This is the last in a series of interviews with women journalists of color excerpted from the Women’s Media Center’s recently released report, “Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023.”
In the last decade, an estimated 15,000 women across the globe have been accused of abducting their own children. They are all foreigners who tried to relocate with their children — oftentimes back to their home countries — but the other parent disagreed. Not all countries criminalize abduction, but the repercussions for the child’s custody are far-reaching.
In early January, the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, made history when a young, diverse, all-women team was sworn into seven city council seats.
By the end of the first month of our “relationship,” my life had changed.
Mental health challenges are associated with the effects of climate change, such as increasing temperatures, trauma from extreme events, and loss of livelihoods and culture. It’s not much of a leap to realize that women are going to face violence from men in such a pressure cooker.
This is the fourth in a series of interviews with women journalists of color excerpted from the Women’s Media Center’s recently released report, “Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023.”
Most people probably don’t spend their days imagining what it’s like to be other people, but should we?
Protests in response to Hernández’s murder were carried out in more than 70 cities in Brazil and in other parts of the world after her death.
The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling didn’t only impact me as a person who could get pregnant but also because reproductive rights were central to my existence.
The global attention of the #MeToo movement prompted the aid sector to acknowledge its own #AidToo crisis, but, half a decade later, the spotlight has dimmed, and sadly, the aid sector has seen minimal substantive changes.
Robin continues her series, Fables for Grown Ups, reading a two-part story from her book Parallax, published by Spinifex Press.
A crucial but less discussed aspect is the role of democratic freedoms — free speech, assembly, and access to information — in shaping climate justice and solutions.
Advocates are finding that in many states, ballot initiatives are an effective way to restore, protect, or expand abortion rights and access. At least 10 states will see abortion questions on their ballots this year.
One gender-related issue that Republican caucusgoers seemed to align with liberals on? The “tampon tax.”
The successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 has put India in an exclusive group of nations that have safely landed probes on the Moon.
It may surprise many that women like Farida — who once dreamed of being a nurse — would join a violent extremist group, but their reasons are varied and complex. And it takes a holistic state response not only to stop them from joining but also to pull them out.
With every generation, whether through leaps, bounds, or the smallest of steps, women of color push the parameters as far as they can, terrifying their mothers, who are fearful of what they will face as they do so.
This is the third in a series of interviews with women journalists of color excerpted from the Women’s Media Center’s recently released report, “Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023.”
Foster, Reis, and show runner Issa López shared their thoughts on the critically acclaimed season, which marks Foster’s return to series television.
A new book, “Blackbirds Singing,” offers a collection of speeches and quotations from African American women who have fought back against their words being distorted, trivialized, and ignored.
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