The best-selling memoirist talks with DAME about the fascinating lives of her rumored-to-be "man-hating" Romanian-born, New York cousins who inspired her latest poignant work, 'The...
93-Year-Old Tsvetana Dhermanova talks about the "dictatorship of the proletariat" that sent her to a brutal gulag for the "wrong" literature.
A case study of past 9/11 news coverage reveals a press corp stuck in its ways, bound to casting leaders as heroes despite their faults and drawing false equivalencies that fail the...
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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News & Issues
The holiday weekend has come to signify the last moments of summer, and not a celebration of labor. But is that any surprise for a nation of millions trapped by their work, exhausted to...
We’ve Forgotten the Meaning of Labor Day
Late last night, SCOTUS let stand Texas's unconstitutional abortion ban, with its frightening vigilante enforcement provision—and it could pave the way for other states to follow...
To say the 'Hillbilly Elegy' author and now GOP Senatorial candidate in Ohio is without principles is an overstatement. But Vance can't even figure out which fascist faction of the...
For many American workers, the traditional eight-hour-plus days, five days a week is no longer tolerable. Can we reimagine the status quo?
Culture
We don't want masculinity to be toxic, yet we refuse to let go of the capitalistic and emotional limits that support patriarchal behavior. What then is masculinity's place in society?
What Does Modern Masculinity Actually Look Like?
Growing up in the 1980s, there was little in the way of queer representation on TV. Now we've shattered the celluloid closet. But is this progress restricted to our small screens?
The pandemic ushered in an era of loss. And healing from those losses demands reimagining our social contract to allow for stillness.
After losing her father last year, this writer grapples with the preciousness of life and the callousness of those unwilling to take simple steps to protect it.
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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Science
Devi Lockwood’s new book documents the changing planet from the everyday person’s perspective and sheds light on the connective power of Earth and conversation.
Telling the Stories of the Climate Crisis
The latest IPCC report paints a bleak climate future. Here’s what we need to do to create a lasting, sustainable relationship with our planet.
Late last night, SCOTUS let stand Texas's unconstitutional abortion ban, with its frightening vigilante enforcement provision—and it could pave the way for other states to follow...
Changing what "counts" as pleasurable sex is the first step to closing the orgasm gap between genders.
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.