Family at Large – In David’s Name

In David’s Name

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‘Law & Order: SVU’ star Mariska Hargitay’s rape kit backlog campaign marks legislative wins in all 50 states

After 16 years, the End the Backlog campaign has successfully driven rape kit reform legislation in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Maine became the final state to enact at least one of...

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She set out to become a clinical psychologist. Now she’s leading a U.S. movement to save science

Nineteen days into the second administration of Donald Trump, Colette Delawalla reached her limit. The 30-year-old budding clinical psychologist and mother of a toddler had been eager to finish her dissertation and launch a scientific...

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Social media star Shirley Raines dies after years helping homeless in L.A.

Raines was known as “Ms Shirley”, to her more than 5 million TikTok followers and to the people who regularly lined up for the food, beauty treatments and hygiene supplies she brought to Los Angeles’...

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The life of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops

Claudette Colvin, who died in a hospice in Texas, did her job while she was here on the planet, although it was several decades before her physical and material sacrifice was acknowledged. On March 2,...

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Meet the seed collector restoring California’s landscapes—one tiny plant at a time

Native seed demand far outpaces supply for the state’s ambitious conservation plan. Haleigh Holgate combs the landscape to address the deficit. The need has become particularly acute as California aims to conserve 30% of its...

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‘I love my country’: Ken Burns on showing the dark parts of U.S. history

Ahead of his upcoming PBS documentary, The American Revolution, acclaimed film-maker Ken Burns tells BBC special correspondent Katty Kay about his unique approach to chronicling US history, from war and conflict to baseball and jazz.

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