The criminal justice system has been anything but just to sexual assault survivors. So it would seem counterintuitive that so many women find comfort in watching the long-running SVU...
Entropy is a scientific concept that measures the probability of disorder. When applied to the history of dictatorial regimes, it can often reveal that eventually autocrats overplay...
Many of us wear smartwatches with tracking technology to monitor our step counts, sleep, oxygen saturation, even menstrual cycles, to help detect health issues early. Now wearing them...
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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News & Issues
Black, Latina, and Asian women already struggle with launching and funding their ventures. Trump's ever-changing tariffs threaten to put them out of business.
Trump’s Tariffs Are Hurting Women of Color’s Businesses
The Trump administration is following the Nazi playbook to a T, as they attempt to destroy the trans community and erase them out of existence. We must call it what it is.
Voters are increasingly enthusiastic about progressive candidates, like NYC mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani. But establishment Democrats insist on throwing their weight behind...
Until recently, the media bombarded us with cautionary tales about adolescent promiscuity. Now, they’re worrying about teens eschewing sex. Why do we wring our hands over the sex...
Culture
POTUS appears deeply unwell. Just less than two weeks ago, social media was teeming with rumors he was dead. But you wouldn't know it from legacy media, who'd obsessed over Biden's...
Why Is the Press Giving Trump’s Declining Health a Pass?
Until recently, the media bombarded us with cautionary tales about adolescent promiscuity. Now, they’re worrying about teens eschewing sex. Why do we wring our hands over the sex...
In the fun and sexy second installation of their "lesbian B-movie" trilogy, filmmakers Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke subvert pulpy noir tropes to reveal the narrative convention's...
In the past month, an increasing number of Americans are registering their horror at the genocide of the Palestinian people despite the insistent framing by many mainstream news outlets...
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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Science
In addition to Covid prevention, medical researchers are discovering ways mRNAs could treat various cancers, HIV, and sickle cell anemia. But RFK Jr. and the Trump administration are...
RKF Jr.’s Plot to Kill America
Preliminary research says psychedelic therapy can treat chronic mental health issues like depression and anxiety, which largely impact women. Does it actually work or are practitioners...
It's difficult to find logic amid the illogical, but one mathematician offers a unique proposal that could help us survive the lawlessness and pandemonium of the second Trump...
In states where abortion and gender-affirming care is restricted or banned, medical data collection on cis women and trans people can make going to the doctor a crime.
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.