Social Issues

Women take the mic in male-dominated powwow emcee field
Deanna Rae StandingCloud, Red Lake Nation, from Minneapolis, is one of the few female powwow emcees in a typically male-dominated field. Now that powwows and other social gatherings are coming back, she wants her voice to be heard, too.
Nikole Hannah-Jones chooses Howard over UNC-Chapel Hill
Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure there, and instead will take a tenured position at Howard University.
She struggled to reclaim her Indigenous name. She hopes others have it easier
Earlier this year, Canada announced a new policy that allows Indigenous citizens to restore their names on government-issued ID, including passports, for free. One woman recounted her emotional and frustrating journey to officially reclaim her Indigenous family name.
Passenger: Officers didn't ID selves in fatal Winston Smith shooting
An attorney for Norhan Askar said Thursday that law enforcement officers were not in uniform and did not identify themselves as authorities when they surrounded Winston Smith's SUV with their guns drawn.
The U.S. will add a third gender option on passports
With the changes, "we don't have to lie to get our passports. We can just be ourselves," said Dana Zzyym, an intersex person who has fought for more gender options on U.S. passports.