Power

stop asian hate 6/22/2021

Billie Eilish Apologizes for Lip-Syncing Racist Slur in Old Video “regardless of my ignorance and age at the time, nothing excuses the fact that it was hurtful. and for that i am sorry.”

By Bethy Squires

Guess Who Still Isn’t Sorry for Waving Guns at Protesters? Days after they were made to surrender the guns they pointed at Black Lives Matter protesters last year, the McCloskeys bought yet another gun.

culture 6/21/2021

Mapping the Michael Costello Controversy The designer called out Chrissy Teigen for “traumatizing” him, only to have a number of bullying and harassment allegations surface against him.

By Claire Lampen

how i get it done 6/21/2021

How This Green New Deal Architect Gets It Done Rhiana Gunn-Wright on choosing to have children during a climate crisis, being a Black Rhodes scholar at Oxford, and more.

By Bridget Read

bullying 6/21/2021

What Exactly Happened With Courtney Stodden and Chrissy Teigen? Teigen has posted a lengthy apology, one month after old tweets resurfaced in which she encouraged Stodden to kill themself.

By Claire Lampen

mental health 6/18/2021

Building a World Where Black Folks Can Breathe Easier With her wellness space Black Girls Breathing, Jasmine Marie pledges to help millions of women on their mental-health journeys.

feature 6/18/2021

SuChin Pak Is Processing Everything The groundbreaking news anchor is still making sense of her MTV experience.

By Kathleen Hou

juneteenth 6/17/2021

Juneteenth Is Now a Federal Holiday President Biden has signed a bill commemorating the end of slavery after Republican opposition crumbled.

By Ed Kilgore and Claire Lampen

my two cents 6/17/2021

‘I Owe My Dad Money, and He Holds It Over My Head’ You should pay him back and end this dynamic as quickly as possible.

By Charlotte Cowles

‘We Only Hear About Trans Athletes When They’re Winning’ Talking with athlete Andraya Yearwood and producer Alex Schmider of the new documentary Changing the Game.

By Katie Heaney