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To name anti-Asian racism in the U.S. means confronting centuries of discrimination, violence and oppression—and recognizing how it manifests in the present day

Outraged calls for racial justice have come to a new battleground: child welfare. In the reckoning on racism triggered by George Floyd’s killing, decades of complaints from Black families hurt by the child welfare system are bubbling over into public protest. Though small compared to demonstrations against police abuses, these demands for justice are growing,…

In the first interview Page has given since disclosing that he is transgender, the actor discusses his identity

Has the pandemic has fulfilled the strongman’s dream of placing the country under armed rule?

This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. You can’t shake Joe Biden’s optimism, that’s for sure. On the one-year anniversary of a pandemic that has cost more than 529,000 Americans their lives, by some measures will…

Dog thieves are targeting expensive breeds and puppies that can sell for thousands of dollars online

It began with Brittany Higgins' allegation that she was raped in a government minister's office

This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. In Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, the fictional Sen. Jeff Smith stood for more than a day in the well of the Senate in what is probably the best…

This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. If Kremlinology was the study of state propaganda in the former Soviet Union for clues about who is in and who is out, Manchinology is the new spycraft in…

This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. During non-pandemic times, Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri organizes a lunch each Tuesday to update his party’s members on upcoming votes, policy and issues they should study-up on.…

My husband had been in the hospital, critically ill, for weeks one day when I broke down in tears during a workout. Concerned gym buddies consoled me and someone said, “You’ve got to stay positive!” “Do I, though?” I wanted to ask. I was urged to stay positive a lot during the years I was…

Experts are divided on whether staying away will work