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Electing Women Isn’t Enough: Here, a Cold Hard Look at What They Face Once They Get There

And what they need—from the system, from their colleagues, and from us—to finally change the sexist paradigm.

the climate sitch

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Why the Climate Case in Montana Means So Much

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Women Storm Chasers Confront the Climate Crisis

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What You Need to Know About the Air Quality Alerts

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How to Help the Victims of the Maui Wildfires

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life after 'roe'

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Why Aren’t We Doing More About Our Own Dwindling Reproductive Rights?

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Your (Un-Fun) Update on the Year After 'Roe' Fell

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A Timeline of What’s Happened Since ‘Dobbs’

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10 Urgent Lessons Abortion Activists Have Learned

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Hear What Medication Abortions Are Really Like

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Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action

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Okay...but Why Is SCOTUS Like This?

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Catching Up on the Abortion Pill Federal Rulings

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Meet Judge Jackson, the First Black Woman Justice

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Rebekah Jones Took on Ron DeSantis for His Handling of COVID-19—Then He Came for Her

Every Question About the COVID-19 Vax, Answered

How the Pandemic Came for Your Skin

What if I’m Not Ready to Return to Real Life?

I Was One of the First to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine

opinion

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The Overwhelming Exhaustion of Being the “First”

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I’m Still Waiting for Biden to Cancel Student Debt

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I’ve Never Known School Without School Shootings

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Fact Check: The Anti-Choice Agenda Is About Racism

the year of joyful resistance

See Photos from Joyful Protests, Including Clown Marches and Stripper Strikes

Yes, things are pretty effing bleak, but collective organizing is in the midst of an inspiring renaissance.

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black lives matter

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These 30 Black-Owned Candle Companies Are SO Good

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Amazing Black-Owned Businesses to Shop on Amazon

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BRB, Living for These Black-Owned Jewelry Brands

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45 Books by Black Authors to Add to Your TBR List

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All About Juneteenth: Everything You Need to Know

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Over $1 Million Raised for Family of Ralph Yarl

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Don't Touch My Hair. Do Pass the CROWN Act.

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Gabrielle and Dwyane Talk Black Trans Rights

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All the Best Movies Highlighting Black Characters

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30 Movies About Black Historical Figures to Watch

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We Desperately Need More Black Midwives

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Opinion: Let Black-Owned Mielle Hair Oil Thrive

special report

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The Hellish New Trauma of Living Through Multiple Mass Tragedies at Once

A group of college friends survived a mass shooting that left one of them and 11 others dead. Days later, a raging wildfire threatened their lives again. They’re among scores of young people now coming of age as survivors of large-scale, cascading traumas. And mental health experts are only beginning to comprehend the toll.

reproductive freedom

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The Full Scoop on All Things Abortion Pills

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Should You Delete Your Period-Tracking App?

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This Hotline Will Walk You Through an Abortion

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How Much Does an Abortion Actually Cost???

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5 People Open Up About Their Personal Experiences with Gender-Affirming Care

gun safety

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The Front Page That Captured Gun Violence’s Toll

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In Tennessee, Young Activists Won’t Be Silenced

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We Need Real Systemic Change to End Gun Violence

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The Untold Story of Gun Violence

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Doug Emhoff Wants More Kamala Harrises in the World

the latest

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Catching Up on the Abortion Pill Federal Rulings

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Melinda Gates on Why We Need More Women in Office

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Presenting: The Help Elected Women Really Need

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Gen Z Isn’t Here for Elected Women’s Low Salaries

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Here’s Where Women Hold Political Power

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Here’s How Elected Women Can Win After They’ve Won

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Exactly What to Do After Winning an Election

los angeles, ca october 04 former film producer harvey weinstein appears in court at the clara shortridge foltz criminal justice center on october 4, 2022 in los angeles, california harvey weinstein was extradited from new york to los angeles to face sex related charges photo by etienne laurent poolgetty images

Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Conviction Overturned

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All the Photos from Queen Elizabeth's Coronation

hualien, taiwan april 03 editorial use only mandatory credit ministry of interior handout no marketing no advertising campaigns distributed as a service to clients fire fighters continue search and rescue operations among the rubble as at least nine people were killed and hundreds of others injured after a magnitude 74 earthquake struck off taiwans eastern coast on the richter scale, in hualien, taiwan on april 03, 2024 taiwans strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush wednesday, damaging buildings and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern japanese islands photo by ministry of interior handout anadolu via getty images

How to Help People Impacted by Taiwan's Earthquake

view of pro choice demonstrators, may with signs, as they march on pennsylvania avenue, washington dc, november 20, 1970 among the visible signs are several that read abortion, a womans right to choose, and one that reads defend shirley wheeler, referencing the first woman prosecuted under floridas abortion laws and possibly the first in the united states she was convicted the following year photo by leif skoogforsgetty images

Florida Moving Forward With 6-Week Abortion Ban

a woman waves a feminist flag as student protesters shout slogans during a demonstration marking international womens day in barcelona on march 8, 2019 unions, feminist associations and left wing parties have called for a work stoppage for two hours on march 8, hoping to recreate the strike and mass protests seen nationwide to mark the same day in 2018 photo by pau barrena afp photo by pau barrenaafp via getty images

Women Can Get Birth Control Without Prescription