A dam has broken for women, stemming from the case of the Cornell student who was allegedly gang-raped at a fraternity in 2024. In the 1980s, Ms. published the first national study of sexual assault o
The Supreme Court Building is closed today for Columbus Day. In recognition of that, this is an abridged edition of SCOTUStoday. On Sept. 28, Amy, along with attorney Masha Hansford and reporter Greg
Plus, Maryland requires more in-depth mammogram reporting and the Department of Health and Human Services directs Title X funds to anti-abortion groups. Each week, Rewire News Group editors scour head
Click to expand Image Tags, with “Access blocked” and the name of blocked accounts belonging to journalists and media outlets, LGBT and women’s rights groups, and other rights defenders, are tied to t
Click to expand Image Renovated Dakar Railway station inaugurated, May 2026. © 2026 Human Rights Watch Senegal’s intensifying crackdown on LGBT people is violating their rights and causing
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in
Across the United States, teen pregnancy rates have fallen to historic lows—the result of decades of investment in evidence based prevention, improved access to information and sustained support for y
Last summer, our Girls Learn International chapter set out with a mission to support girls in finding their own voices to lead their communities on issues they cared about. We organized an internation
Zendaya closed out Paris Fashion Week’s spring/summer 2027 season on the Louis Vuitton front row, proving once again that the brand ambassador knows how to make a statement. With the help of her longt
Truth is, I’m tired. Not the kind of tired a good night’s sleep fixes, but the kind you feel in your muscles, the kind that has you ready to call it a night at 6 p.m. The kind of exhaustion where your
I told myself I’d stay out of the diaspora conversation happening online. The comment sections are full of vitriol and misinformation. But my purpose on these platforms is to counter exactly that, and
Every fall, Banned Books Week (Oct. 4-10, 2026) arrives with a familiar visual language: stacks of novels wrapped in caution tape, displays of frequently challenged classics and lists inviting readers
Olandria has long proven just how good bright pink blush looks on Black women. Now, as fall fully sets in, the Love Island star has her sights set on a new shade. “Red is my power color,” she tells ES
Tyler Perry is bringing some of gospel music’s biggest names together for his latest Netflix film, The Gospel of Christmas . Starring Fantasia Barrino Taylor and Durrell “Tank” Babbs , the upcoming ho
For Black Americans , the image of a Black person hanging from a tree is never just an image. It carries the weight of generations of racial terror, public lynchings and families who were denied justi
