While the world watched in horror as Hurricane Fiona ravaged Puerto Rico and Bermuda this week, it was easy to miss another climate-related emergency. This one is not due to a single massive event, like a hurricane. Instead, it is an ongoing, worsening crisis, one which is devastating Central America.
While fat shaming is commonly acknowledged as a form of bullying, it is often left out of the conversation on gender-based violence.
This Bisexual Awareness Week, I’m not asking for every single person across America to accept bisexual people for what we know we already are: valid.
Elsie Robinson was once the most famous American newspaper writer, but she, along with many other notable women, has been all but forgotten.
Universities across the U.S. love to say how diverse, inclusive, and welcoming they are. But these claims are undermined when you can be told you’re going to hell because of your personal beliefs in your daily life on campus.
In her upcoming memoir “This Arab Life: A Generation’s Journey into Silence,” Amal Ghandour weaves personal history to offer a thoughtful meditation on the veil's place within a modern Middle East.
After some very promising campaign pledges, activists are giving the administration mixed reviews on immigration.
The jury is out on whether coronavirus has spread more widely than it may have if the world were not undergoing climate change. It is not, however, when it comes to a rise in infectious diseases overall.
In August, the Spanish congress passed a law that reframes the importance of consent in cases of rape and sexual assault, joining countries like Canada, Sweden, and Denmark with similar laws.
Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than are white women. The new documentary Aftershock tells the stories of some of those women, and how their families are channeling grief into action.
With a simple gesture, Sacheen Littlefeather lit a fuse that would impact the rest of her life.
When it comes to the media’s depictions of abortion, what we most often see may not accurately depict the reality of people’s experiences with abortion.
Survivors of brutal violence by Islamic State militants played a central role in advocating for reparations from the Iraqi government that failed to protect them, and though they question its ability to implement a reparations program, they have little choice but to hope.
Progress has been slow and unsteady, but activists are teaming up with elected officials to raise awareness and change laws.
Palmer’s Emerald has tiptoed her way into the top ranks of horror’s greatest final girls for the very reason that she’s nothing like one.
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