Brianna Wu

On Jan. 20, 2001, I stood outside on a rainy D.C. day and watched the inauguration of George W. Bush. I'm deeply embarrassed to tell you that I was thrilled. Growing up in an extremely religious Republican household, my politics were not really my…

It’s hard to imagine now, but in 1996, children with AIDS were cruelly treated as outcasts, with parents terrified they would somehow infect other children. These dying children were denied basic rights like public education. And so philanthropists,…

On Friday afternoon, FBI Director James Comey announced an investigation into new Hillary Clinton emails. Based on multiple reports, it seems that the investigation will have little to do with Clinton; rather, it's focusing on disgraced former…

Time is almost up. Tuesday marks the final day to register to vote in 12 states: Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. It’s hard to think of any election in…

The internet’s most infamous hive of scum and villainy is at death's door, according to 4chan owner Hiroyuki Nishimura. In fact, the infamous community board could be gone or have its features severely cut back by as soon as the end of the month. In…

Speaking in Nevada last week, Hillary Clinton came out with an unapologetically fiery speech against Trump's new campaign chief, Steve Bannon. The former editor-in-chief of Breitbart, Bannon oversaw the publication best known colloquially as the…