Long before the pandemic hit, we were already a country in mourning.
Voting by mail may be the key to getting more women to the proverbial polls. And to getting Trump and the GOP out of power.
Everything is on the ballot right now, not least of all, the fate of the world. Literally.
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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News & Issues
Dems may be poised to take back the Senate and the White House, but without reforming or doing away with the filibuster, they may find themselves powerless. Here’s why.
Why We Need to End the Filibuster
Our government is eager to get people back to work. And for a lot of families, that means putting economically disadvantaged kids living in pandemic hot zones in unsafe classrooms....
Joe Biden, like Al Gore, is not the lesser of two evils.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is moving fast to push through a new right-wing Supreme Court Justice. This is how we can direct our rage into action.
Culture
The pandemic has made an already huge issue dire for working women, hurting Black and brown women the most.
Our Childcare Crisis Is an Economic Crisis
While men in Trump's administration have profited from their complicity, women have sounded the alarms at their own risk.
Perhaps if women were as valued and respected as men, American society would be the place men claim it is.
School shooting after school shooting thrust teachers and students into America’s gun rights debate. Now, they’re pawns in a deadly pandemic.
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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Science
From conspiracy theories, to trolls and bots, we're fighting a war of propaganda and misinformation. But there are steps you can take to combat it.
Protecting Yourself From Disinformation
Even as climate disasters grow more extreme, common, and destructive, our reaction and response may not be matching the moment.
Vaccines have proven, time and time again, to be safe and effective at preventing disease. But with a virus as new as coronavirus, how soon is too soon to get vaccinated?
When we are living in a time when accepting and refuting facts have become a polarizing issue, is there a way to engage in meaningful dialogue with those across the aisle?
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.