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'I, too, was living a double life': Why trans fans connect to 'The Matrix'

Long before writers Lilly and Lana Wachowski confirmed that the original film was written as a trans allegory, fans connected to its themes of self-actualization.

Kathleen McAuliffe, a home care worker for Catholic Charities in a Portland, Maine, suburb, helps client John Gardner with his weekly chores. McAuliffe shops for Gardner's groceries, cleans his home and runs errands for him during her weekly visit.

With Workers In Short Supply, Seniors Often Wait Months For Home Health Care

Seniors, their families and states are eager to keep older Americans in their homes and out of nursing homes, but those efforts are often thwarted by worker shortages and low pay.

A closed sign at the San Diego Public Library Kensington on April 6, 2020, because of COVID-19.

San Diego Library To Open 11 Branches For Pickup Service Next Tuesday

The pickup service will restore access to 2.9 million physical materials in the San Diego Public Library's collection to library patrons for the first time since libraries were closed in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chrystal Bell lives in New York City with her son Caleb, who is deaf, blind and nonverbal. When the pandemic closed schools, he lost access to tactile special education that he needs in order to learn.

After Months Of Special Education Turmoil, Families Say Schools Owe Them

Special education services were severely disrupted when schools closed in spring 2020. In many places, they have yet to fully resume. Now, families are demanding schools take action.

Captured Ethiopian government soldiers and allied militia members are paraded by Tigray forces last month on their way to a detention center in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.

Rebels are closing in on Ethiopia's capital. Its collapse could bring regional chaos

A newly formed rebel alliance led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front is within striking distance of Addis Ababa. A failed state could displace millions of people and stoke more ethnic violence.

President Trump walks to the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Mary Trump says Donald and Fred Trump viewed getting sick as a sign of weakness.

Mary Trump Says Trump Family Saw Illness As 'Unforgivable Weakness'

The president's niece says illness was seen as "unacceptable" by Donald Trump and his father, Fred Trump. President Trump has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Restaurant workers in Old Town San Diego wear facial coverings due to COVID-19 restrictions in this undated photo.

California To Loosen Worksite Pandemic Rules Amid Reopening

California regulators are set to approve revised worksite pandemic rules that allow fully vaccinated employees the same freedoms as when they are off the job.

Traveling this summer? Here are book picks for all 50 states (and then some)

Poets laureate and other literary luminaries from all 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico recommend quintessential reads that illuminate where they live.

Ietef "DJ Cavem Moetavation" Vita plants seeds with daughter Libya LeaDonvita in the garden at their home outside Denver. Vita is among a growing list of Black gardening enthusiasts-turned-entrepreneurs across the country who've launched seed businesses during the pandemic-inspired gardening boom.

Black Entrepreneurs Sow Seeds Of Healthier Eating During Pandemic Gardening Boom

Denver-based rapper DJ Cavem Moetavation started pushing beats and beets by distributing free seeds. Black-owned companies like his are trying to encourage more people of color to grow their own food.

The Cover of Scientific African's first issue.

African Researchers Say They Face Bias In The World Of Science. Here's One Solution

The new journal Scientific African was launched to provide a prejudice-free platform for research from African scientists. And it's already winning awards.

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