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September 17, 2025 | Laura Bates | Feminism, Misogyny, Online harassment, Science and tech
AI and the New Age of Misogyny

Laura Bates, author of The New Age of Sexism, says: “We are building a whole new world, but the inequalities and oppression of our current society are being baked into its very foundations.”

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September 10, 2025 | Shaistha Khan | Health, International, Science and tech
AI-Powered Chatbots Bringing Sex Education to the Global South

New tools are helping to fill a critical gap in information and education about sexual and reproductive health and rights.

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September 26, 2022 | A.Tianna Scozzaro | Environment, Health, Science and tech
Rachel Carson Helped Launch the Environmental Movement With ‘Silent Spring’: Taking Stock After 60 Years

In 1962, the Environmental Protection Agency did not yet exist, there was little public awareness about environmental issues, and corporate polluters practiced unfettered use of pesticides with little regulation.

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April 10, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Health, International, Science and tech
Afghan girls create ventilator with Toyota car parts

In a country not known for its empowerment of women—or for its health system—five teenage girls are tackling Afghanistan’s coronavirus outbreak head-on.

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October 12, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Misogyny, Science and tech
Amazon’s now-defunct AI hiring tool was anti-woman

Amazon shut down the artificial intelligence (AI) tool it was using to evaluate potential hires because the algorithm was found to be biased against women, according to a story reported by Reuters on Tuesday.

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March 26, 2018 | Shauna Dillavou | Online harassment, Science and tech
Women-run Bumble to Silicon Valley: User safety is the new cool

Women-led tech makes us all safer — and it's good business.

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November 09, 2017 | Robin Morgan | Economy, Free Speech, Media, Science and tech
Why we need to rein in the tech monopolies

Big Tech monopolies are endangering the Republic and free speech. It's time for some common-sense regulation.

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August 18, 2017 | Patricia Valoy | Science and tech
The "Google memo" versus reality for women in tech

One day earlier this month, I woke up to several alerts from friends and acquaintances sharing with me articles about a Google software engineer, James Damore, who had written an internal memo called “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber.” In the memo, Damore criticizes Google’s diversity efforts ....


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