Women

Women

How Tinder, Hinge and Their Corporate Owner Keep Rape Under Wraps

Emily Elena Dugdale, Hanisha Harjani / The Markup Feb 14, 2025 Match Group, the company behind more than a dozen dating apps, has known about abusive users on its platforms for years, but leaves millions of customers in the dark. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Politics

Blitzkrieg on Democracy

Ashley Murray / States Newsroom Feb 10, 2025 Lawsuits multiply against Trump's barrage of orders as Democrats struggle to fight back. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

DEIB

The Grassroots Backlash to Trump’s Attacks on DEI

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan / DemocracyNow! Jan 24, 2025 In the wake of the Trump administration's efforts to end diversity initiatives, activists are organizing a response. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Immigration

What a New Immigration Order Could Mean for Domestic Violence Victims

Jessica Kutz / The 19th Jan 23, 2025 Trump's Department of Homeland Security removed its policy on "sensitive zones" protected from deportation raids, including women's shelters, schools and churches. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Media

Right-Wing Sleuths Find the L.A. Fires Culprit: Wokeness

Ari Paul / FAIR Jan 16, 2025 The coverage demonstrates once again that the W-word can be used to blame literally anything in MAGA world. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Voters Backed Abortion Rights but State Judges Have Final Say

Bram Sable-Smith, Katheryn Houghton / KFF Health News Jan 14, 2025 Successful November ballot measures protecting the right to an abortion may be in jeopardy in states with conservative judges. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Women

Of Mice and Women

Natalie Wheeler / Harvard Public Health Dec 31, 2024 Decades of male-dominated medical studies leave women at risk. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Women

Behind the Data Blackhole on Abortion Ban-Related Deaths

Kavitha Surana, Mariam Elba, Cassandra Jaramillo, Robin Fields, Ziva Branstetter / ProPublica Dec 18, 2024 The political leaders who enacted abortion bans oversee the state committees that review maternal deaths. These committees haven’t tracked the laws’ impacts. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

TD Interview

Intrepid Exile Mohammad Rasoulof Thwarts the Theocracy

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Nov 26, 2024 Iran’s outcast artist on the “gangsters of culture” and making movies under the mullahs’ noses. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Books

‘Keep Her Body from Pain and Her Mind from Worry’

Stephanie Gorton / History News Network Nov 22, 2024 A history of the birth-control movement in literature. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Women

Voters in Six States Expand Reproductive Rights

Sofia Resnick / Michigan Advance Nov 6, 2024 Victories show widespread support for abortion protections, even in red states. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Social Justice

Need Child Care While You Vote? In Some States, It’s Free

Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th Nov 1, 2024 Olympic track and field star Allyson Felix has partnered with organizations in three states to cover the cost of child care while voting. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )