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2022 Print Edition Op-Eds and Commentaries 

Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Coverage: A Racial and Gender Justice Imperative

July 11, 2022June 16, 2022 465 Views Congress, health, public health, reproductive justice

American society was not built for birthing people to thrive—or at times even to survive. The United States lacks paid

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A white woman's torso. One arm cocked, the other hand on her chest. She wears a white tshirt with the word Feminist on it.
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A day in the life of a feminist: an unironic exposition of how to demolish the patriarchy in 24 hours

May 16, 2022May 11, 2022 441 Views feminism, satire

Put down your borrowed copy of bell hooks and roll up the sleeves of your “This Is What A Feminist

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Woman helps a young girl cut food, in front of them is a table with glasses and a bowl of food
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Alleviating the Impacts of Covid-19 on Women through Economic Development: A Personal Perspective 

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 675 Views child care, family, work, workforce

In October 2021, the Biden Administration released its National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality.[1] In recognition of the barriers

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No More Stolen Sisters: America’s Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women

July 1, 2021November 15, 2021 4888 Views criminal justice, native american women, race, violence against women

In the early 1600s, a 15-year-old Native American girl was kidnapped from her home in what is now called Virginia.

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Is Shared Parental Leave in the UK doing more harm than good?

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 4510 Views family, UK, work

Shared Parental Leave allows UK parents to split maternity leave between both parents. But does the policy give parents the flexibility and financial security needed?

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Work-Family Policy and Its Impact on Mothers in the United States

April 29, 2021 1692 Views family, mothers, pandemic, work

The United States remains behind its’ global economic peers in providing work-family policy that supports parents maintaining their professional status

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Gatekeeping Power: The Case for Desegregating Male-Exclusive Fraternities

January 22, 2021 2043 Views exclusive, fraternity, gatekeepers, segregation

In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka struck down racial segregation as unconstitutional. The understanding that moved the

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This Thanksgiving, Decolonize Your Bookshelf: A Reading List of Native American Women

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 1375 Views books, native american women, native americans, representation

Every year, as the leaves turn and the temperature drops, school children across the United States learn the story of

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The Room Where it Happens: Women in Democratic Politics in the United States

October 19, 2020 2066 Views democrats, politics, power, quotas

To the outsider, it may appear that a long-delayed reckoning with sexism is finally occurring within the Democratic party. In

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Technology’s impingement on the urban female sanitation worker in India

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020 2575 Views India, sanitation, technology, urban

While three-fourths of the world’s population has access to a basic sanitation service, only about half of the world’s population

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