Biden’s student debt relief plan, blocked by the 8th Circuit and a U.S district court in Texas, especially hits people of color from low-income families.
Author: Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY
Women, suburban voters and Latinos help drive election results in 2022 midterms
As an anticipated “red wave” fails to materialize, some credit women and suburban voters with aiding a better-than-expected showing from Democrats.
With Trump, Kanye West and Kyrie Irving remarks, Jewish communities fear rising hate
Incidents of antisemitism have risen sharply since 2016, with high-profile celebrities pushing anti-Jewish sentiment into public view.
As state laws target transgender children, families flee and become ‘political refugees’
As states propose and pass laws targeting transgender youths and their parents, desperate families have uprooted their lives to flee to safer places.
Timeline: Here’s how racist leaked audio dismantled the Los Angeles City Council
The full timeline on how leaked audio with racist language dismantled Los Angeles City Council and led to President Biden getting involved.
Biden pardons federally convicted marijuana users. Here’s where marijuana laws stand in each state
Looking at how each state stands on marijuana use after President Biden’s announcement that he would pardon those federally convicted of possession.
Sikh student detained on UNC campus for wearing kirpan, curved dagger central to faith
A North Carolina student was detained for carrying a kirpan, a symbolic sheathed dagger central to the Sikh faith.
They paid taxes. Now undocumented Latinos are aging without savings, government care
They came to the U.S. as young people seeking better lives. Now, without money and facing retirement, what will happen to older undocumented Latinos?
For many students across the U.S., segregated schools are still a reality. Here’s why.
A federal study found more than a third of U.S. kids in 2020-21 went to schools where at least 75% of students were of a single race or ethnicity.
Everything to know about the Respect for Marriage Act and the new battle for same-sex marriage
The House of Representatives has voted to codify same-sex marriage as advocates fear what could happen after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.