There’s building evidence that the U.S. creates legislation that is undeniably bad for most Americans. Yet the conservative superpower to convince the public otherwise has made...
Republicans, who are on the losing side of nearly every political equation, would be completely disempowered if Democrats decided they didn't matter.
The response to the WNBA star's imprisonment in Russia mirrors how American society decides who is valuable—and who isn’t.
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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News & Issues
70 percent of the world’s maple syrup is produced in Québec, Canada. Yet, unfair production rules are crushing independent producers.
Maple Syrup Monopolies Are a Sticky Business
There is mounting evidence that Clarence Thomas's wife helped plan the events of Jan. 6. Can her privilege as a white woman married to a Black Supreme Court Justice shield her from the...
With an administration that has failed to protect abortion access, activists—most of them people of color, including a handful of Congress members—are left to lead the way.
People can become disabled at any time. For disability rights to truly succeed, we need a combination of changes at the local, state, and national levels.
Culture
Bad faith actors claim that school resource officers keep schools safe, but their survivors would likely claim otherwise.
Police Are Being Removed From Schools for Sexual Assault
In the wake of Roe being overturned, writers and celebrities alike claim that including trans people in the abortion conversation "erases" women. But the reverse is actually true.
As we watch lawmakers finally hold would-be insurrectionists to account, the news desks are pontificating on the mediagenic nature of witnesses and whether the hearings are entertaining...
"Liberal media” is a myth. Since Trump's presidency, mainstream news has embraced, employed, and laundered conservative propaganda, and it shows no signs of letting up.
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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Science
An interview between Julia Métraux and Fariha Róisín on Róisín's book Who Is Wellness For?
Wellness is for All if We Get Rid of Capitalism and Ableism
We're drowning in a cascade of collective traumas—gun violence, racial injustice, climate catastrophe, an ongoing pandemic—and the stress is altering the human brain.
A planet in climate catastrophe is overwhelming, to say the least. Climate grief is normal, but it's optimism that can sustain the energy we need for solutions.
As we await the final nail in the 'Roe' coffin, Linda Villarosa, author of the groundbreaking 'Under the Skin,' talks with DAME about the horrifying history of sterilizing Black...
Podcasts
The long history of pool segregation: from the pre-Civil Rights Era to modern day defacto segregation
Episode One: Perilous Waters
There are plenty viral news stories where people of color have been confronted in public spaces, but there’s a long history of the policing of public spaces.
Late-night pioneer Robin Thede joins Ashley to answer listeners' questions about navigating working relationships, and turning pettiness into power.
Ellevest CEO Sallie Krawcheck reminds women of the key to true gender equality: Learning to take control of our money is the only way to dismantle the patriarchy.