Antoine Haywood, in the gray polo, works with youth at People TV in Atlanta, GA. Photo courtesy of Antoine Haywood, illustration work by Erik Rodriguez. Get The Objective in your inbox every week. As ...

From left to right: Aiyana Ishmael, Rainesford Stauffer, Alma Avalle. Photos courtesy of their respective owners. Get The Objective in your inbox every week. In 2020, I pitched an interview with young ...

"We have to move in a certain way, but we will always tell the truth," Texas Southern University assistant professor Serbino Sandifer-Walker said.

Update, 1:09 p.m., Oct. 10: As of 7:08 a.m. PT, Jewish Currents reporter Emily Wilder was deported to Istanbul alongside many other flotilla participants onboard ships detained by the Israeli military ...

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In their April 29, 2024 issue, The Mercury’s previous editorial board published their goodbyes to the paper and to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). In their final issue, the outgoing managing ...

New Voices Texas student journalists and advisors held a lobby day on Mar. 17, 2025 to advocate for student journalists’ rights. Photo by Naina Srivastava, courtesy of Shift Press. Get The Objective ...

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The Feb. 5 rally in support of laid-off Washington Post workers. Photo via Wikimedia Commons user skdb. That means, Felton said in a post on X, “the team covering America beyond D.C. is now 90% white.

This story also appeared as the top story in The Objective’s weekly newsletter, The Front Page. Subscribe here. Reckon News is shutting down and laying off 11 staffers. The newsroom, born in the U.S.

Three of the many Self Magazine articles discussing chronic illness and disability. Collage by James Salanga. This story was originally for Mother Jones and is republished with permission. Last week, ...