Prom
‘NO BLACK PEOPLE ALLOWED’
A group chat about prom at a Texas high school took a vile turn when white students sent racist messages, including one that said “all n—s must hang.”
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EMOTIONAL EDUCATION
Students have had to fight for their right to party after administrators tried to control their behavior away from the school.
DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR
Emma Stone is only the latest A-list woman to navigate the ‘hostage situation’ that is the celebrity promposal. This insufferable practice needs to end.
HIGH SCHOOL HORROR STORY
They had booze, pills, and a swanky hotel room—but prom night took a tragic turn when a young Texas man strangled his date to death during sex play.
BULLYING
After writing about her experience as a suspected school shooter, Gina Tron takes stock of the nastiness she absorbed, and sometimes dished out.
Goodbye
Rena Mundo Croshere grew up in 1980s America, but knew nothing of money, makeup or Madonna. When she moved from her Tennessee commune to Santa Monica, she just wanted to fit in … but at what price?
All the news that fits—in a very short space: the Petraeus affair and ensuing scandal, as told through memes.