“If you educate a man, you educate an individual. But if you educate a woman, you educate a nation.” The exact origins of this timeless quote are debatable. However what isn’t up for debate is the fact that Queens, New York Councilwoman Selvena Brooks-Powers not only understands the profound words o
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This story is a collaboration between MindSite News , Capital B , The 19th and The Nation and was edited by MindSite News. Darnese Foster remembers the day she learned she was fired from her federal g
I recently saw a social media post that I can’t stop thinking about: “If a man was severely intoxicated around seven women, he would actually be in the safest place he could possibly be. He'd be taken
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Yesterday was publication day for Justice Samuel Alito, who drew on his past speeches to write a book – So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and Our Country – on his judic
Ohio, North Carolina, and Michigan have open seats on their state supreme courts. These hotly contested races will influence how those courts rule in several high-stakes cases. In the heated news cove
Keyanna Foster talks about sexual violence on her campus almost as if it were a class she started preparing for the moment she applied to college. Girls often hear stories of campus assaults while the
[Part 3 of The Pipeline to Predators , a four-part Ms. investigation into the modeling industry’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein and survivors’ fight for accountability.] Former models are connecting
More than 25 years ago, Lois Curtis called a lawyer with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society from a pay phone in a hospital hallway. She had an intellectual disability and wanted help to get out of the stat
Click to expand Image A woman holds a sign reading "We demand due process for the innocent. No to injustice" during a protest against the state of emergency imposed by the government since March 2022,
Click to expand Image Myanmar nationals to be repatriated from Malaysia sit inside a bus, at Lumut, Malaysia, September 29, 2026. © 2026 Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters (Bangkok) – Malaysian Prime Minister An
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