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Yesterday — 16 October 2025Main stream

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs

16 October 2025 at 08:12
The layoffs have raised fears that the administration could be effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

The Office of Population Affairs operates within the Health and Human Services Department.
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Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

15 October 2025 at 06:00
The visual artist Dread Scott, the playwright Lynn Nottage and others have organized a series of actions to unite the arts community against the Trump administration.

© Nate Palmer for The New York Times

Participants in the protests will include (from left, first row), Laura Raicovich and Jenny Polak; (second row) Kris Grey, Dread Scott, Lynn Nottage and Ras Dia; (third row) Julia Jordan, Shanti Avirgan, Annie Dorsen, Tony Gerber, Miguel Luciano, Jed Rothstein and Cassils; (fourth row) Accra Shepp, Hari Kunzru, Larry Krone and Daniel Bejar.

A Furious Debate Over Autism’s Causes Leaves Parents Grasping for Answers

The Trump administration’s embrace of unproven or debunked theories about vaccines and Tylenol has left doctors fielding questions from worried parents.

© Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times

LeVar Baxter, left, with his son Khalil, 21, who does not talk and cannot live independently. “I wanted to know if I had a gene that I’d passed on to Khalil,” he said.
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