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Find ResourcesIndian daughters inherit more than family stories and cultural traditions. They inherit expectations, too: be humble, keep the peace, don’t take up too much space. But in Lotus Leadership, Kamini Rama
The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to move forward with its plan to use a modified centralized database to verify voters’ citizenship. In a seven-page opinion iss
These Texas advocates call themselves “lionesses” for a reason: They say backing down is not in their nature. In 2022, a small group of formerly incarcerated women formed the nonprofit Lioness Justice
As Justice Samuel Alito has said , there are “some people who have nothing better to do than count Supreme Court laughs.” True enough: Last September, I did just that, tallying the number of “laughs”
This fact sheet summarizes federal, state, and local policies on paid family and medical leave and paid sick leave.
[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog] This week may have fallen within the Supreme Court’s summer recess, but it wasn’t exactly restful for the justices – or for the team behind this newsletter. There
When it comes to our bodies, there are no stupid questions—just bad sex ed, writes sex columnist Martha Kempner. I’ve been a sex educator for more than 25 years, and in that time, I have gotten some p
This issue brief answers some key questions about abortion in the United States and presents data collected before and new data that has been published since the overturn of Roe v. Wade.
“My new ob/gyn intake form doesn’t have anywhere to mention my hysterectomy, so I’m gonna act just as surprised when she can’t find it.”
What’s your reproductive freedom story? As part of Ms.’ The Majority campaign, five staff members at Power to Decide share theirs. The nonprofit works to expand access to sexual and reproductive healt
Niger has rejected key recommendations raised by United Nations member countries during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) earlier this year, including calls to address arbitrary detention,
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) issued a new stamp late last month honoring 19th-century writer Sarah Orne Jewett—putting a woman whose work centered on female independence and unconventional lives, in
