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NEW YORK — New York City residents have a new option for denoting gender on their birth certificates: gender "X." A law allowing the choice of "X'' took effect Tuesday. The measure passed in 2018. It allows people to change their birth certificates to "X'' by attesting that it reflects their "true gender identity." Parents also can choose "X'' for newborns. New York City is...

Dear Resister, We needed Resist 50 years ago when I co-founded it, and we need it just as much today. For as long as there have been people in power, there have been people oppressed. And Resist has sought to support to those resisting that oppression for the last half a century. When President Trump enacted his "zero-tolerance policy" at the border, he ripped apart...

Dear Resisters, Together, we are winning. At Resist, we have the unique vantage point of bearing witness to incredible feats by organized communities across the country. In spite of the Trump administration's efforts to strip apart thousands of families, erase protections for LGBTQ people, re-institute a ban on Muslims, limit women's rights, reverse environmental policies, embolden racist policies, and steal Indigenous people's lands, frontline communities...

Earlier this summer a group of chefs, restaurant workers and industry experts gathered one morning at Maypop in downtown New Orleans to discuss the topic on everyone's mind. It was July 24, and a little more than a month had passed since celebrated chef and globetrotting television host Anthony Bourdain committed suicide at age 61. The adrenaline and drug-fueled kitchen culture depicted in Bourdain's celebrated...