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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, four students at the civil right leader's alma mater, Morehouse College, reflect on the legacy of activism that shaped him.

Young activists Amir Ashour, Matthew Blaise, Sage Dolan-Sandrino, Erika Hilton, and Viktória Radványi will all be honored at this year's MTV EMA with the Generation Change Award.

A study by UCLA’s Williams Institute published on Tuesday (April 13) reported that, with a wave of transphobic legislation spreading across the country this year, at least 45,100 trans children are at risk of losing access to their health care.

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Martin Luther King III shares what he learned about life and protest from his father, the iconic civil rights leader.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, answers the most pressing questions about a COVID-19 vaccine. The takeaway? 'You want virtually everybody to get vaccinated,' he tells MTV News.

Mental health professionals share tips for managing election anxiety before and beyond November 3.

A Starting Point co-founder Mark Kassen, who launched the civic engagement platform with Chris Evans and Joe Kiani, tells MTV News how 'our goal is to help people have conversations around' key issues from multiple perspectives.

Donald Trump tweeted that Americans should not be 'afraid of COVID.' Young Americans respond about the real toll of the coronavirus.

President Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, test positive for the coronavirus.

For young journalists, the Trump era has become a reckoning of daunting fact-checking and rigorous truth-telling, and the emotional toll of covering an administration committed to dehumanizing marginalized groups is very real.

Stacey Abrams speaks to MTV News about voter suppression and how to fight it, in light of her Amazon documentary 'All In: The Fight for Democracy.' 'We can fight from a position of strength,' she says.

During a chaotic year that has laid bare the divisive inequities within our society, music and art have often served as universal entities to ground us, tell our stories, and provide a sense of escape. Now, a new exhibition hosted by MTV pays homage...

Black Lives Matter co-founder speaks with MTV News about her mission to empower young, Black voters.

Jorge Gutierrez, founder of Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, pens an op-ed calling for the protection of LGBTQ+ immigrants in response to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold DACA.

June 19, or Juneteenth, is a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States, but Black people are still fighting for true freedom 150 years later.