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This Mother's Day, Women Are Fighting for Healthcare, Democracy and Survival
1+ day, 44+ min ago (447+ words) This Mother's Day weekend arrives amid extraordinary legal and political upheaval over reproductive freedom, voting rights and the economic survival of mothers. Right now, access to mifepristone in America hangs on a one-week Supreme Court pause. On May 1, the Fifth…...
What a Daughter Learned About Leadership Watching Her Mom Hold Everything Together
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (666+ words) Over the years, readers have followed these women as they navigated impossible choices around housing, healthcare, childcare, work, education, mental health and family stability. Their stories have illuminated not just the daily realities of poverty, but also the broader structures…...
From the Halls of Congress to Out on the Trail, Women Beg the Question: Why Not You?
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1731+ words) Milestones: Nancy Macebecame the first woman to graduate from the Citadel Military College (1999); Victoria Woodhullbecame the first woman to run for president, for the Equal Rights Party. So when I came across The Female Quotient's#Like AGirl campaign a few…...
Imagining a World Where No Mothers Die
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (915+ words) When a mother dies, a family does not only lose one person'it loses its center," Kindness Ngoh, a midwife in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, explained. Originally from Cameroon, Ngoh has been deployed to humanitarian emergencies around the world by UNFPA, the…...
The First Mother's Day Was a Protest
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1011+ words) Far from mimosa brunches and hallmark greetings, the first Mother's Day in the United States occurred against the scourge of war. In 1870, abolitionist and suffragist Julie Ward Howe'who still had the horrors of the Civil War on her mind and…...
The Fifth Circuit Proves Abortion Is on the Ballot this November
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (831+ words) This story was originally published by The Contrarian. A highlight of being in Ireland (where I recently crossed the finish line of the Dublin Half Marathon, a great story for another day!) has been following the local news, especially the…...
Tennessee Mom Forced to Travel for Emergency Abortion
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (1205+ words) The lawsuit, brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights, challenges the real-world consequences of Tennessee's near-total abortion ban. Plaintiffs include women who developed life-threatening infections after being denied care, women carrying pregnancies with fatal fetal diagnoses, and women who say…...
They Blame Feminism for Falling Birth Rates'but Data Says It's Saving Families
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (472+ words) Last month, the newest fertility data dropped'and the U. S. fertility rate has fallen again, hitting another record low in 2025 according to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The number of births per 1, 000 women of childbearing age, in 2025, went down by....
In a Small Room on Capitol Hill, Survivors of Epstein Refuse to Be Ignored
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (581+ words) I was there to observe as part of a feature on accountability in cases of sexual abuse and trafficking that I'm reporting for the fall issue of Ms. magazine. I've already begun speaking with survivors for that work. It was…...
A New Playbook for College Athletes: Consent, Intervention and Prevention
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (933+ words) June 2026 will mark the 54th anniversary of Title IX, the 1972 federal law barring sex-based discrimination in education, ensuring equal participation in sports and prohibiting sexual violence in educational programs receiving federal funding. But even though Title IX passed more than half…...