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The first ever person born through IVF (in-vitro fertilization) turned 40 over the summer. Robert Edwards, the researcher who helped Louise Brown’s parents conceive her in a petri dish, won a Nobel Prize in 2010 for his work with medically-assisted conception. That same basic science that the he used in 1977 to help create the first “test-tube baby” has...
Update: Since the publishing of this piece, the ACLU tweeted the following: “The State Attorney for Polk County is not filing charges against the 11-year-old Lakeland student who was arrested after refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance...The First Amendment rights of schoolchildren do not cease when class is in session.” An 11-year-old in Florida was arrested earlier this...
Two dozen gay American clergymen, some in the closet and some out, agreed to share their experiences with the New York Times despite the fact that they were putting their livelihoods at risk by doing so, in a piece that made the top of the site on Sunday. As the publication pointed out, “The church almost always controls a...
The topic of one’s sexuality has certainly evolved in recent years. And it’s become a much more popular, and openly discussed topic. Once upon a time people rarely shared their sexual preferences so honestly, and whether you were interested in men or women or both, it was not talked about publicly. But it’s 2019 and people are proudly shouting...
Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez were chatting in line at a convenience store in the small town of Havre, Montana, when the man behind them, border agent Paul A. O’Neal, demanded to know where they were born. The friends, who had been speaking Spanish with one another, were taken aback. One of them began recording the encounter and asked the...
Find your Move So you’ve decided that 2019 will be the year you stop procrastinating on all your exercise goals  — there’s only one dilemma: you kind of hate working out. We feel you. Rather than spend endless hours on a boring treadmill, try swapping out monotonous activities for ones that actually bring you joy. From low impact to high...
Art and public spaces weren’t always happy bedfellows. At the height of the last century in America, when graffiti was the sign of a neighborhood ruled by punks, then gangs, and generals still decorated town squares in Latin America, street art was plainly considered vandalism. Over the course of the last two decades, our collective perspective on street art...
BIG Business in Beauty It’s no secret that beauty products are a big business. And now more than ever, several of the beauty brands you know and love (or that you should know and will love) come from an international influence. In fact, Latinx beauty brands are taking the world by storm, and the women behind them are equally impressive...
In 2000, Congress passed a resolution that created a U visa program as part of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act. Since then, undocumented immigrants living in the United States have been permitted to qualify and apply for a four-year visa that allows them and family members to stay in the United States, with the possibility of...
Cindy Rodriguez is a multimedia journalist and photographer who has produced content for platforms such as NBC, CNN, The Huffington Post and Latina Magazine. when she's not planning a trip around the globe, she's content consulting for start-ups. she's peruvian and proud of it. Nathalie Farfan is an experienced content producer and creative director who has worked for companies such...
Preeminent American photographer Nan Goldin, along with hundreds of activists and supporters, staged a “die-in” at New York City’s Guggenheim Museum this weekend to press the institution to cut ties to opioid profiteers. The museum has received significant funding from the Sackler family who own the pharmaceutical company that developed OxyContin. Goldin and the other protestors called for an...
On Wednesday evening, a congressional committee voted to advance a bill to the House that will require background checks for every single gun sale and most gun transfers that occurs within the country. Currently, unlicensed gun sellers are not required to perform background checks on gun sales — meaning buyers can make purchases at gun shows, online, and in...