT

    ... even as President Trump carried Kentucky by wide margins. In recent years, he's navigated devastating tornadoes and floods, culture war battles over abortion and LGBTQ rights, and the economic pressures facing working families. Now, as Democrats, search for a message that can resonate beyond blue states and with the ...

  • 'He dared to keep hope alive.' Tributes pour in to honor the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

    'He dared to keep hope alive.' Tributes pour in to honor the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

    Feb 17, 2026 04:21 PM EDT

    ... Jackson also stood up when it mattered; when it wasn’t easy and when it wasn’t popular. His support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people affirmed a simple, powerful truth: Our liberation is bound together.” Civil rights prosecutor says Jackson reminds Americans to ‘keep up the good fight’

  • Citing Orwell’s ‘1984,’ judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia

    Citing Orwell’s ‘1984,’ judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia

    Feb 17, 2026 03:47 PM EDT

    The judge did not provide a timeline for when the exhibit must be restored. Federal officials can appeal the ruling. The historical site is among several where the administration has quietly removed content about the history of enslaved people, LGBTQ+ people and Native Americans. Signage that has disappeared from Grand ...

  • Rubio boosts Orbán's bid for another term during Budapest visit

    Rubio boosts Orbán's bid for another term during Budapest visit

    Feb 16, 2026 03:17 PM EDT

    ... hundreds of thousands of refugees fled Syria and other countries in the Middle East and Africa. Other U.S. conservatives admire Orbán’s hostility to LGBTQ+ rights. His government last year banned the popular Budapest Pride celebration and allowed facial recognition technology to be used to identify anyone participating despite ...

  • Judge temporarily blocks HHS from rescinding public health grants in 4 Democratic-led states

    Judge temporarily blocks HHS from rescinding public health grants in 4 Democratic-led states

    Feb 13, 2026 11:56 PM EDT

    ... Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota sued Wednesday to try to block the planned funding cuts to programs that track disease outbreaks and study health outcomes of LGBTQ+ people and communities of color in major cities. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah stopped the cuts from taking effect for 14 days, saying ...

  • Trump administration takes down rainbow flag at Stonewall National Monument

    Trump administration takes down rainbow flag at Stonewall National Monument

    Feb 10, 2026 07:53 PM EDT

    ... rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument, angering activists who see the change as a symbolic swipe at the country's first national monument to LGBTQ+ history. The multicolored flag, one of the world's most well known emblems of LGBTQ+ rights, was quietly removed in recent days from a ...