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3. Build a campaign around what is possible (See: Nicolandria) Ngugi: [Watching “Love Island USA”] I am on the Nicolandria ship. I studied film. I love a good story arc, and the two of them have ...

What is the new child tax credit amount? For the 2025 tax filing year, the child tax credit will increase to $2,200. Eligible parents will see this amount in their tax returns next year. The credit ...

Nicolle Orozco Forero was one of the few immigrant women who provide child care for American children with disabilities. Then she and her seriously ill son were taken into ICE custody.

Schools and lawmakers are grappling with how to address a new form of peer-on-peer image-based sexual abuse that disproportionately targets girls.

Women immigration lawyers approach their cases and their own communities with empathy and education — while navigating policies meant to deter and detain.

Toxic masculinity and idealized motherhood content are flooding social media feeds — forcing educators, students and parents to navigate the internet's manosphere.

The groups work in dozens of school districts across Texas, but some public health experts say their curricula are misleading and biased.

Kearse was the first Black woman judge on an appellate court and helped pave the way for judges such as Jackson, the newest nominee to the country’s highest court.

On the day of his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks to withhold citizenship from some children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States. The 14th ...

Senate Democrats failed to garner enough support to consider a bill to recognize the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the Constitution.

The loss of federal abortion protections has launched America into a new reality: The ability to access abortion depends on where you live. Millions of people have been impacted by this shift, but ...