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How 'Queer Eye' Helped Jess Guilbeaux Find Her Voice in Conservative America
We talked to the show's first Black lesbian star about regaining her confidence and using her platform to help others like her.
4 states just passed anti-abortion bills on the same day
It's another sign of the intensifying battle over reproductive health in state legislatures
Bomb Threat Was Actually Just Man Announcing He Had to Drop a Dirty Dump
The Kansas man told two men in a Home Depot bathroom “y’all need to get out of here because I’m fixing to blow it up.”
Altered Birth Certificates Are 'Free Speech' for Trans People, Lawsuit Says
Lambda Legal has sued the state of Kansas for refusing to allow transgender citizens to alter the sex marker on their birth certificate, arguing that inaccurate birth certificates compel speech.
Here's how much women killed it in Tuesday's primaries
A historic 11 women, including eight Democrats and three Republicans, have now been nominated for governor's mansions.
We’re about to find out if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s message works in “Trump Country”
On Tuesday, progressive candidates who’ve earned Ocasio-Cortez’s stump of approval will face primaries in Kansas, Michigan, and Missouri.
Alleged white supremacist jailed before for attacking a black woman is charged with killing another black woman
His daughter said he'd threatened to murder her and her three children if she “ever spoke to a person of color.”
Watch This Guy Plead His Case for Legal 'Genital Massages' to a City Council
"If someone wants to yank a guy's crank, I say let 'em."
Want to Escape a Criminal Past? Move to Alaska (Like I Did)
After I left prison, nobody would hire me. So I threw a dart at a map and wound up moving north.
How Dollar General is taking over rural America
The rise of Dollar General, and the reshaping of rural America
When a Drug Conviction Lands You on the Sex-Offender Registry
A strange law in Kansas means a history of drug offenses gets people lumped in with a very different kind of criminal.
Why Is Brooklyn Barbecue Taking Over the World?
Brooklyn BBQ is spreading to every corner of the world—Colombia, Spain, Panama, Sweden, England, and Japan—looking like it came straight out of Williamsburg. But why aren't these countries taking cues from Texas or Kansas City?