LGBTQIA+

A Guide to Surviving Trump’s War on Trans People

Adam M. Rhodes / The Appeal Jun 2, 2025 A roundup of resources as governments have moved to criminalize trans people, parents of trans children and health care providers. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

LGBTQIA+

Supreme Court Lets Trump Ban Transgender Americans From the Military

Ashley Murray / States Newsroom May 7, 2025 The court ruled that the ban can temporarily remain in place while a lower court reviews the case. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Education

A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda

Jennifer Smith Richards, Jodi S. Cohen / ProPublica May 5, 2025 The department’s decimated civil rights office is enforcing its anti-diversity campaign while making discrimination investigations practically impossible. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Asian Americans Suffered Heavy Toll From Discrimination During Pandemic

Roxanne Prichard / The Conversation Aug 17, 2023 Major survey finds that Asian and Asian American students experienced high levels of stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

A Supreme Dissent: Justice Sonia Sotomayor Eviscerates the Court’s Civil Rights Rollback

Stephen Rohde / Truthdig Jul 20, 2023 The opinion of the Court is, quite literally, a notice that reads: ‘Some services may be denied to same-sex couples.’”  Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Storm on the Horizon

Jeff Koterba Mar 27, 2023 Dig deeper

Stop and Frisk Gets Renewed Attention in Bloomberg Candidacy

REGINA GARCIA CANO and JENNIFER PELTZ / The Associated Press Feb 16, 2020 Many of those accosted by police during the tactic's surge in New York, 80% of whom were black or Latino, remain psychologically affected. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Frieze L.A., The Sequel: Revenge of the White Patriarchy

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Feb 14, 2020 Though diversity is a driving ethos of this year's event in Los Angeles, the art world is still deeply invested in sidelining people of color. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bloomberg Once Blamed End of ‘Redlining’ for 2008 Collapse

BRIAN SLODYSKO / The Associated Press Feb 13, 2020 The Democratic presidential candidate attributes the financial crisis to discriminatory housing practice as opposed to predatory lending. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Michael Bloomberg’s Defense of Racist Policing Unearthed in Audio

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Feb 11, 2020 “The way you get the guns out of the kids’ hands is to throw them up against the walls and frisk them.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Judge Rejects Trump Moral-Objection Rule for Health Care

LARRY NEUMEISTER / The Associated Press Nov 6, 2019 The directive, not yet in effect. called for allowing clinicians to refuse participation in services like abortions based on their beliefs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Facebook Charged With Discrimination for Targeted Housing Ads

The Associated Press Mar 28, 2019 The U.S. housing agency says the platform lets advertisers exclude people based on gender, religion and immigration and parental status. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )