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[ad_1] Society / StudentNation / June 20, 2024 At least 24 states have restricted transgender athletes’ participation in sports, and these policymaking decisions often lack input from those most affected. Ad Policy Rebekah Bruesehoff, a transgender student athlete, speaks during a press conference by the Congressional Equality Caucus in 2023. (Olivier Douliery / Getty) This […]

[ad_1] Taking on Big Pharma is just what the (electoral) doctor prescribes. Ad Policy A package of Ozempic at a hospital in Bonheiden, Belgium. (Dirk Waem / Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images) Finally, a polarized nation has found something to bridge its generational and geographic divides: Ozempic. One in eight American adults have now tried […]

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[ad_1] The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a major offshore tax on investors. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a couple who challenged the constitutionality of a Trump-era tax provision, handing the government a victory in a case that had huge potential consequences […]

[ad_1] Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the first product I’d seen born of what’s being touted as a cure for a crisis. Plastic doesn’t break down in nature. If you turned all of […]

[ad_1] Former President Donald Trump gives the keynote address at Turning Point Action’s “The People’s Convention” on June 15, 2024, in Detroit, Mich. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump loves acronyms, but his catchphrases have become increasingly varied. These new slogans often package massive policy proposals and […]

[ad_1] David Sumrall, the head of the Republican Party in Georgia’s Bibb County, presents his case to challenge the eligibility of nearly 800 voters at a hearing in Macon in May. Grant Blankenship/GPB hide caption toggle caption Grant Blankenship/GPB MACON, Ga. — On the first day of early voting in the May primary, a conference […]

[ad_1] The civil rights icon preached that God believed “that people should be fed, that people should have access to life, that people should be treated equally and justly.” Ad Policy The Rev. James Lawson speaks from the pulpit of the First AME Church during an event in solidarity with union workers in Wisconsin on […]

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