16+ hour, 1+ min ago   (221+ words) This story was originally published on the Daily Hampshire Gazette. It took until July 7, 2026, for the world’s leading human rights body to call forcing someone to be pregnant—or forcing them not to be—what it is: reproductive violence. In…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (531+ words) In 1937, the U.S. began one of the largest sterilization campaigns in modern history in its colony of Puerto Rico. By the 1970s, one-third of all Puerto Rican women of childbearing age had been sterilized, most without being properly informed that the procedure…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1141+ words) Andrew Tate is not a garden variety misogynist. Nor is he a typical sexual assault suspect. Rather, he is a leader—and icon—in the global anti-feminist men’s rights movement who rose to fame and fortune over the past decade…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (603+ words) Originally published by The Contrarian. The Trump administration has gotten rather … hormonal. As someone who cares deeply about the science and politics of all kinds of bodily matters, including and especially hormonal health and treatments, it is a truly bizarre…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (353+ words) A new documentary, State of Firsts, released during Pride Month, chronicles Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.)’s historic path to Congress amid growing anti-transgender rhetoric. Directed by trans filmmaker Chase Joynt, State of Firsts offers a behind-the-scenes look at McBride’s journey…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (800+ words) During a recent research trip at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, I pored over the Haitian Refugee collection. Spanning three decades (1972 to 2004), the collection includes documents about asylum cases, grassroots organizing and government proceedings related to the…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (582+ words) That’s because there is a massive gap between federal and state law in this country. Only some states, like New York, have laws on the books that go beyond federal law to protect victims of sexual harassment. Lively’s claims are…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (334+ words) These horrors, perpetrated by immigration enforcement officers, are exactly what the federal government approved billions to fund this summer. The violence continues every day. In the span of one week, ICE killed two fathers in Houston and in Maine. Nine…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1051+ words) In the lead up to the film’s premiere, however, one would think Nyong’o occupied more screen time, given how her mere presence launched more than 1,000 tweets—just as her literary counterpart “launched a thousand ships” (as said by poet Christopher…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (431+ words) Originally published by The 19th. The AP reported Thursday that the agent, David Brouillette, had a long history of verbal and physical abuse documented in the state’s family court system. Two women who were once married to Brouillette also spoke to…...