International Women’s Day International Women’s Day
Healing hands project.
Mar 8, 2021 / OppArt / Marietta Bernstorff
Parenting as a Radical Act of Love Parenting as a Radical Act of Love
In our special issue, we consider the ways in which parenthood can push us to recognize our interdependence and spur us to fight harder for justice and equality.
Mar 8, 2021 / Feature / Emily Douglas
Could Indigenous Midwifery Improve Maternal Health for Native Women? Could Indigenous Midwifery Improve Maternal Health for Native Women?
After decades of neglect by the mainstream health care system, the revival of Indigenous practices offers a model for reform.
Mar 8, 2021 / Feature / Jenni Monet
This International Women’s Day Rise Up Against Capitalism and Femicide This International Women’s Day Rise Up Against Capitalism and Femicide
Across Latin America, women are protesting economic as well as gender-based violence.
Mar 8, 2021 / Cecilia Nowell
The Pandemic Has Laid Bare the Cruel Burdens Placed on Single Mothers The Pandemic Has Laid Bare the Cruel Burdens Placed on Single Mothers
Any recovery from the pandemic must help single mothers escape poverty and gain the support they need.
Mar 4, 2021 / Aja Beech
I Would Not, Could Not, Read Those Books to Kids! I Would Not, Could Not, Read Those Books to Kids!
Dr. Seuss Enterprises was absolutely right to ditch six racist Seuss books—and no, that's not cancel culture in action.
Mar 3, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Planned Parenthood Returns to Rural Texas Planned Parenthood Returns to Rural Texas
The provider reopened a clinic in deep-red Lubbock—a rebuke to the dismantling of the state’s reproductive health care safety net over the past decade.
Mar 2, 2021 / Kaysie Ellingson, Sophie Novack, and The Texas Observer
Governor Cuomo, Sexual Harassment, and Senator Gillibrand’s Silence Governor Cuomo, Sexual Harassment, and Senator Gillibrand’s Silence
Though she positioned herself as a warrior for women’s rights, the New York senator hasn’t exactly been a profile in courage.
Mar 1, 2021 / Alexis Grenell
Why Xavier Becerra Is a Smart Pick to Run HHS Why Xavier Becerra Is a Smart Pick to Run HHS
As California’s attorney general, he fought to strengthen his state’s social safety net—which we must do nationally if we are to improve public health and lick the coronavirus.
Feb 26, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
As the Pandemic Raged, Abortion Access Nearly Flickered Out As the Pandemic Raged, Abortion Access Nearly Flickered Out
Countless quiet acts of heroism were required for those who needed abortions to get them. And still, not everyone did.
Feb 23, 2021 / Feature / Amy Littlefield