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An ACT UP veteran on the power of anger in protest

ACT UP protesting President George H.W. Bush’s AIDS policy in 1991 in Kennebunkport, Maine. | Photo by Dirck Halstead/Getty Images…

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How the US is failing refugees, in one chart

Evacuees who fled Afghanistan walk through the terminal at Dulles International Airport in 2021. | Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via…

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The scandal embroiling Washington’s most venerable think tank, explained

Brookings Institution president John Allen, seen in 2018, speaking at an economic policy event at the think tank in Washington,…

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Apple and Google are coming for your car

Apple’s next generation of CarPlay turns your dashboard into a giant iPhone. | Apple Big Tech’s big car ambitions have…

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Evictions are life-altering — and preventable

Signage lays on the ground during a protest outside the Santa Clara County Courthouse in San Jose, California, to halt…

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Finding a new job is possible — even when you’re burned out

Shanée Benjamin for Vox Looking for a new job doesn’t have to be just another exhausting to-do list item. It’s…

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What’s in the bipartisan plan for gun control

A recent March for our Lives event in Washington, D.C. illustrates the ongoing outrage over lawmakers’ lack of response to…

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The best $2,618 I ever spent: A second wedding ceremony

I was fiercely independent, and didn’t have faith I could care for anyone else. But Antoinette always believed in me.…

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“We’re expected to be human shields”: Teachers are unprotected — and scared

After a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, teachers for gun control legislation marched to Sen. Ted…

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The power and limits of using executive orders to protect abortion rights

Activists who feel helpless to codify abortion rights could find hope in Biden’s executive orders. | Nathan Howard/Getty Images President…

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