Hafsa Quraishi

Forty comedians came together for 2 hours of stand-up to celebrate a socially distant Eid-al-Fitr. They cracked wise about everything from smelly burps to parents who share misinformation on WhatsApp.

The post-millennial generation, known as Generation Z, is entering the workforce at a time when 70 percent of employers check social media during the hiring process.

"There's really no common sense attached when able-bodied people approach disabled people," says activist Imani Barbarin, who started the hashtag.

Pam Northam allegedly handed out cotton to two black Senate pages, asking them to imagine being enslaved cotton-pickers. The first lady says she was telling the "full story of the Executive Mansion."

Two top Virginia lawmakers have admitted to wearing blackface in the 1980s. But blackface didn't stop then.

"It's one thing to potentially mess with my tax return, but it's something a whole lot worse to mess with my panda cam," one fan lamented to NPR.

As anxiety and anger rise, federal workers and industry leaders around the country are organizing to demand an end to the partial government shutdown.