Ankita Rao

In the 20th century, the U.S. and Canada carried out a quiet genocide against Indigenous women through coerced sterilization. In 2019, it’s still happening.

Tony Timpa's death is the latest example of police disproportionately brutalizing unarmed mentally ill people, even if they're less likely to be violent than the general population.

After years of falling short with POC, Kaling is trying to create a more diverse Hollywood. Can she win back the viewers she's let down?

Our interactive maps display the childhood lead levels of neighborhoods in three major U.S. cities.

Exposure to lead can cause permanent brain damage, a lower IQ, and other health problems. But without federal regulations, most people don't know they're impacted until it's too late.

Sex scenes, queer culture and complex social themes thrive on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon in a way they've never been able to in Bollywood or television.

There are 1,005 notices in California currently filed against Amazon for selling unsafe creams and cosmetics without a warning.

People can go into such extreme debt over unpaid water bills—even incorrect ones—that they lose their homes.

Marie Kondo-inspired minimalism is just one of many forces killing the shopping spree.

Renters in one of the most expensive real estate markets in the world just won a huge victory.

Millennials are stuck renting in places they would never have chosen if not for the dream of owning a home.

In its latest move to protect industry, the government has ensured that we'll see more deaths from asthma, heart problems and cognitive degeneration.