For a few years Larry Kramer and I had been good buddies. And then we weren’t — that was Larry’s choice. It was additionally Larry’s choice that the time had…

My Zoom graduation felt like both a creepy, post-apocalyptic exercise and a corny, semi-pointless ritual. Less than three months ago, I started having this uneasy feeling in the pit of…

Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, responded to the police killing of a black man in Minnesota with an empathetic contrast to President Donald Trump, who has suggested authorities…

In a racist confrontation with a black bird-watcher in Central Park, her choice of words was striking. Of all the ways Amy Cooper might have expressed her exasperation during a dispute…

The Canadian Cree artist Kent Monkman is celebrated for paintings that reflect the lives of Indigenous people, but some feel his new work goes too far. TORONTO — Many Indigenous…

Hungary's parliament has approved a law that bans transsexual people from changing the gender they were assigned at birth on official documents.  The law, proposed by the governing right-wing Fidesz…

New York is targeting “hotspots” as New York City prepares to reopen in less than two weeks. U.S. cases increased 1.7%, faster than the one-week daily average. Attendance at a…

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Protesters clashed with riot police firing tear gas for a second night in Minneapolis on Wednesday in an outpouring of rage over the death of a black…

Masks required, social distancing recommended at casino near La Center COWLITZ INDIAN RESERVATION — ilani reopened its doors Thursday following a 70-day closure due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.  The…

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s governor activated the National Guard on Thursday as angry demonstrators took to the streets for a third straight night to protest the death of George Floyd, a black…