Abbey Schubert

A new study finds that sexism remains alive and well in Hollywood — especially against older women. A report released Monday by the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for…

Shortly after President Donald Trump announced in a series of tweets Wednesday a proposal to ban transgender people from serving in the military, some Republicans were quick to distance themselves from the policy. A handful of GOP lawmakers broke…

Early Wednesday, President Donald Trump sent out a series of tweets announcing that transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in the military. Ironically, exactly 69 years ago on July 26, 1948, former President Harry Truman signed an…

The parents of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard announced in a court hearing Tuesday that they would like to take their son home from the hospital to die, the Associated Press reported. According to CNN, Britain’s High Court will ultimately decide…

The parents of terminally ill infant Charlie Gard have ended their five-month legal battle to send the 11-month-old overseas to receive experimental treatment, the Guardian reported. Chris Gard and Connie Yates announced their decision Monday,…

A new report from the United Nations shows promising progress in treating the global HIV/AIDS crisis, but some experts worry President Donald Trump’s policy proposals might turn the trend right back around. The report, released Thursday, found that…

The BBC has exposed a massive pay gap among its highest-paid actors of different genders and races in a public report of the stars’ earnings released Wednesday. The list discloses the names and salaries of all 96 BBC actors and presenters who earned…

The leading Democrat on the Senate’s education committee is urging U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to fire the head of the department’s civil rights office, due to her controversial comments regarding sexual assault. In a press release issued…

In a tight vote Thursday, the House shot down a bill that would have eliminated government funding for gender affirmation surgery and hormone therapy for transgender troops. Proposed by Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.), the legislation would have…

Under a series of new laws signed Tuesday, Michigan became the 26th state to place a criminal ban on female genital mutilation, or FGM, according to NPR. The new legislation imposes a prison sentence of up to 15 years for those found guilty of…

Two days after the New York Times reported that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer during his father’s campaign after he was promised incriminating information on Hillary Clinton, President Donald Trump is tweeting about everything except…

A Honolulu lawmaker has offered a controversial plan to clean up the city’s parks: Scare away the homeless. City Councilman Trevor Ozawa recently proposed a policy that would station armed park rangers at Honolulu’s city parks in an effort to drive…

Leaders from two Muslim groups in Indonesia and Malaysia are pushing their members to boycott Starbucks, due to the company’s pro-LGBTQ stance. Indonesian group Muhammadiyah spoke out against the coffee chain this week in response to a 2013 quote…

The last “visible human remains” have been recovered in the aftermath of London’s Grenfell Tower fire, but investigators have no plans to stop searching through the blaze’s debris, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. Police said at least 80…

The circumstances surrounding famed pilot Amelia Earhart’s 1937 disappearance have remained a mystery for the past 80 years, but a recently discovered photo may offer some answers. The photo — found in a previously classified National Archives file…

In a tweet Monday morning, President Donald Trump offered his support to Charlie Gard, a 10-month-old baby in the U.K. battling a rare genetic disease. Trump joins Pope Francis in his pledge to care for Charlie, who’s made headlines as his parents…

Stephen Hawking has some bad news for the Earth — we may be reaching damage beyond repair. In an interview with BBC on Sunday, the famed theoretical physicist said he believes President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate…

When Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean attraction reopens after routine maintenance next year, visitors can expect a big change in the decades-old ride. In an effort to eliminate traces of misogyny from the ride, Disney’s Imagineers are altering…

Under a new law passed in Germany, Facebook and other social media platforms may have to pay millions of dollars for failing to remove hate speech from their sites. The law, passed Friday, requires any social media company with more than 2 million…