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Whether they’ve experienced a death of a classmate, have a personal story of addiction, or have witnessed incarceration in action, young organizers and activists are fighting back on the Drug War using harm reduction framework, which is rooted in c...

A misdemeanor charge somehow led to Layleen Polanco being found dead Friday in solitary confinement at Rikers Island, after being held on $500 bail. Now activists are helping her family get answers.

As more and more corporations lend their brands and merchandise to Pride, the month of June seems more like a sponsorship than a protest.

Civil unrest is not new to Sudan, but violence is escalating. Here, a breakdown of what is happening, how the unrest got started, and why young people aren't giving up the fight.

Rooha Haghar, a graduate of Emmett J. Conrad High School in Dallas, Texas, intended to dedicate a portion of her valedictorian speech to unarmed Black children affected by violence.

London’s Metropolitan Police Service confirmed four people were arrested on Friday, June 7, in connection with a homophobic attack carried out against a lesbian couple. The city's mayor has since condemned the attack.

Columbine High School, where two perpetrators killed 12 people in 1999, may be torn down. The district superintendent cited a "morbid fascination" with the school as a reason.

On Wednesday, June 5, Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced bills that would ban the use of gay and trans panic defenses on a federal level to the U.S. House and Senate. Such bills have been a long time coming.

After news broke that a handful of Boston residents were making preparations for a Straight Pride Parade to be held August 31, backlash ensued.

Beginning in 2021, many stores in Beverly Hills, California, will no longer carry tobacco products. This is the first time a city in the United States has banned the sale of tobacco products.

More than 13,000 migrant children are being held at government-funded shelters throughout the United States, and based on a new decision from President Donald Trump, these kids could lose access to education, recreation, and legal services.

Lachlan Watson, Ian Alexander, Stephon Mendoza, Sydnee Washington, and J.P. Brammer come together for MTV News's Sound On, dedicated to representation in the LGBTQ+ community...

In a press conference on Tuesday, June 4, Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced it intended to charge Scot Peterson, the on-duty school resource officer during the February 2019 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, for his lack...

Another black transgender woman, Chynal Lindsey, has been found dead in Dallas, Texas, police say. Her death marks the third murder of black transgender women in the city since October 2018.

At least 11 people were killed and six more were wounded in a shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center on Friday, May 31.