More and more countries around the world are giving their citizens the "right to disconnect" from work. Will the workaholic U.S. be left behind?
There is a deliberate connection between the laws that render abortion inaccessible and violence against women.
Our struggle to value caregiving has capitalist roots, but changing economic policy starts with dismantling the idea of caregiving as the altruistic woman’s responsibility.
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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News & Issues
Americans have to return to work two weeks after giving birth—without a guaranteed paid day off. Parents cobble together time off, often racking up debt. Which is why Biden needs to...
Can We Fix Our Family-Leave Policies?
Women have suffered the brunt of the pandemic’s economic crisis. Newly launched women-owned businesses might just lift us out of it.
Republicans' only agenda is inchoate rage, hatred, and obstruction. And they’ll stop at nothing to destroy everything in their wake.
The SCOTUS Justice's first written decision, about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the EPA, could have devastating consequences on the environment.
Culture
The Washington Post's Felicia Sonmez was sidelined from reporting stories on sexual assault because she disclosed she was a survivor. But doesn't journalism benefit from those who...
Who Should Cover Stories About Sexual Violence?
Caring for aging parents while also raising kids has left Gen X women buried under inescapable emotional and economic responsibilities with little support.
There are four words that have been used again and again throughout American history—up through the Trump era—to justify morally dubious acts and frame wrong as right.
Journalist Elizabeth Green believes treating, and funding, local journalism as a public goodwill usher in a wave of much-needed civic engagement and change
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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Science
People of color are more affected by the climate crisis than any other group, and they’re ready to put their money in the hands of businesses that will solve it.
Black Buying Power Could Transform the Climate Movement
So many of us underestimate our pain, because we've been socialized to believe we're making something out of nothing. But aches are often an alarm system that can save our lives.
Extreme weather will keep putting us in a tailspin if we don’t acknowledge and implement climate solutions fast.
After nearly five years of being on edge, this is what it might take to reset our brains.
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.