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Click to expand Image Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, representative to the United Nations of the United Arab Emirates, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters on February 23, 2023. © 2023
“In a world where a lot of people are fitting into a mold, you don’t have to,” said Katie Leonard of training for races with her new flat chest exposed. On Oct. 4, 2026, Katie Leonard laced up her sho
ProPublica’s Emerging Reporters Program provides support and mentorships to college students who are pursuing careers in investigative journalism and need additional training and financial support to
Dolores Huerta, who rose to national prominence as the co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association and was known for her advocacy for women farmworkers, died on Wednesday. She was 96. Long rec
More than two decades after John Legend and Pharrell Williams first crossed paths in the music industry, the longtime friends have finally recorded an entire album together. Their new project, Muse ,
Advanced Practice Clinicians Play a Critical Role in US Abortion Provision Advanced practice clinicians—which include physician associates (also known as physician assistants), advanced practice regis
Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, Georgia , to be argued on Nov. 2, involves an issue that will quicken the pulse of civil procedure aficionados. No less than four differen
Click to expand Image Ana Elisa Santos Silva of the Workers' Party (PT), the youngest federal deputy elected in Minas Gerais state, poses for a photograph in Divinopolis, Brazil, on October 15, 2026.
This election, hunger weighs heavily on the ballot—particularly for voters who care about women. From Gaza to Cuba, from USAID to SNAP, current U.S. food policies reveal a troubling pattern of misogyn
Miscarriages in detention. Dangerously early labors. Homelessness. Single motherhood. Women share their stories of deaths, deportations, and crushed dreams. When Iris Monterroso-Lemus got pregnant in
This story was reported in partnership with Uncloseted Media , an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet. Max Sorgenfrey was sipping a coffee at a cafe in Charleston, South Carolina, in early October
Seven in 10 Indian Americans disapprove of the job President Donald Trump is doing, according to the Carnegie Endowment's 2026 Indian American Attitudes Survey—a sharper rebuke than he gets from the A
EASTERN PANHANDLE, W.Va. — Over and over on a recent October Saturday, Jenny Thacker explained to voters in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle why the groundwater in the region is particularly suscepti
Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Source images: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Win McNamee/Getty Images. In July, not long before President Donald Trump delivered
In legislatures and courts across the country, men dominate. They wield outsized power in Congress, state legislatures and key committees and subcommittees. Men are validated when they run for office,
PEEKSKILL, New York — Betsy Abrams, a 67-year-old executive assistant, showed up at a political rally held in a park on the banks of the Hudson River wearing a shirt that read, “Sit over there, I don’
Record spending on state and federal races is defining the 2026 election cycle, with an unprecedented share of the money coming from billionaire megadonors, corporations and “dark money” nonprofits th
Guttmacher Institute Welcomes Reproductive Justice Leader Fajer Saeed Ebrahim as Board Chair October 29, 2026 imarte October 27, 2026 News Release Use link On
Election Day is November 3, but Americans have been weighing in on races up and down the ballot for weeks. That’s because most states offer some form of early voting, either in person or by mail, and
The civil rights arm of the U.S. Department of Education has dramatically scaled back investigations involving schools and colleges since the second Trump administration began, even as complaints cont
Click to expand Image Three Azerbaijani women wearing headscarves in Baku, Azerbaijan. © 2019 Getty Images School officials across Azerbaijan have been turning away girls wearing hijabs following the
President Donald Trump and his policies were a consistent and high-profile theme during the Supreme Court’s last term. The justices weighed in on several of Trump’s signature initiatives, from sweepin
Without high quality data and clear consensus among the limited guidance available, patients are “falling through the cracks.” Chloe Gremory, 34, knows that at 40, she should begin getting regular mam
The skeleton couldn’t stop talking about alcohol — that was the first problem. Nine-year-old Nathalie convinced her parents to shell out $179 for a bartending bag of bones that caught her eye on a Sep
We want to hear from women with autoimmune conditions who received an incorrect or delayed diagnosis Hundreds of millions of people – roughly one in ten globally – are affected by autoimmune condition
The midterm elections are ongoing; your last day to vote is Nov. 3. This year, wealthy and powerful individuals and organizations have pushed to get major anti-trans initiatives on the ballot in Arizo
More than half (53%) of reproductive-age women living in states with abortion-provision bans say they would not know where to go or where to find information if they needed an abortion, up from 43% in
This brief provides national estimates from the 2026 KFF Women’s Health Survey on reproductive age women’s experiences with abortion, the impact of Dobbs on abortion access and women’s concerns about
When Suzanne Bell saw President Donald Trump’s announcement this month about improving the future of women’s health research, she felt deep skepticism. Bell, a demographer at Johns Hopkins University,
Republican Mike Beltran, a former Florida legislator running to flip the state’s 14th Congressional District, filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who had been trafficked as a teen — part of his
On Oct. 27, Israelis go to the polls in the first national election since Hamas' attack on Oct. 7, 2023. It is also the first since Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power at the end of 2022 and launched
Development Manager, Major Gifts and Prospects Organization Founded in 1968, the Guttmacher Institute is a global leader in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights. Through a unique and in
The 19th launched as a nonprofit newsroom covering politics and policy through the lens of gender and race. We’re ready to expand our coverage to one of the most intersectional elements of American cu
Women started getting married later once abortion became legal nationwide. Now that Roe v. Wade is dead, could more pregnant teens could be pushed into wedlock? California became the 18th state to ban
BOZEMAN, Montana — Before the evening meet-and-greet with Democratic candidates, Katie Fire Thunder has already participated in a photo shoot, put together freshly printed campaign signs with her staf
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Rebecca Nall was watching the numbers go up, and she needed to make a decision. Nall — the founder of I Need An A , an online directory of abortion providers — was in the running for multiple website
Click to expand Image Displaced women and girls walk through the vast IDP site in Tawila, Sudan, February 23rd, 2026. © 2026 Giles Clarke/Avaaz via Getty Images “It is as if a tsunami had hit the city
Click to expand Image President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva voting in the second round of the 2022 presidential election, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. © 2022 Rovena Rosa/Agência Brasil (São Paul
Click to expand Image A box of Mifepristone combined with Misoprostol tablets, May 2026. © 2026 Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Tokyo) – A South Korean government proposal would allow medicatio
Jaron Alexander, of Ingram, Texas, is one of more than 29,000 local law enforcement officers on the front lines of the Trump administration's deportation campaign. The new patrol officer parked his bl
In her new book Side Effects: How Abortion Bans Impact Everyone’s Health , journalist Alice Miranda Ollstein shows that abortion bans aren't just restricting reproductive care—they're disrupting cance
Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.) laments the moral collapse of American politics: "What does it say about our national conscience when the suffering of a child becomes a strategy for winning public offi
Hair is a deeply personal part of our beauty routines . Whether you love wearing your natural curls, switching between protective styles, or experimenting with sleek ponytails or a silk press , keepin
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
After years of fighting for better pay and benefits, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have unionized. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Association announced Friday that the team has voluntarily recogniz
Megan Thee Stallion is the newest face of athleticwear brand Gymshark , and the partnership couldn’t make any more sense. Beyond her killer rap career, the Houston Hottie has become something of a pos
“Tissue imaging complete,” asserted a robotic voice over the speaker. I’m laying on a pale yellow table in an all-yellow room—which felt like an aesthetic mash-up between Severance and Backrooms —hook
For more than 20 years, Sylvia Crews has worked in early childhood education, spending the last decade running her own home-based center. After buying a home in Washington, D.C., in 2015, she launched
The day after I learned I had breast cancer , I attended a fundraising gala with more than 350 people. I was there as a leader of the organization, with responsibilities to fulfill and people expectin
A Republican district attorney in West Texas has opened a criminal investigation into pamphlets mailed to homes across Texas purporting to come from a transgender rights organization. Sarah Stogner, d
Everyday, Cardi B reminds us that Grow-Good isn’t just another celebrity brand. From creating a line inspired by the Dominican hair rituals she learned growing up in the Bronx, to incorporating stand-
The interim docket dominated court news this week. Among other developments, the court declined to allow the Trump administration to implement its new transgender inmate policy and then received a new
Plus, fired Planned Parenthood affiliate’s staff sue over alleged retaliation, and the Supreme Court deals a blow to the Trump administration’s anti-trans agenda. Missouri GOP hopes to undo 2024 abort
“thought I had a lens wipe in my pocket and ended up pulling out and opening a packet of grated parmesan cheese during a work meeting”
Megan Harper started pumping gas at a marina when she was 14 — she’s always known how to turn a dollar. Now a 41-year-old mother of three, she’s a marketing executive in a Charlotte, North Carolina, s
In the ongoing November 2026 election, voters in three states (Idaho, Nevada and Virginia) will consider ballot measures designed to protect abortion rights by affirming a statutory or constitutional
The 2026 midterm elections are already underway. Whether you're voting early, mailing your ballot or planning to head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, consider these eight free, trusted resources your
New Guttmacher Analysis Shows that as Access to Telehealth Abortion Increased, Inter-State Travel for Abortion Decreased October 22, 2026 imarte October 22, 2026 News Release Use link On
