A recent WMC-hosted panel on the legacy of U.S. violence is a deep resource for all those covering and writing about the southern border and immigration policy.
Everybody (Else) Is Perfect: How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes is an exploration of how Korn survived an imperfect industry stilted by itself.
The little boys are having a blast, and their giggles are infectious. Clad only in shorts, they’re rolling in the sand, which coats them like sugar on a powdered donut. When they reach the water’s edge, they roll in and rinse off. Roll. Rinse. Repeat. It’s a good game.
The Mahjong Line — a company that produces tiles for mahjong, a tile game with major Chinese cultural and historical significance — was recently “canceled” by thousands of social media users for cultural appropriation.
Pregnant workers in the tea gardens of Assam, a northeastern state in India, lack access to basic health care facilities, much less to the comprehensive maternity care they need to ensure healthy pregnancies. And the confluence of poverty, lack of access, and lack of awareness speak to why the state's maternal mortality ratio is double that of India's average and the highest in the country.
Well known for their work on screen, actresses including Halle Berry, Robin Wright, and Taraji P. Henson are now directing feature films.
On March 8, The Biden administration took an important step toward changing how schools will handle sexual assault, harassment, and misconduct cases.
On March 9, images from Mexico City showed how IWD protests turned violent between women and police officers
When a Telegram group called “Public Room” was discovered sharing private images and contact information of countless women and girls from across North Macedonia without their consent, the outrage was swift, but authorities' lackluster response to online crimes against women signals a critical need for more protections — and better enforcement.
The Biden administration's early actions to promote LGBTQ equality are getting high marks from rights groups.
At 20 degrees Fahrenheit, Misra Begum, 35, a mother of three, sits beside a small lake in the northern Indian village of Naranag and washes a bucket of clothes in the freezing water. Two of her children are beside her.
The Mexico City government erected barricades around the National Palace of Government as a "wall of peace" intended to protect the historic building ahead of the 8M International Women’s Day protest on March 8, 2021. It did not go well.
A Phở Love Story centers on two teens whose families own rival phở restaurants in the Little Saigon section of their hometown.
In this unique podcast, Robin explores the complexities of Thomas Jefferson's 40-year-long relationship with the enslaved Sally Hemings—which inspires a meditation on whiteness.
Burst water pipes, flooding, and power outages at domestic violence shelters in Texas displaced hundreds of survivors during mid-February’s aberrant winter weather. At one particular shelter in Dallas, The Lily reported, 123 women and children were evacuated to a nearby church, causing more upheaval in their already difficult lives.
Last month, Utah lawmakers struck down a bill that would have required consent to be taught in sex-education classes.
The UN fact-finding mission on Venezuela documented physical and sexualized violence committed against women and girls who took part in anti-government protests, or who were perceived as dissidents, as activists and journalists are actively targeted by security forces under the Nicolas Maduro regime.
A new podcast series is pushing audiences to get to why the people of Puerto Rico are forced to grin and bear crisis after crisis.
As Biden calls for a review of enforcement guidelines, advocates are pushing the administration to do more than just repair Trump-era harms.
Sandra Matanda’s day normally starts at around 4 a.m. and ends at nearly midnight. She is a government employee in Zimbabwe’s eastern border city of Mutare. With her monthly salary of less than $200, Matanda, a 36-year-old single mother, cannot afford gas for cooking.
Earlier this month, Wikimedia, which runs the crowdsourced database Wikipedia, put into effect a global code of conduct aimed at lessening harassment for its underrepresented contributors.
Current advocacy is based on an understanding of the intersections of reproductive justice and economic justice.
Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of Chippewa Indians, knew that she wanted to feature a teen girl who could be what she calls an “Indigenous Nancy Drew.”
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