A documentary and a dramatic film give a chilling portrait of the crushing impact of abortion bans — and of the courageous women who provided abortion care in pre-Roe Illinois.
A girl could have the most attentive parents and teachers she could ask for and still suffer from ADHD unnoticed by them.
Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, the law has already had a positive effect.
The HPV vaccine will be added to the list of routine free immunizations given to girls in secondary school.
Using funds from her own pocket, one retired schoolteacher has been providing free education for children in one Indian slum for the last 13 years.
On April 11, the trial in a defamation lawsuit between actress Amber Heard and actor Johnny Depp began in Virginia.
Climate change and inequality are locked in a perverse loop: Impoverished areas are home to pollutive NIMBY industries that release the gases that lead to more climate change, which in turn adversely affects these communities more than any other.
Dspite widespread use among college students, the pill is not the symbol of freedom it was once assumed to be.
Recent crackdowns have forced women activists to sometimes operate covertly, but they are adamant they will never stop raising their voices.
Is it a coincidence that Siwa’s invitation got lost in the mail at the same time that she has become a new gay icon for young children?
On March 25, the Islamic Republic of Iran began its four-year term as a new member of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) — “the principal global intergovernmental body dedicated to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment” — after being elected by secret ballot last year.
The proliferation of attacks on LGBTQ rights, abortion access, voting rights, and immigration have prompted activists to intensify coalition-building work.
Before Peyton Gendron, 18, allegedly shot and killed 10 people in a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket on Saturday, he posted a 180-page screed with the clear intention of killing “as many Blacks as possible.” But lesser publicized has been the fact that Gendron identified himself as an “ecofascist,” meaning he thinks people of color are taking up too much space on the planet, thus ruining the environment — and degrading his race.
If our abortion rights are taken away, who knows what other rights will be taken next?
“Hurricanes don’t care if you’re rich, poor, white or black — but that doesn’t mean that every person is equally vulnerable to a storm.”
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