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The Trump administration has tried to punish or suppress speech and opposition to administration policies. Baac3nes/Getty Images

The sleeper Supreme Court decision that could have profound impacts on the Trump administration agenda – and restore faith in the high court

A unanimous case decided by the US Supreme Court in 2024 could protect the First Amendment rights to free expression of many of the organizations targeted by the Trump administration.
Sexual diversity has been documented in every species in the animal kingdom, including among humans. smartboy10/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

How Trump promotes a radical, unscientific theory about sex and gender in the name of opposing ‘gender ideology extremism’

A gender studies expert explains why the Trump administration’s claim that everyone is male or female defies science and ignores the complexity of human sexuality.
A transgender rights activist holds a flag during the Trans Day of Visibility rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC on March 31, 2025. Kayla Bartowski

Threatening diversity, threatening growth: the business effects of Trump’s anti‑DEI and anti‑trans agendas

In the lead-up to last year’s US presidential election and amid the new administration’s flurry of executive orders, some companies have changed their approaches to diversity, equity and inclusion.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Trump’s English language order upends America’s long multilingual history

Across its nearly 250-year history, the United States has never had an official language until now. But Americans will not stop using languages other than English because of an executive order.
Julianne Moore and her children’s book are being ‘reviewed’. Other classics are now off-limits to children in Idaho libraries. Joe Cavaretta/AAP

Julianne Moore’s children’s book about redheads is under ‘review’. What’s happening with US book bans under Trump?

As executive orders ban teaching ‘gender ideology’ and ‘critical race theory’ and the Big Five publishers file a joint lawsuit against book bans, a new era begins.

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