On Valentine’s Day, 2018, an unthinkable tragedy happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In the months that followed, the students of Parkland—and others who joined their cause—woke our nation up to the realities of gun violence. In under a year, real-deal activists emerged—including Emma González, Samantha Fuentes, Jaclyn Corin, Edna Chavez,…
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After a former student with an AR-15 killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida earlier this year, a group of outspoken student activists demanded change. Gun violence needs to end—and they’re not taking no for an answer. They joined with other leaders to organize March for Our Lives.…
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We’ve heard a lot ahead of these midterm elections about the historic wave of women jumping into the political process as candidates—and for good reason. With the polls now open, 2018 is not just poised to become another Year of the Woman. It will also be remembered as a decisive moment in which women of…
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If there’s a defining maxim of our era, it’s that the adults of America seem to have departed the public stage. Political leaders preen and hashtag and hurl insults, and when real life intrudes on the food fights? They double down on the hashtags and insults. In one of the greatest ironies of 2018, teenagers…
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Last Friday Irish citizens voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the country’s constitution, making abortion legal. The historic referendum should mean the end of Irish women having to travel long distances to receive abortion care, which had been outlawed even in cases of rape or incest. But it doesn’t help those in Northern Ireland—which…
Read moreThe Golden Globes, broadcasting on Sunday night (January 7), will be making a huge statement on the red carpet: After months of sexual misconduct allegations that have shaken the industry and toppled its most powerful men, actresses and actors will be wearing black as a way to make a statement about the events. The questions…
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