The Militant Wing of the Anti-Abortion Movement Is Back—And It’s Never Been Closer to Victory
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Brian StaufferBefore marching into the women’s health clinic in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, on a freezing day last December, Monica Migliorino Miller and her compatriots paused to ask God to soften the hearts of the women inside to be open to their message. When Miller…
Inside the Special Police Unit That’s Transforming How Cops Investigate Sexual Assault
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One day near the end of spring semester, a 22-year-old I’ll call Abbie stood in front of a roomful of cops and recounted what happened after she was raped by another student at her college. Standing very still behind a large podium, she described how…
Representation on the Small Screen: What Does It Mean to Feel Seen?
A scene from On My Block.Netflix Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As a young woman of color growing up in Stockton, California, I never really felt seen on TV shows. If I’m honest, I wasn’t looking for representation either: I had grown to accept mainstream media as predominantly white. Friends…
There’s Never Been a Majority-Female Statehouse. Nevada May Change That.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Julie Pazina was glued to the TV screen the night of the 2016 presidential election. As the results started to roll in and the possibility of a Donald Trump presidency became a reality, Pazina was devastated, and by the next morning,…
The Hairy, Sweaty, Stinky Truth About Why We Hate Our Bodies
Mara Altman Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. “I am a bearded lady,” writer Mara Altman confesses in her new illustrated essay collection Gross Anatomy: Dispatches From the Front (and Back). That may elicit snickers, but Altman’s aim is to upend stigmas around our bodily realities: “It is my hope that by…
“Crazy Rich Asians” Can’t Be Everything—But It’s Still a Win
Members of the Crazy Rich Asians cast at an event in New York.Evan Agostini Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Crazy Rich Asians debuted to crazy high expectations this week. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the film is one of the first major studio-backed productions to feature an Asian-majority cast in…