This year, lawmakers in two dozen states, including Texas, Alabama, Nebraska, Missouri, and Georgia, introduced bills that would expand access to menstrual products. By Thalia Charles Sandwiched between the high-profile leak of the Dobbs v. Jackson draft and the official overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Austin City Council passed a resolution to provide free menstrual products in public-facing […]
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Nearly two-thirds of young adults report having either depression or anxiety. In California, Connecticut, Illinois, and other states, lawmakers are considering their options for psychedelics legalization. By Isaac Lozano As a high school freshman, Aiden McDonnell began exploring dissociative drugs with the help of well-connected friends: first with DXM, a cough suppressant often found in over-the-counter […]
More than 22 million people in the US are in mixed-status households, where at least one undocumented person lives with citizens or lawful temporary immigrants. By Yamila Martinez Since Daymieri Ariciel Narvaez was a child, she wanted was to help her parents live without fear. As the daughter of undocumented immigrants, she dreamed of enrolling in […]
Remembering Victor S. Navasky. By Katrina vanden Heuvel I was 10 when I first heard the name Victor Navasky. My father was throwing Kennedy Justice around our living room. He had worked in the Kennedy Justice Department, and thought Navasky’s book got it wrong. Years later, another book by Victor, Naming Names, changed my life. It led me to […]
In 2012, young people pushed for the establishment of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. But the work is far from over. By Rania Soetirto Growing up, Norma Gonzalez remembers how their parents were afraid to even drive down the street. As undocumented immigrants who spoke only Spanish, their parents feared racial profiling from the police. “Throughout […]
As Twitter loses its most active users and with young people favoring short-form video, the role TikTok plays in elections is likely only going to get larger. By Sofia Andrade Gen Z voters are an increasingly powerful political demographic, especially for Democrats and progressives. That much was proven in the 2022 midterm elections, where high turnout among […]