On Wednesday, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to uphold a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors. The ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti dictates that state laws prohibiting gender-affirming hormone therapies and puberty-pausing medications for transgender youth are constitutional. Notably, the Tennessee law doesn’t allow best-practice transition-related medical care for …
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Seven minutes from bucolic Molly Maguire Historical Park in Frackville, Pennsylvania is the State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy. Behind the dull-grey concrete walls and razor wire, in a situation he describes as “live from slow motion death row,” is Mumia Abu-Jamal, prisoner AM 8335. At one time an international cause, …
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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong told Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Trump administration to “fuck off” in support of the thousands of Los Angeles-area residents who have been protesting raids against the immigrant community, which began over the weekend. Armstrong posted anInstagram videofilmed from one of the Los Angeles …
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Days after National Public Radio (NPR) sued the Trump administration over attempts to cut off its federal funding, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has also filed a lawsuit, claiming that the proposed cuts violate the First Amendment. Trumpsignedan executive order earlier this month ordering the government “to cease Federal funding …
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Ash Lazarus Orr (he/they) has served as the press relations manager at Advocates for Trans Equality for two and a half years. He has been an organizer in West Virginia for over a decade, focusing on the intersectionalities of gender-affirming care and abortion access. They’re also an abortion storyteller for …
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As though launching his own meme coin days before the inauguration wasn’t potentially corrupt enough, three months later, President Donald Trump had his crypto team announce a special dinner party for the 220 top holders of $TRUMP, calling it the “most EXCLUSIVE INVITATION in the World.” It temporarily juiced the …
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When Michelada Festival canceled its 2025 festival last week over the uncertainty around artist visas, the situation rang the alarm for several other Latin music festivals around the country. Michelada, a Chicago-based event, became the first of its kind to cancel over the “rapidly changing political climate.” The festival wrote …
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Social media and networking site LinkedIn has long been known for its ability to make undergrads weep while supplying shitposters with a never-ending supply of tech-bro memes. But on Wednesday, a surprising figure joined people’s feeds with an employment update: Sesame Street icon and rabble rouser Elmo. “Hi LinkedIn, unfortunately …
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Michelada Fest is canceling its 2025 edition. On Tuesday, the Chicago-based festival, scheduled for mid-July, announced it will not go forward with its event due to visa issues affecting Mexican corrido artists under the Trump administration. “Due to the uncertainty surrounding artist visas and the rapidly changing political climate, we’re …
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The authors are all staff writers at The Harvard Lampoon, the school’s 150-year-old humor magazine. It has been 19 days, four hours, seven minutes, and 33 seconds since Harvard University leapfrogged Rosie O’Donnell to become Donald Trump’s most hated American institution. On April 11, the White House sent a letter …
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