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tiktok Jan. 8, 2020

Does TikTok Have a Major Security Problem?The video-sharing app, popular among teens, says it has fixed its network vulnerabilities.

By Hannah Gold
the judicial branch Aug. 28, 2018

With Mitch McConnell’s Help, Trump Now Has 60 Confirmed Federal JudgesThe Senate has confirmed the president’s nominations for federal judges across the country, under the leadership of Mitch McConnell.

By Opheli Garcia Lawler
lawsuits Aug. 15, 2018

Baker Who Refused Cake to Gay Couple Is Still Refusing CakesJack Phillips is suing the state of Colorado for being sanctioned after discriminating against a transgender woman.

By Opheli Garcia Lawler

civil rights Apr. 7, 2016

It Turns Out a Brief Conversation Really Can Change Minds on LGBT IssuesData falsification was only a temporary roadblock to an important finding that could fight bias against transgender people and other groups.

By Jesse Singal
r.i.p. Aug. 26, 2015

Civil-Rights Activist Amelia Boynton Robinson Has DiedShe was 104.

By Dayna Evans
john oliver June 29, 2015

John Oliver Has a Simple Rule for Avoiding TransphobiaIf you wouldn’t ask Jimmy Carter whether he’s circumcised, don’t ask a trans person about their genitals.

By Erica Schwiegershausen