Critics say the costume, along with its promotional image of a Black child modeling the get-up, is reminiscent of caricatures from Jim Crow-era minstrel shows that embedded stereotypes into popular culture and helped justify discrimination, segregation and racial violence. (AP/NPR)
Read MoreMeta on Wednesday reached a landmark settlement with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, agreeing to pay up to $17.1 billion in penalties and make major changes to its products over claims it endangered children with addictive social media platforms. (Kang & Tan, The New York Times)
Read MoreAt a conservative center for women leaders, interns told stories about their lives. One said a male classmate told her, “I don’t know if women should be lawyers.” (Yee, The New York Times)
Read MoreMental-health professionals are supposed to keep their personal experiences, values and opinions out of the therapy room. Yet in a culture sharply divided along political and personal identity lines, more appear to be falling short, experts say. (Bernstein, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe study, based on nationally representative data of U.S. adults, found that more than 9 percent of the men — or almost 1 in 10 — reported symptoms of cannabis use disorder in 2024, up from about 7 percent in 2021. The prevalence of cannabis use disorder also rose among women, increasing to nearly 6 percent in 2024, up from about 5 percent in 2021. (Rabin, The New York Times)
Read MoreAlthough the league’s collective bargaining agreement says the WNBA is restricted to women, it contains no more specific language about gender identity or sex assigned at birth. When they announced their intention to enter the draft, Freedom and White said they identified as women. (Feinberg, AP News)
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