Activism

Beyond his celebrated acting career, Stewart was an advocate for women and children affected by domestic abuse.

As more pregnant women are detained by U.S. immigration authorities, the Women's Refugee Commission is asking what’s happening to them behind closed doors.

Women have received a fraction of the Nobel Prizes awarded since 1901.

According to the disability activist Lucy Webster, when people from different causes join hands, change isn’t far behind.

From suffragists’ embroidered banners calling for votes for women to the potent symbolism of pink pussy hats, stitchwork has always been a distinctly feminist way of rebelling.

For years, a confident E. Jean on the outside masked a wounded E. Jean on the inside.

Lindsay Dahl has devoted her career to getting toxic chemicals out of our homes, water and air, but the progress she’s worked for is under attack. Here’s what we all can do about it.

Immigrant enforcement tactics have driven many caregivers into hiding or out of the U.S. altogether. The ripple effects on parents are enormous.

Women-centered forms of resistance have been reduced to laughable stereotypes by their detractors for centuries. The purpose? To put women back in their boxes.

What's happening in Minneapolis is an "everywhere" situation and an "all of us" situation.

Whether you’re on the ground or watching the situation unfold from afar, here's how to get involved.

Loving a place, like loving a person, means taking the good with the bad, and confronting the parts that disappoint and upset us.

Could grief over someone I don't know rightfully be mine?

The civil-rights pioneer and feminist visionary Pauli Murray reshaped American law and identity. Her voice matters as inequality deepens.

If you are feeling helpless in the face of appalling food inequality, here are a few places to donate and volunteer.

On Saturday, 42 million Americans are set to lose crucial food support. A grassroots mutual aid movement fueled by moms is springing into action.

At Saturday's No Kings rallies across the U.S. pure women-energy prevailed. Here's a look at the rally in Manhattan.

Pussy hats and memes might provide some emotional relief, but the real work will take place behind the scenes.

Sometimes even the most unlikely moments of outreach can yield something remarkable.