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We Want Us Alive and Free We Want Us Alive and Free
Say their names. Homage to Femicide Victims, Barcelona street Art, 2024.
Aug 2, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
![Who let the cats out? Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vance2.jpg)
J.D. Vance’s Hatred of Cat Ladies Is Weirder and More Dangerous Than You Think J.D. Vance’s Hatred of Cat Ladies Is Weirder and More Dangerous Than You Think
Patriarchy, plutocracy, and ethnonationalism fuel the vice-presidential candidate’s bizarre slur.
Jul 26, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Free, Feminists and Rebels](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1440_FEAT-13.jpg)
Free, Feminists and Rebels Free, Feminists and Rebels
Notable women: portraits and quotes, street mural, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
Jul 22, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
![A student midwife taking a mother's blood pressure.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Massachusetts-Midwives.jpg)
Inside the Fight to Bring Midwives Back to Massachusetts Inside the Fight to Bring Midwives Back to Massachusetts
Midwifery is often a cheaper and safer alternative for some childbirths, yet the state’s policies require midwives to jump through increasingly difficult hoops to practice.
Jul 19, 2024 / StudentNation / Annika Inampudi
![How Microfinance Became the ‘It’ Development Program](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/FRUITOS-Kardas-Nelson-microfinanceFTR.jpg)
How Microfinance Became the ‘It’ Development Program How Microfinance Became the ‘It’ Development Program
Microfinance has been touted as a miracle cure for poverty in the global south. The reality has been a lot messier.
Jul 15, 2024 / Feature / Mara Kardas-Nelson
![Women Scientists](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tuesday1_FEAT.jpg)
Women Scientists Women Scientists
Lise Meitner (1878–1968), Austrian physicist. Nettie Stevens (1861–1912), American geneticist. Ángela Ruiz Robles (1895–1975), Spanish teacher, writer, pioneer and inventor. Mary A...
Jul 9, 2024 / OppArt / Adriana Mosquera Soto
![Passing the Torch](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1440_FEAT-5.jpg)
Passing the Torch Passing the Torch
BIPOC women lead us to the future.
Jul 4, 2024 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
![A side-by-side image of a headshot of author Shefali Luthra and the cover of her book, Undue Burden.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/shefali-luthra-cover-otu-img.jpg)
Reporting the Horrors of Post-“Roe” America: An Interview With Shefali Luthra Reporting the Horrors of Post-“Roe” America: An Interview With Shefali Luthra
In her new book, Luthra chronicles heartbreaking stories of people affected by abortion bans while dispelling the myth that any of us are truly safe from the impact of Dobbs
Jun 24, 2024 / Amy Littlefield
![Then-Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas speaks at the Democratic National Convention in 1948.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-514974482-1.jpg)
Nixon and Trump: The Good Women They Defeated Nixon and Trump: The Good Women They Defeated
We remember Trump’s female opponent. Time to remember Nixon’s?
Jun 21, 2024 / Highlights / Michele Willens
![A view of the tower of the Louisiana State Capitol, framed by trees.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/louisiana-state-capitol-gt-img.jpg)
An 11th-Hour Ruling Limits the Abortion Provisions of a New Law Protecting Pregnant Workers An 11th-Hour Ruling Limits the Abortion Provisions of a New Law Protecting Pregnant Workers
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act protects workers who need to take time off to have an abortion. But now a Louisiana judge has eliminated that provision for anyone living in Missi...
Jun 18, 2024 / Bryce Covert