Robin blasts Democrats' "Unity" and celebrates Poetry Month. Guests: Liesl Olson unearths women who made U.S. poetry vibrant and inclusive through a century of Poetry magazine; poet Alicia Ostriker reads work with immigrant themes from her new book.
The Henrietta Lacks story, featured in a new HBO film co-starring and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey, shines light on medical injustices against African Americans.
In the languages of the former Yugoslavia “suza” means “tear.” And in the more than 20 years that have passed since the end of the wars that dismantled the country in the 1990s, it seems that there is one, very last tear that many mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters cannot shed until the mortal remains of their closest kin are found, identified, and properly buried.
There have been eight reported murders of transgender women in the U.S. in the first three months of this year, and all of the victims were women of color. These crimes highlight some alarming truths about gender-based and racial violence.
Robin on Easter, Google, United Airlines, female SCOTUS justices, and VAL (Violence Against Language). Guests: Dutch Trade Minister Lilianne Ploumen describes the founding of She Decides; Veronica Todaro on women and Parkinson's disease.
I remember I was 5 years old as I watched my mother repeatedly climb to the highest part of the bed only to jump right back off again. I was confused. I could see that she was in emotional and physical pain. I was sad for her.
Robin on Syria, North Korea, SCOTUS, Planned Parenthood, Bill O'Reilly, and more. Guests: Kate Schatz on Solidarity Sundays activism; Dr. Stacey Patton on her book "Spare The Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America." Surrealism Corner.
Shirzanan means "female heroes," and it's the name of a group that is elevating the stories of Muslim female athletes while providing a platform for advocacy within the sports world.
With Tuesday’s gruesome chemical attack in Syria all over the news, attention has suddenly turned toward the crimes of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime—and away, for a moment, from those of the Islamic State. It is about time.
In the Trump administration’s proposed mass slaying of any and all programs the United States financially supports in terms of human rights, one in particular is troubling for women around the world—and it’s an angle media have missed in their reporting.
Robin on the filibuster, scoring a hockey goal, a Constitutional Convention, and running shoes. Guests: Sally Field on returning to Broadway (but loving townhall protests!); Leah Fessler on smartphone PA bots being programmed to tolerate sexism.
After decades of making art, feminist artist Lynn Hershman Leeson is finally finding her audience in the United States at age 75.
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