These recent works by Black women historians challenge conventional narratives of the history of the United States.
Months after Turkish forces launched an offensive in the Rojava region, which some have likened to genocide, a rise in miscarriages sheds light on the unseen impacts of the occupation.
While necessary to combat the spread of COVID-19, sheltering in place has been shown to exacerbate domestic violence.
Stories about something that is “still” happening don’t get many eyeballs. But there is no way around what is still happening to Syrian women and girls as the conflict enters its 10th year, and the United Nations is sounding the alarm.
Robin on Mexico’s “Day Without Women,” Dubai’s sheik (the father from hell), a newfound teensy-weensy dinosaur, and finding ourselves “In Plague Time.” Guest: Brianna Wu, Gamergate survivor now running for Congress to break up Big Tech monopolies.
Advocates are expressing concern that less than four years after the court ruled that TRAP laws are unconstitutional, it has agreed to revisit the question.
Safe BAE reminded us of the need for change in society, as well as the value of being an advocate for that change.
While countries across the world celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8, dozens of women in Kyrgystan were detained for “violating public order” after coming under attack by masked men.
In the powerful new film "Never Rarely Sometimes Always," a teenager has to cross state lines to seek abortion care.
On February 28, The César Awards, which are essentially the French Oscars, awarded the Best Director honor to Roman Polanski — a man who fled the United States after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
“Believe women” has long been a rallying cry for #MeToo supporters — and a point of attack for the movement’s opponents.
Robin on Super Tuesday, the Taliban-US “Peace Treaty,” NASA’s call for women astronauts, handwashing secrets, “self partnering,” advice to Bloomberg, and space junk. Guest: Sarah Macharia on how you can join the Global Media Monitoring Project.
Nearly 90 percent of people in 75 countries demonstrated at least one bias against equality—with 91 percent of men and 86 percent of women showing bias in one of the four areas studied.
Weinstein and Simmons accusers had an opportunity to speak out at a festival panel and react to Weinstein's conviction.
On Tuesday, the Arizona House banned transgender student athletes from participating on teams that align with their gender identity. All 31 Republican representatives supported the bill, which now moves on to the state Senate.
To this day, feminist zines are still a considerable presence in the zine universe.
The constant denial of women’s intelligence makes sense given how constantly the media celebrates men as geniuses while overlooking women who have done equally impressive work — or even the same work.
In the UK, toilet paper is considered a “necessity,” unlike tampons, which are taxed like a luxury item.
Robin on the Weinstein verdict, gender and the coronavirus, a whole new calendar—and signals from space? Guest: Maysoon Zayid, a Palestinian-American feminist, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and disability-rights activist with cerebral palsy.
When it comes to reproductive rights, the United States is flunking. A report card from the nonprofit, Washington-based Population Institute has given the U.S. an F for the first time in the eight years it has graded the country’s record.
The new film by Céline Sciamma places equality at the center of a love story.
Plenty of research has established that there are major gender imbalances in male-dominated careers that make it hard for women to break into those fields. What is often less discussed, however, is men's underrepresentation in professions dominated by women, like healthcare, early education, and domestic (HEED) roles.
WanaData Africa is a pan-African network of almost 100 female journalists and data experts.
While Venezuela reels from its ongoing political and humanitarian crises, attacks against members of the press, and particularly women journalists, have become especially acute.
A young Tunisian YouTuber decided to tackle this topic, which is largely taboo in the nation, in a video entitled "Mekch Rajel,” which means "you’re not a man" in the Tunisian dialect.
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