For women, this week’s mandate from Pope Francis that a fall summit in Rome include female participants with speaking and voting rights is monumental.
Author: Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY
Smithsonian’s 1898 exhibit to spotlight origins and lingering impact of US imperialism abroad
An exhibit opening this week at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will explore the rise and lingering impact of U.S. imperialism.
Prospective jurors questioned over death penalty as 2018 Tree of Life synagogue massacre trial begins
Prospective jurors said if they were to convict a man of killing 11 at a Pittsburgh synagogue that they would be capable of sentencing him to death.
Abuse, discrimination pervasive in criminal legal system for LGBTQ+ people, report says
A Lambda Legal survey of 2,500 people found that being subject to abuse while in criminal detention is a common experience for LGBTQ and HIV+ people.
In the U.S., importance of Holocaust Remembrance Day underscored by rising antisemitism
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the U.S. memorializes the six million Jews killed by Nazi Germany during WWII and celebrates those who survived.
Most Latinos in the US used to identify as Catholic. Not anymore.
The share of U.S. Latinos who identify as Catholic has fallen dramatically since 2010, a Pew study says, while those claiming no faith at all tripled.
Second of two Tennessee lawmakers expelled by Republican majority reappointed Wednesday
Justin Pearson, one of two Democratic lawmakers expelled by Tennessee’s Republican House majority on April 6, was unanimously reappointed to his seat.
Transgender and nonbinary youths are coming out at younger ages, survey says. Risks remain.
Transgender and nonbinary youth are coming out at earlier ages, finding both acceptance and growing threats, a national LGBTQ advocacy group found.
Across US, Republican state lawmakers are winning the battle to block transgender youth from getting medical care
More than 144,000 transgender youths have lost or risk losing access to gender-affirming care because of active or proposed state bans and policies.
Transgender prisoner who fought for gender-affirming care for all inmates undergoes surgery
Federal inmate Cristina Nichole Iglesias received gender-affirming surgery after a groundbreaking legal battle that advanced trans civil rights.