T.J. Raphael

As Caitlyn Jenner's story sparks a new public understanding of the trans community, many trans women -- especially trans women of color -- have experienced a different struggle.

Yesterday, the International Monetary Fund called off its latest round of negotiations with Greece over its crippling debt. We look at what's ahead for Greece.

Now that the Ebola epidemic is nearly over, The Takeaway explores the latest developments in Ebola research and what the public health community has learned about the spread of virus.

At Bar Marco in Pittsburgh, tipping has been banned and workers are paid at least $35,000 a year and are provided health insurance, vacation days, company shares, and annual bonuses.

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are facing criminal charges for its role in the failure to protect children and covering up sexual abuse. 

When it comes to summer reading, the stakes are real. Summertime is when students can either build on or lose the skills they develop during the school year. 

Hate the idea of sitting through a three-hour play? Rest assured, not every theatre experience has to be a major commitment. Some plays, in fact, are a mere 60 seconds long.

What do Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, and Robert Redford have in common? They were all winners of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

If you want to understand ISIS, you might want to pick up a book of jihadi poetry. 

South Korea is dealing with a public health crisis after an outbreak of the fast spreading MERS virus. We take a look at what MERS is, and how officials plan to deal with it.

Social media has the power to do great good, and to cause unimaginable harm. In the span of just a few weeks, one family experienced both. 

The Defense Authorization Bill is back, and so is Senator Gillibrand on the issue of military sexual assault.

Before he committed suicide last weekend, Kalief Browder had become a symbol for juvenile justice reform in this country. Here's what government officials should learn from his story.

This past fall, Money Magazine named the town of McKinney, Texas the number one best place to live. But a different picture has emerged after a viral video was shared online this week.

Step aside Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush—there are 366 people running for president in 2016. We have the details on some of the lesser known, longshot candidates running for office.

Two convicts escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility, a prison nicknamed Little Siberia. Here we explore how such prisons are designed and constructed.

It took Les Paul almost eight years to convince Gibson to manufacture his guitar in the 1950s—an instrument that at one point accounted for half of Gibson's total sales.

For $1,500, a little bit of time and tech savvy, anyone can make a fully functionally and completely untraceable AR-15 right in their home.

Imagine this: You have spent your entire life locked away from society in a Manhattan apartment. Your only company comes in the form films. This isn't a movie—this is a true story.