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Law schools are failing to prepare the next generation of leaders in reproductive rights and justice
As of 2019, less than one-third of law schools offered classes on these topics
What does it mean to come together as Asian American women? This group has been seeking an answer.
The Cosmos was formed in 2017, and its future hangs in the balance
When my plants wither, it feels like a reflection of my own setbacks
Taking care of myself and my plants can be an uphill battle
National Youth Poet Laureate Alexandra Huỳnh’s message to other young people: ‘Your story is always going to be important’
Read our Q&A with the Stanford freshman — and her poem ‘Life Cycle of a Catcall’
LAFD was embroiled in allegations of harassment. Now it’s poised to get its first female fire chief.
Kristin Crowley was just nominated to the post
January 21, 2022
January 21, 2022
After a professor’s sexist remarks went viral, a student raised more than $100,000 for a women’s scholarship
The Boise State professor suggested that male students should be prioritized for STEM, medicine and law
January 20, 2022
January 20, 2022
When I left home for college, I lost touch with my Japanese heritage. As an adult, I’m reclaiming it.
After years of feeling like a minority within a minority, I realized I didn’t want to live my life detached from my culture
Michelle Go was pushed to her death on the NYC subway. For many, it highlights failures in public safety for women.
Public spaces, particularly public transit, have long been fraught for women of color and nonbinary people
January 19, 2022
January 19, 2022
As disabled women, our lives have always been erased. But in a pandemic, they’re urgently at stake.
Recent CDC comments about omicron were a reminder of the regular erasure, oppression and disrespect we experience
Senators are pushing to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Will it help Indigenous communities?
The 2022 version of VAWA would include new provisions expanding tribal jurisdiction over gendered violence
What an interventional radiologist does in a workday
A kyphoplasty, a working lunch and a thankful patient
Postpartum depression crushed me after my second baby. How would I prepare for a third?
I’d always wanted three kids. But if the darkness returned, would I be able to survive it?
Kate not Katie: Why I dropped the ‘i’ in my name
As I got older, my name started to feel like a too-small sweater
In a memo about body image, a middle school offered shapewear for girls. This mom spoke out.
Ashley Heun hopes the incident offers an opportunity to have what she considers a much-needed conversation about body image
January 15, 2022
January 15, 2022
Everyone gets rejected. Here’s what our readers learned from their toughest ones.
From college waitlists to ghosted job applications, professional rejection is a fact of life
January 15, 2022
January 15, 2022
Actress Moses Ingram made us a Shakespearean heartbreak playlist
Ingram plays Lady Macduff in ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth,’ now in theaters and streaming on Apple TV Plus
January 14, 2022
January 14, 2022
California said it would be a ‘sanctuary’ for reproductive rights. It just took a big first step.
Earlier this month, AG Robert Bonta issued the state’s first legal alert, which took up the issue of miscarriage and stillbirths