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  For nearly a century, a massive mural by painter Victor Arnautoff titled “The Life of Washington” has lined the hallways of San Francisco’s George Washington High School. It may not be there much longer. The mural “glorifies slavery, genocide, colonization, manifest destiny, white supremacy [and] oppression.” So said Washington High School’s Reflection and Action Group, […]

  Since 1972, social scientists have studied the General Social Survey to chart the complexities of social change in the United States. The survey, which is conducted every couple years, asks respondents their attitudes on topics ranging from race relations to drug use. In 2008, the survey started including a question on sexual identity. As sociologists who […]

In the Supreme Court, women are getting more opportunities than ever before and some of those opportunities are coming from where you’d least expect it. When Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed, he said that he’d hire all female law clerks. And now that he’s officially sworn in – plot twist – he actually did it. There are […]

Nevada and Illinois are among the states either supporting measures or already passing laws to ensure that abortion remains a fundamental right for its citizens. This, as states like Alabama and Georgia pass laws severely restricting women’s access to legal termination of pregnancy. “What’s happening across the country should serve as a reminder to women […]

Much like smoking cigarettes indoors, lawn darts, and asbestos before it, the circus seems to be making its way to the dustbin of history. Circuses are notorious for mistreating their animals, so 26 countries have got with the times by either introducing or implementing bans on them. Circus Roncalli, a German circus founded in 1976, began slowly phasing performing […]

England really let Trump know that he wasn’t welcome there on his most recent trip to the United Kingdom. There’s nothing like some good old fashioned, petty-as-hell jokes at the expense of a world leader who much of the world hates. While the Trump baby balloon did make a comeback and penises with Trump’s name written on […]

The Royal family (with the notable exception of Meghan Markle) will meet with President Donald Trump and Melania when the Trumps visit England on June 3rd. Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles, Duchess Camila, Prince William, Kate Middleton, and even Markle’s husband Prince Harry are all scheduled to shake hands with the sitting U.S. President. But oddly […]

Like hundreds of thousands of other teenagers across the United States, Serai Merari Ruiz recently graduated high school. But one person absent from her ceremony at Hector J. Garcia Early College High in Laredo, Texas was her father. Ruiz is originally from Wisconsin and has American citizenship. But a few years ago she moved with […]

More than 30 million people live with diabetes in America. According to the American Diabetes Association, 7.4 million Americans must take insulin in order to manage the condition, maintain quality of life, and avoid serious complications of the disease. But here’s the problem: Insulin prices in the US have been growing at a rate that’s […]

Lo and behold! Sixty-eight days after he delivered his report to the Attorney General, Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III has emerged from the shadows to introduce the world to what his voice sounds like. His voice sounds like that of an aggravated professor begging his class to DO THE DAMN READING. Mueller took to […]