![Stephanie Byers stands outside her office, wearing beaded earrings and a nametag decorated with a trans flag sticker.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/stephaniebyers.jpg)
Kansas’s First Trans Legislator Isn’t Going Anywhere Kansas’s First Trans Legislator Isn’t Going Anywhere
Stephanie Byers is vowing to keep trans kids safe—and some of her Republican colleagues aren’t on board.
Apr 29, 2022 / Q&A / Sophie Hurwitz
![US-HEALTH-VIRUS-EPIDEMIC](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-1237842088.jpg)
The Biden Administration Is Leaving the States to Deal With Covid on Their Own The Biden Administration Is Leaving the States to Deal With Covid on Their Own
Public Health Emergency measures are slated to end in July—and with them, coverage for millions of Americans.
Apr 29, 2022 / Aída Chávez
![Indiana University Graduate Workers](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-1240241641-img.jpg)
Graduate Workers at Indiana University Are on Strike and Fighting for Recognition Graduate Workers at Indiana University Are on Strike and Fighting for Recognition
The IU administration believes our work is marginal to the functioning of the university. Only a union can push back.
Apr 29, 2022 / StudentNation / Christopher Agostino
![Our Floundering Public School System Is Failing Teachers](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Covert-new_normal-ap_img.jpg)
Our Floundering Public School System Is Failing Teachers Our Floundering Public School System Is Failing Teachers
Wherever you want to lay the blame, the solution isn’t hard to find—it’s just expensive.
Apr 29, 2022 / Frida Berrigan
![Diary of a Queer Kid](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-1385208037.jpg)
Diary of a Queer Kid Diary of a Queer Kid
My experience as a child with an “odd” gender identity makes me very afraid for kids facing malicious transphobia in Texas.
Apr 29, 2022 / Column / Katherine Franke
![Ketanji Brown Jackson](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ketanji-brown-jackson-confirmation-gt-img.jpg)
What Can Ketanji Brown Jackson Do for Abortion Access? What Can Ketanji Brown Jackson Do for Abortion Access?
Reproductive justice organizers in Texas know that, alas, the newly confirmed justice can’t save them.
Apr 28, 2022 / Njera Keith
![Do Revolutions Have a Secret Ingredient?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-802465564.jpg)
Do Revolutions Have a Secret Ingredient? Do Revolutions Have a Secret Ingredient?
A conversation with Gal Beckerman about his book, The Quiet Before, on the hushed moments and activities that precede social change
Apr 28, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jasmine Liu
![The Supreme Court Might Rule in Favor of Immigrants—Though Not Out of Goodness](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-1358086384.jpg)
The Supreme Court Might Rule in Favor of Immigrants—Though Not Out of Goodness The Supreme Court Might Rule in Favor of Immigrants—Though Not Out of Goodness
During the hearing on the Trump-era Remain in Mexico policy, the justices shocked many by appearing to be open to striking down the rule.
Apr 27, 2022 / Elie Mystal