When thousands gathered in Brooklyn last summer to participate in a march for Black trans lives, Shéár Avory was at home, helping to care for…
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Alton Sterling’s Family Agrees to $4.5 Million Settlement, Lawyers Say
Several days after that, Mr. Salamoni, who had fired six shots at Mr. Sterling, was fired from the Baton Rouge Police Department, and Mr. Lake…
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Oregon Lawmakers Approve Changes to 94-Year-Old State Song
Oregon lawmakers approved new lyrics for their state song this week, removing language that activists called racist and saying the song should reflect how Oregon…
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Silicon Valley’s Thin Skins and Giant Egos
archived recording (SINGING) When you walk in the room, do you have sway? kara swisher I’m Kara Swisher, and you’re listening to “Sway.” Big tech…
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FEMA Disaster Aid Often Widens Racial Disparities
Research published in 2018 found that, for white Americans, living in a county hit by a large disaster was a financial boon. Those white residents…
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It’s Time for People in Power to Defy These New Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Laws
Doctors across the country have testified that children living in these states, already facing grave challenges, are being put directly in harm’s way. What’s worse,…
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The Cost of Being an ‘Interchangeable Asian’
On a recent Tuesday evening, Jully Lee and her boyfriend curled up on the couch and turned on the TV to watch the Ovation Awards,…
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My Journey to Pride
June is L.G.B.T.Q.+ Pride Month, a month in which people in the community affirm their identities, celebrate their culture, demonstrate their solidarity and assert their…
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A Psychiatrist Invited to Yale Spoke of Fantasies of Shooting White People
A psychiatrist said in a lecture at Yale University’s School of Medicine that she had fantasies of shooting white people, prompting the university to later…
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A Supreme Court Case Poses a Threat to L.G.B.T.Q. Foster Kids
The Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on a case that could upend, in the name of religious freedom, 50 years of progress…
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