Even as trust in government and many professionals has been declining for decades, Americans’ trust in medical experts has tended to remain high. Gallup has shown consistently high rankings for nurses, doctors and pharmacists on measures of “honesty and ethics.” The Pew Research Center, which has been studying trust in …...Read More

For decades, the idea that “we were all minorities was enough for people to just say, ‘OK, that’s what we have in common, so if I win, that means you automatically are winning, too,’” said Peppermint, a black trans activist who co-hosted the Black Queer Town Hall, a three-night series …...Read More

WASHINGTON — Tianna Spears dreamed for years of becoming an American diplomat. She quit in January after two, and says she will never return to the State Department, given what she has described as its failure to protect her from racial discrimination — from the United States government — while …...Read More

Colin Beresford was looking forward to the summer of 2020, and for the first time celebrating Pride among the crowds of people in Ann Arbor, Mich. Mr. Beresford, 23, grew up in a conservative Michigan town and described a slow process of coming to understand that he was bisexual, to …...Read More

Growing up, Mr. Kueng and his family made repeated trips to Haiti, helping at an orphanage. Mr. Kueng and his siblings took a break from school to volunteer there after the earthquake in 2010. Joni Kueng, 56, likes to say that the Kuengs are a family of doers, not talkers. …...Read More

A majority of American voters support the demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice that have roiled the country over the past month, embracing ideas about bias within the criminal justice system and the persistence of systemic racism that are central tenets of the Black Lives Matter movement, according to …...Read More

This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. President Barack Obama vowed to close it, and failed. President Trump vowed to load it up with more “bad dudes,” and has not. Now Joseph R. Biden Jr. is saying that if elected president, he would support …...Read More

Plans for a radical shakeup of England's university admissions will see students apply for places after their A-level results. The move, directed by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, will mean the start of the academic year will be in January rather than September. It is hoped the change, reported by The …...Read More

A lot of reconfiguring has gone on in the past four months, particular about where to live. Searches on Rightmove by Londoners looking for homes outside the capital were up to 51 per cent, compared to 42 per cent this time last year. People in Edinburgh, Birmingham, Liverpool, Sheffield, Glasgow …...Read More

Milton Glaser, a prolific Manhattan graphic designer credited with creating the iconic I Love NY tourism logo has died. Glaser passed away Friday after suffering a stroke, his wife Shirley told the New York Times. Her husband also had renal failure. He was the son of Eugene and Eleanor (Bergman) …...Read More