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The case against summer camp

Behind the cabins and campfires, it’s an elitist and conservative institution.

By Mac Schwerin

I faced Larry Nassar in court. Epstein’s accusers should have had the same chance.

By Rachael Denhollander August 14

Fake autism treatments show the lengths parents will go to “cure” their kids

By Sarah Kurchak August 13

The best $60 I ever spent: a palm reading that helped me find my way

By Josephine Livingstone August 13

Is wealth immoral?

By Adam Roberts August 8

Why we should let more foreign doctors practice in America

By Perrie Briskin August 7

The best $14 I ever spent: a wipes warmer when I had postpartum depression

By Rachel Christensen August 6

I’m a former Parkland student. I am sick of lawmakers’ empty tweets.

By Kyra Parrow August 5

How to politely smoke weed

By Luke Winkie August 2

Money Talks: one spouse had student loans, the other paid it all off

By Julie Vadnal August 1

From diagnostics to autopsy to burial, stillbirths are alarmingly expensive in America

By Joni Hess July 30

2020 Democrats are tweeting about the murders of black trans women. Where are their policies?

By Katelyn Burns July 26

How a Bay Area ban on feeding squirrels and birds ended up saving their lives

By Alison Hermance July 25

A day in name-changing court

By J. Dylan Sandifer July 25

A sick pet, and an unthinkable choice

By Peter Rugg July 25

The best $42.92 I ever spent: a handful of junky Forever 21 jewelry

By Veronica Walsingham July 23

The composure and civility of “the Squad” against Trump’s attacks

By Crystal Marie Fleming July 22

Laboratories of Democracy: what Seattle learned from having the highest minimum wage in the nation

By Matthew Zeitlin July 22

Money Talks: One friend got married, the other was her maid of honor

By Nicole Dieker July 18

The LGBTQ civil rights fight is far from over

By Katelyn Burns July 17

The dating algorithm that gives you just one match

By Zoe Schiffer July 11

The best $3,000 I ever spent: training for my dog

By Doree Shafrir July 9

How prayer helped me detox from the internet

By Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt July 8

I was a child of Chernobyl

By Sophia Moskalenko July 2

I’m a left-wing anarchist. Guns aren’t just for right-wingers.

By Kim Kelly July 1

The citizenship question is blocked for now. But demographers are still worried about the census.

By Rebecca Tippett June 27

Not one 2020 candidate has a website that is accessible to the blind

By s.e. smith June 26

Meet the people fighting for health care access for disabled kids detained at the border

By s.e. smith June 26

Comedy clubs that book Louis C.K. don’t care about their staff’s safety

By Kath Barbadoro June 25

The best $95 I ever spent: a weighted blanket for my anxiety-induced insomnia

By Tiffanie Woods June 25

Why suicide is a top cause of death for police officers and firefighters

By Ann Marie Farina June 25

I paid off all my student loans. I still support student loan forgiveness.

By David Goldstein June 24

It sucks to go to the doctor if you’re trans

By Katelyn Burns June 21

I’m a Jewish historian. Yes, we should call border detention centers “concentration camps.”

By Anna Lind-Guzik June 20

He lost his ROTC scholarship when he came out. Decades later, he’s still paying back student debt.

By Luke Winkie June 18

Black trans women want the media to show them living, not just dying

By Serena Sonoma June 18

I’ve talked to dozens of parents about why they don’t vaccinate. Here’s what they told me.

By Jennifer Reich June 13

Why Always Be My Maybe’s Asian American underachiever is groundbreaking

By Jason Shen June 13

5 trans Catholics on the Vatican’s rejection of their gender identity

By Eloise Blondiau June 12

Secularism is on the rise, but Americans are still finding community and purpose in spirituality

By Karen Turner June 11

The best $300 I ever spent: a ticket home to see my dad

By Holly Patton June 11