As feminist parents, we tell ourselves we’re trying to break down the gender binary. But what’s wrong with skirts and baby dolls?
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Shotguns often become hand spades, and a weapon like the AR-15 that was used in recent mass shootings has a thicker barrel that suits an afterlife as a mattock.
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Movements such as #MeToo and #SheShouldRun have re-energized the Equal Rights Amendment.
Still, there are signs of progress that could lead to increased turnout come November, including 1,800 women running for federal and state offices.
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Centuries before two Black men were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks, capitalists met at coffee shops to profit from the transatlantic slave trade.
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The first Black woman candidate for governor of Georgia overcame obstacles at every turn, and laid out the road map for others to follow.
The world’s fifth largest economy could keep the money in a state-owned bank to fund local infrastructure.
A Black poet answers the questions you’re too afraid to ask.
Most of the center’s clients have been middle-aged people who inherit guns and don’t want them ending up in the wrong hands.