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The Washington Football Team Rebranded. Why Did It Get Rid Of Its Cheerleaders ...
Emily Leibert
Aug 2, 2021
Olympics
Simone Biles’ Boyfriend Has Her Back
Danielle Campoamor
Jul 30, 2021
Coronavirus
The Delta Variant Is As Contagious As Chicken Pox. Here’s What That Means
Danielle Campoamor
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics
Suni Lee Wins Gold, Makes Us Wonder If Gravity Actually Exists
Update: On Thursday, Suni Lee won a Gold medal in the Olympics individual all-around gymnastics event. Rebeca Andrade from Brazil went home with Silver, an
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Asia Ewart
Coronavirus
Will A Third Vaccine Shot Help With The Delta Variant?
On Wednesday, newly released data by Pfizer suggests that a third dose of the vaccine can “strongly” boost protection against the Delta variant
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Erin Corbett
Olympics
Anyone Else Having Olympics FOMO?
This year’s Olympic Games have social distancing guidelines, cardboard beds, and almost no spectators. Yet despite CNN dubbing it “the first
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Lydia Wang
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Coronavirus
The CDC Is Reversing Its Mask Policy For Vaccinated People — Here...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reversed its mask mandate on Tuesday and now recommends that vaccinated Americans continue to wear mas
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Erin Corbett
Olympics
Which Olympic Sport Could You, A Normal Person, Actually Do?
With the Tokyo Olympics underway, we aren’t only watching the world’s premier athletes compete for the gold in the midst of a global pandemic ?
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Lydia Wang
Olympics
Like This Toddler, All We Want To Do Is Watch Women Lift Really H...
A young fan of the Olympics went viral on TikTok over the weekend while watching women compete in the 2020 weightlifting event. “The women are so str
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Erin Corbett
Unbothered
Simone Biles Is Human, Withdraws From Team All-Around Final
The Olympics are no joke — just ask Simone Biles. The 24-year-old and greatest gymnast of all time withdrew from the women’s team all-around final at t
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Tayo Bero
Coronavirus
When A Person Dies From COVID, It’s Okay To Tell The Truth ...
As the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths increase across the country, particularly among those who aren’t vaccinated, the way in
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Danielle Campoamor
Coronavirus
What Happens To Olympians That Test Positive For COVID?
After a year-long, pandemic-induced delay, the Tokyo Olympics are here — and so are a growing number of positive COVID-19 cases. According to the Olympic
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Danielle Campoamor
Sex Re-Education
Sex Re-Education
“Why didn’t they teach us this in class?” No matter where you went to school, your sex education curriculum probably didn’t address the things that
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R29 Team
Wellness
Sex Education In The United States Is Broken, But It Doesn’t Have...
Maddie* remembers walking into a sweaty, small practice gym one morning at Xavier High School, a private Catholic institution in Cedar Rapids, IA, for a un
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Molly Longman
News
We Have A Lot Of Questions About That Bizarre Olympics Opening Ce...
The delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finally kicked off on Friday with the traditionally over-the-top opening ceremony. And as SNL’s Stefon would say
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Danielle Campoamor
News
Is The Olympic Village Just The Thirstiest Place On Earth?
When someone mentions the Olympics to me, three words come to mind: Shirtless Tongan flagbearer. (His name is Pita Taufatofua and he’s a Tongan taekw
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Danielle Campoamor
News
The Newest Threat To This Year’s Olympics? A Rogue Bear
As if this summer’s Olympics weren’t already shaping up to be the most cursed sporting event in recent history, a renegade bear is now refusing
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Lydia Wang
News
I Hate The Olympics, But Here’s Why I’m Still Watching
This Friday marks the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, the first Olympic Games to have been rescheduled — and the first to happen amid a pandemic.
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Emily Burack
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Work & Money
Conservators Took Millions From Britney Spears. Will She Ever Get...
The push to free Britney Spears from her father’s financial, professional, and emotional control has taken on a life of its own. Celebrities from Chr
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Lydia Wang
News
This Couple’s Gender Reveal Party Started A Wildfire. Now T...
A couple whose gender reveal party started a wildfire in Southern California in 2020 is now facing manslaughter charges, after the leader of an elite firef
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Erin Corbett
News
The Texas Senate Doesn’t Want Students To Learn That The Ku...
In another legal attempt to push back against “Critical Race Theory,” the Texas Senate voted on Friday to end a requirement for public school e
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Erin Corbett
News
The Jeff Bezos Space Memes Have Landed
A handful of billionaires — which is about as many billionaires that exist on planet Earth — have been working up plans to get to space over the last f
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Erin Corbett
News
Why Are Olympians Sleeping On Cardboard Beds?
If the growing number of COVID cases in Japan wasn’t enough to worry about in the days leading up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, athletes reporting live
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Asia Ewart
News
Coco Gauff Has COVID & Won’t Compete In The Olympics. Who...
On Sunday night, tennis star Coco Gauff announced that she would not compete at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19. Gauff revealed her
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Asia Ewart
News
How Many Sexual Assault Reports Did The FBI Ignore Before Larry N...
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) inspector general released a scathing 119-page report detailing the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Danielle Campoamor
News
The Irony Of Matt Gaetz Supporting Britney Spears
The fight to free Britney Spears of her conservatorship might be our country’s last bipartisan issue. Following Spears’ heartbreaking testimony
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Lydia Wang
News
Olivia Rodrigo Says Vaccines Are Good 4 U
Our President, Olivia Rodrigo, wants everyone to be as happy and healthy as he who must not be named. On Wednesday, Rodrigo took a special trip to the Whit
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Lydia Wang
News
Tennessee Is Halting All Vaccine Outreach For Kids Because Republ...
Tennessee Republicans — who evidently have a very selective interpretation of what it means to be pro-choice — have successfully pressured the state
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Lydia Wang
Somos Latinx
Separated By More Than Just Borders, Cubans Abroad React To The L...
Last Sunday people in Cuba mobilized to protest the worst health crisis in years. Prior to the protests, artists and journalists throughout the country had
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Maria Carla Rosal...
Living
Wait, How Big Can Goldfish Get? A Very Serious Investigation
Terrible news for anyone still recovering from those live-action photos of Clifford the Big Red Dog: another alarming, disproportionately sized pet has ent
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Lydia Wang
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