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From immigration to gender identity, Trump’s orders threaten an exclusionary future for the US

President Donald Trump wasted no time making waves on his first day back in office, by signing a set of controversial executive orders to launch his hardline agenda on immigration, gender, and climate change.

By Fatou Ferraro Mboup

German AfD party under fire for handing out Nazi-inspired fake deportation tickets to migrants

By Abby Amoakuh

Meta now allows content calling women property and household items on its social platforms

By Abby Amoakuh

As the Israel-Hamas war worsens, an Israeli and a Palestinian discuss the prospects for peace

By Abby Amoakuh

Here’s why Trump is resonating with Asian American families like mine

By Merilyn Chang

Young girls are being lured into drug trade with promises of botox, lip fillers, and makeup products

By Abby Amoakuh

Unmasking exploitation in Africa: My undercover journey into Kenya’s Chinese seafood factories

By Fatou Ferraro Mboup

White women can’t just use the 4B movement to swear off men, they also need to hold each other accountable

By Abby Amoakuh

What is Libs of TikTok, and who is Chaya Raichik, the woman behind the far-right account?

By Fatou Ferraro Mboup

From teen mum to Gen Z favourite, Angela Rayner is the icon politics needs

By Fatou Ferraro Mboup

Pregnant women in the US more likely to die from murder than complications, cancer, or accidents

By Abby Amoakuh

Sweden’s plans for an underage social media ban to curb gang violence could inspire EU to do the same

By Abby Amoakuh

Calls for Gisèle Pelicot to be named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year after Trump takes title

By Charlie Sawyer

What is Make America Healthy Again? Inside Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s plan to cure America’s health system

By Charlie Sawyer

I had to sign away my freedom to tell their story: A photojournalist on documenting Afghan women under the Taliban

By Fatou Ferraro Mboup

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From immigration to gender identity, Trump’s orders threaten an exclusionary future for the US

President Donald Trump wasted no time making waves on his first day back in office, by signing a set of controversial executive orders to launch his hardline agenda on immigration, gender, and climate change.

By Fatou Ferraro Mboup

German AfD party under fire for handing out Nazi-inspired fake deportation tickets to migrants

By Abby Amoakuh

Meta now allows content calling women property and household items on its social platforms

By Abby Amoakuh

As the Israel-Hamas war worsens, an Israeli and a Palestinian discuss the prospects for peace

By Abby Amoakuh

Here’s why Trump is resonating with Asian American families like mine

By Merilyn Chang

Young girls are being lured into drug trade with promises of botox, lip fillers, and makeup products

By Abby Amoakuh

Unmasking exploitation in Africa: My undercover journey into Kenya’s Chinese seafood factories

By Fatou Ferraro Mboup

White women can’t just use the 4B movement to swear off men, they also need to hold each other accountable

By Abby Amoakuh

What is Libs of TikTok, and who is Chaya Raichik, the woman behind the far-right account?

By Fatou Ferraro Mboup

From teen mum to Gen Z favourite, Angela Rayner is the icon politics needs

By Fatou Ferraro Mboup

Pregnant women in the US more likely to die from murder than complications, cancer, or accidents

By Abby Amoakuh

Sweden’s plans for an underage social media ban to curb gang violence could inspire EU to do the same

By Abby Amoakuh

Calls for Gisèle Pelicot to be named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year after Trump takes title

By Charlie Sawyer

What is Make America Healthy Again? Inside Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s plan to cure America’s health system

By Charlie Sawyer

I had to sign away my freedom to tell their story: A photojournalist on documenting Afghan women under the Taliban

By Fatou Ferraro Mboup

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