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.”
Supporters of the ruling party have instigated threats and violence in an effort to silence women journalists.
In its four years, the Trump administration managed to make a hash out of decades of efforts to slow climate change. But now we have President Biden, who some are calling the first “climate president.” Still, not everyone is thrilled with Biden’s record on the environment, and wonder whether his term will manage to repair the damage done under Trump.
Beck’s book reflects white feminism for what it really is: a strategy for gender equality that’s shaped by colonialism, imperialism, and white supremacy.
A father holds hands with his daughter, a survivor of sexualized violence during Kosovo’s 1998-1999 war for independence. Twenty-two years later, she is among thousands of survivors of systemic rape still awaiting justice.
The feminist and the LGTBQIA+ movements in Latin America have started to criticize how Spanish and Portuguese express so much systemic prejudice and misogyny and are proposing changes to make them more inclusive.
White-passing or not, I only exist because my ancestors endured the unimaginable.
Robin—whose book "The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism" predicted this—dives into who funded it, who's behind it, who collaborates in it, and just how deep it runs.
It’s freezing this week in the United States. And not just in the normally winter-frigid Northeast or Midwest. In southern states like Texas and Oklahoma, it has been in the 20s or lower.
These films encapsulated the power of #MeToo before our culture had the language and collective power to name that movement.
‘Broken: Seeking Justice’ and ‘Canary’ show how journalists cover sexual assault — and podcasts’ potential for rebuilding trust.
As a 16-year-old, I’ve grown numb to acts of extremism in my country, and I’m hardly the only teenager to feel this way.
Climate activists in the U.S. are pinching themselves over what the newly inaugurated Biden administration is doing to address the climate crisis. Who would have thought that our first “climate president” would be Joe Biden?
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