During Childbirth, Enduring the Patriarchy Was the Hardest Part
After nine months of misogynistic language from doctors and nurses, it’s easy to forget that you’re the decision-maker about your own body.
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Lovehacking, and Other Habits of Happy Couples
Marriage research shows how strong relationships survive (even in these hard times).
Preventing Sexual Harassment Begins in Early Childhood
Sexual abuse is not just a “women’s issue,” and we need to stop treating it as one.
4 Ways to Give Your Body Back to Nature After You Die
These alternative burial methods give a purpose to your remains.
Trump’s War on Opioids Won’t Work—But California Knows What Will
More compassionate drug policy reforms in California have resulted in a drug death rate 40 percent below the national average.
What Happens When Men Say #MeToo, Too?
As a self-identified feminist man who has survived abuse, I wonder how and if I should participate in the conversation.
Unapologetically Fat: A Challenge to How We See Women’s Bodies
Meet the social media stars fighting fatphobia.
6 Horrifying Foods You’ve Probably Eaten
Are you going to eat that? Because the food industrial complex is the stuff of nightmares.
How Inmates, Scientists, and Government Workers Are Teaming Up to Save This Butterfly
The effort to restore prairie ecosystems in Washington state before they disappear.
Opioid Addicts Get Compassion. Crack Addicts Get Mass Incarceration
Communities are scrambling to save lives and get people into rehabilitation, but it wasn’t always that way.
The Woman Aiming to Get 50 Million Americans Into the Worker-Owner Economy
And she has a plan to do it.
How I Confronted My Own Privilege as a Person of Color
The ongoing discourse over racial injustice in my adopted country has had me thinking of my own upbringing in India.
This City Found a Way to Get Everyone Involved in Urban Planning
Urban planning has historically perpetuated inequality and injustice. But this city may have found a solution.
We Don’t Think of Californians as Climate Refugees Yet, But We Should
Texas. Florida. Puerto Rico. California. The growing climate disaster toll ought to raise questions about where humans can and should live.
New Documentary Remembers Standing Rock in Beauty and Catastrophe
“The Standing Rock I knew was not a mystical place with a uniform perspective. It was a complex place—an experiment in love, hope, courage, and solidarity.”
Raj Patel on How to Break Away From Capitalism
Understanding the history of the world and our centuries-long drive toward cheapness.
Why Native American Women Are Going After Europe’s Banks to Divest From Big Oil
“Indigenous women ... often are the ones to call out injustice when they see it immediately. We saw that at Standing Rock.”
New Federal Guidelines For Campus Assault Put Heavy Burden on Victims
College administrators worry a more rigorous process for proving sexual assault could send the wrong message to students.
The Essential Ingredient of Democracy
We need more than good-heartedness to save our democracy. We need the courage to act on it.
My Trouble With #MeToo
We are limiting the potential of this campaign if we insist that everyone get in a box and become one of three things: perpetrators, victims, or allies.
6 Signs Your Callout Isn’t Actually About Accountability
In many ways, holding each other accountable has come to mean punishing each other. Here’s how you can refocus on the bigger picture instead.
The New Co-op Helping Ex-Inmates Find Work—and Recover
Washington, D.C., has the highest incarceration rate in the country. That’s why Juan Reid launched this cooperative owned and operated by ex-inmates.
The High Cost of Free Speech on College Campuses
Public universities must walk a delicate line when it comes to upholding free speech in this charged political environment.
#SwipeItForward: Why People With Transit Passes Are Swiping in People Without
The campaign is working to end the criminalization of people who can’t afford subway fares—because no one should go to jail for $2.75.
How To Say No To Amazon
There are better ways to spend economic development dollars. Cities that bend over backward to lure the tech giant may end up on the losing end.
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