Voters are increasingly enthusiastic about progressive candidates, like NYC mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani. But establishment Democrats insist on throwing their weight behind...
Until recently, the media bombarded us with cautionary tales about adolescent promiscuity. Now, they’re worrying about teens eschewing sex. Why do we wring our hands over the sex...
In addition to Covid prevention, medical researchers are discovering ways mRNAs could treat various cancers, HIV, and sickle cell anemia. But RFK Jr. and the Trump administration are...
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News & Issues
The Trump administration is following the Nazi playbook to a T, as they attempt to destroy the trans community and erase them out of existence. We must call it what it is.
The Case for Transgender Asylum From Trump’s America
With Trump raging against the Smithsonian Museum, it's clear that his authoritarian goals are to create a false, perfect past because a functional democracy demands historical honesty.
Under increasing pressure to release the incriminating Epstein files, the Art of the Deal-maker believed he could wing an agreement between Russia and Ukraine, appease Putin, and earn...
In the past month, an increasing number of Americans are registering their horror at the genocide of the Palestinian people despite the insistent framing by many mainstream news outlets...
Culture
In the fun and sexy second installation of their "lesbian B-movie" trilogy, filmmakers Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke subvert pulpy noir tropes to reveal the narrative convention's...
The BDE of “Honey Don’t”
In the past month, an increasing number of Americans are registering their horror at the genocide of the Palestinian people despite the insistent framing by many mainstream news outlets...
Inspired by the examples set by Lena Dunham, Natasha Rothwell, and Lindy West, award-winning TV and fiction writer Zoe Whittall offers indispensable advice about how to combat fatphobia...
“Gaslighting” and “love bombing” are part of a language survivors use to describe weapons in the arsenal abuse. But these words are becoming part of our national idiom — and...
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Science
Preliminary research says psychedelic therapy can treat chronic mental health issues like depression and anxiety, which largely impact women. Does it actually work or are practitioners...
Can We Shroom Our Way Out of Depression?
It's difficult to find logic amid the illogical, but one mathematician offers a unique proposal that could help us survive the lawlessness and pandemonium of the second Trump...
In states where abortion and gender-affirming care is restricted or banned, medical data collection on cis women and trans people can make going to the doctor a crime.
Between the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill's" $1 trillion-plus cuts to Medicaid, which covers nearly half the births across the country, and the restrictive laws interfering with...
Podcasts
The long history of pool segregation: from the pre-Civil Rights Era to modern day defacto segregation
Episode One: Perilous Waters
There are plenty viral news stories where people of color have been confronted in public spaces, but there’s a long history of the policing of public spaces.
Late-night pioneer Robin Thede joins Ashley to answer listeners' questions about navigating working relationships, and turning pettiness into power.
Ellevest CEO Sallie Krawcheck reminds women of the key to true gender equality: Learning to take control of our money is the only way to dismantle the patriarchy.