female health civil rights

The internet will have you believe something very simple and very cruel, and in my view, is rooted in misogyny: If younger people cut you off, it must be your …

When Halle Berry stood up and challenged Governor Gavin Newsom, she wasn’t dabbling in a new lane, chasing headlines, or borrowing talking points. She was moving in familiar territory — …

Why are people angry? I will tell you. This happens to nearly every victim who chooses themselves and the truth. After a season of ambivalence and uncertainty, (not uncommon & …

Some of us didn’t need a courtroom to tell us that digital harm is real. We felt it in our bones the moment someone used our name, our picture, or …

A handful of men hold the feast, while women and darker-skinned people are told to survive on crumbs. Why are we accepting this as normal? For too long, we’ve watched …

Health and healing are too sacred for this. We need nurses. Women — and girls — need nurses who see trauma for what it is. Nurses who recognize the histories …

Women, we are always there for everyone else. This season, this THANKSgiving season, among the many things that I am truly thankful for is women. We have spent too many …

These stories in the news around Black maternal health always hit home for me.  I have publicly shared my pregnancy ordeal and how horrible racism is in the medical community …

We cannot protect what we refuse to name. And we cannot save Black women’s lives while allowing the world to blur, dilute, or silence the very people most affected. These …

I see you. You see me. We see one another. There are groups who are targeted because of who they are — yet the moment they try to name that …