Social Justice

Moral panics aimed against trans people are both attacks on that community and part of a broader strategy to control youth across the U.S.

AI-powered facial recognition will lead to increased racial profiling

Legislators, families and advocates are fighting to protect access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth and adults nationwide

Academics can do more to help disadvantaged communities in the U.S.

Criminalizing patients could have adverse consequences, experts warn

Courts hand down conflicting decisions often. Here’s how this has played out with mifepristone

Law enforcement should fight crime, violence, and corruption and not pretend its job is to shrink the illicit drug supply enough to prevent its use

Moves in Florida to control public education mirror past fascist strategies in ways that are disquieting for American democracy, a historian argues

While it may seem daunting, there are still many things we can do individually to slow climate change

Cops—no matter their own race—are more confrontational toward Black drivers. Social psychologist Nicholas Camp describes ways to reduce police antagonism

A universal basic income wouldn’t lead to adults leaving their jobs and could lift millions of children into a brighter future

Voters chose to protect abortion rights in all five states with abortion-related measures on their ballots