Celebrity Life
How Whitney Wolfe Herd Turned a Vision of a Better Internet Into a Billion-Dollar Brand
Whitney Wolfe Herd turned a vision of a better Internet into a billion-dollar brand
The Atlanta Shootings Fit Into a Long Legacy of Anti-Asian Violence in America
To name anti-Asian racism in the U.S. means confronting centuries of discrimination, violence and oppression—and recognizing how it manifests in the present day
It’s a ‘Nightmare Being Replayed’ as a Cop Faces Trial in George Floyd’s Death
As Derek Chauvin goes on trial, the family of another Black man in Minneapolis who died after a police chokehold hopes for justice
‘We Are Always Waiting Our Turn to Be Important.’ A Love Letter to Asian Americans
I didn’t “go” to work on the morning of March 17, meaning I didn’t get up, brush my teeth and place myself at my desk in the living room. I stayed in bed, made a cave out of the covers and watched the text messages roll in. “Thinking of you.” “Sending love.” “No need to…
‘I Cannot Be Intimidated. I Cannot Be Bought.’ The Women Leading India’s Farmers’ Protests
Women are on the front lines of India’s farmer protests—and making themselves heard
Here’s Why the U.S. Didn’t Sanction Mohammed bin Salman for His Role in the Jamal Khashoggi Killing
In newly declassified detail, the world can now read why the CIA believes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dispatched the 15-man hit squad that killed and dismembered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. MBS, as the prince is known, “viewed Khashoggi as a threat to the Kingdom,” the report asserts, and “broadly supported…
The Pandemic Has Spurred a Return to Low-Cost Fitness Activities
The pandemic has spurred a return to low-cost fitness activities
Russia’s Leaders Won’t Deal With a Domestic Violence Epidemic. These Women Stepped Up Instead
Russia’s women are doing what their government won’t to combat skyrocketing domestic violence
‘This Is Not a Shelter.’ Ceyenne Doroshow on Providing Free, Safe Space for LGBTQ People in Need
Ceyenne Doroshow founded Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society, or G.L.I.T.S., in 2015 to help trans and sex-worker communities with issues like housing and health care. These needs became increasingly urgent after the onset of the pandemic in 2020, one of the deadliest years on record for trans and gender-nonconforming people. In response,…
Pregnant Asylum-Seekers Needed Help at the Border. Inside the Program That Provided Care—and Community
Xiomara was already having labor pains when she presented herself to U.S. Border Patrol officials to make a claim for asylum. She had fled gang violence in El Salvador six months earlier, working under the table in Mexico to afford bus tickets for her and her three young children to make it to the border.…
These Mothers Wanted to Care for Their Kids and Keep Their Jobs. Now They’re Suing After Being Fired
When Lauren Martinez arrived home after work to find her teenage daughter feverish and vomiting, she knew her pandemic plans were about to fall apart. It was May 2020 and her day care had closed, so Martinez, an assistant office manager at a dentist’s office in Florida, had been relying on the 14-year-old to care…
I Avoided Facing My Mental Illness for Decades. The Pandemic Changed That
The "Ordinary Girls" author writes about dealing with mental illness during the pandemic—and how women carry the weight in times of crisis