The argument against single-use plastic products neglects to consider people with disabilities, for whom reusable products can be too difficult to navigate.
South Korean politics took a right-wing, anti-feminist turn during the presidential election in early March.
On March 8, while many celebrated International Women’s Day, Guatemala’s Congress approved the “Ley para la Protección de la Vida y la Familia” (Law for the Protection of Life and Family), which would punish abortion with up to 10 years in prison.
Child rape is increasing in Nepal, but many girls are dissuaded from reporting it.
There has been a lot of talk in the fight against climate change about focusing on reducing emissions in the most pollutive countries, like China, the United States, and India. But a new report says we’re concentrating on the wrong thing. We should, researchers say, be looking instead at the most pollutive people.
The confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson are drawing both ugly and inspiring memories for Latinos
Throughout Black Girls Unbossed, Adams introduces readers to eight young activists and leaders who have dedicated themselves to issues including literacy, preservation, and gun violence prevention.
Topolansky’s resignation is meaningful to many Uruguayans, especially Uruguayan women in politics, because Topolansky was a pioneer in this sphere in the country.
International Women’s Day marches mark how feminist movements have exploded across Mexico, as elsewhere in Latin America — a region with some of the highest rates of sexualized violence in the world.
Most networking now occurs online, which presents an incredible opportunity for Gen-Zers — and Gen-Z women in particular.
The high school drama just ended its second season, which was full of nudity, profanity, drug use, and debauchery.
Russia is at war with Ukraine, displacing millions of women and children, and the experience has brought my grandmother’s trauma to the fore in my own family.
We’ve been hearing for a number of years now about the disastrous melting of the polar ice caps. The warming oceans. But there is one part of the world that may affect the speed of climate change sooner than any of these other nightmarish issues, even while it is a place that still appears lush and relatively healthy: the Amazon rainforest.
Given this long history of being prevented from writing publicly at all, it’s unsurprising, though still disappointing, that women are still undervalued in the literary world.
As the world observes the two-year mark of the global pandemic, we take stock of the devastating impact on incarcerated women in the U.S.
We had the chance to chat with Cole over email about The Truth About White Lies, the recent push to bar books about racism in schools, and her advice for teen readers who are still learning to speak out.
In Lebanon, where childbirth care is highly medicalized and dominated by obstetricians in private hospitals, women are often persuaded to have cesarean sections, the revenue for which procedure is key for hospitals struggling to survive amid economic collapse.
Robin explores "streaming war," the devastation of Ukraine, and the powerfully moving (but also shamefully racist) response to the tragic invasion. Plus, an analysis of Biden's first State of the Union speech.
Last year, President Biden pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half of 2005 levels by the end of the decade. Of course, this didn’t make the fossil fuel industry happy. But the march toward cleaner energy appears inevitable, as natural gas takes the place of coal, and wind and solar energy production ramps up to replace all fossil fuels.
The Colombian Constitucional Court made history on February 21 by decriminalizing abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy.
We recently had the chance to chat with Gao over email about creating such an emotional memoir, her early memories of Wuhan, and her message for her Asian American readers.
Ableism has persisted too long in our society.
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