Women in Science
Remembering Jane Goodall
The barrier-breaking primatologist, who dedicated her life to conservation and humanitarian projects, died aged 91.
Francesca Donner is the founder and editor of The Persistent. She has worked in newsrooms including The New York Times where she was the gender director and the editor of ‘In Her Words’ and The Wall Street Journal where she was a deputy editor.
Women in Science
The barrier-breaking primatologist, who dedicated her life to conservation and humanitarian projects, died aged 91.
Money
Ultimately, it might not be about how much you make or how you spend, it's about how money makes you feel.
Culture
It took the writer and director Rachel Feldman years of doors being slammed in her face before she got her movie off the ground, but she’s finally done it: LILLY is out May 9.
Obituaries
The activist and former president of Planned Parenthood died on Monday, aged 67.
Mental Health
Wars, wildfires and felonious world leaders are dominating the news cycle. But also: Diseases are being treated, solar power is booming and some animals are back from the brink of extinction.
Letter from the Editor
Our editor Francesca Donner looks back at The Persistent’s first year.
Books
The Persistent's editors round up their favorite reads of the year.
Sports
How do you sponsor something that apparently nobody wants to see? You trick them into it.
Persisting Through Politics
This isn’t the note I was hoping to write. Harris lost. Trump won.
Politics
Is Mexico's new president good for women? It depends who you ask.
Persisting Through Politics
Despite the support of many, the path for Kamala Harris to the Democratic nomination, and indeed the presidency itself, comes with significant headwinds.
Politics
Following the French election, the far-right National Rally will stay out of power—for now. But the journalist Megan Clement warns the movement is not going away, either.
Culture
The author Kate Mosse co-founded the Women’s Prize for Fiction to shrink the gender gap in publishing. Twenty-nine years on, she says her work is far from finished.
Culture
A new production of Romeo and Juliet in London peels back layers of misogyny, racism and sexism. It’s a lot.