Claira’s story: A ‘Broken, Normal’ Woman Preyed Upon by ‘Life’
More than 200 cases of sex or labor trafficking have been reported from Alabama to the national trafficking hotline since 2015.
Do Traffickers Kidnap Their Victims? The Myths and Realities of Human Trafficking
As awareness and understanding around human trafficking grows, so do its myths, filtered and fertilized through social media and misunderstandings.
Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Argument for a Border Wall
Trump’s Administration has not only mischaracterized the issue of trafficking in America but also recently introduced changes that have made the situation worse for victims.
Staying Connected: Moms Who Pump in Prison
While a woman’s right to pump her breast milk is legally protected in the United States, the privilege doesn’t extend to incarcerated moms.
When Will #MeToo Reach Places Like North Philly?
There are so many of barriers facing women in below-poverty-line neighborhoods, but one that is rarely talked about is the pervasive sexual harassment.
America Never Gave Afghan Women a Chance
Washington failed at the most promising path toward stability in Afghanistan: keeping the country’s women alive.
A Long Women’s March through Congress
It was a year of quiet, but major, progress for women’s issues in the U.S. government—and 2019 promises even more.
The War on Drugs Failed. It’s Time for a War on Abuse.
It's time to reallocate law enforcement and judicial resources to fighting domestic and partner abuse, journalists Natalie Schreyer and Jessica Klein write.
Trapped At the Border? Hope for a Female Judge
If you’re a migrant seeking asylum in the United States, hope for a female judge. According to an analysis of data from Syracuse University, which collected outcomes from asylum decisions made by 293 immigration judges…
Weaponizing Children
In 1977, the public school system of Tyler, Texas, a small city 100 miles southeast of Dallas, began expelling students who couldn’t prove they were in the United States legally. The state had passed a law cutting…
At the Texas-Mexico Border, Her Son Begged Not to be Taken. They Took Him Anyway.
‘I Felt My Heart Being Taken Away From Me,’ Says His Mother Valquiria had never spent a day apart from her 7-year-old son, B, until March, when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) whisked the…
When Tamara Parson Began Fighting for Inclusion in Central Ohio, Nobody Listened. Now, That’s Changing.
Sixteen-year-old Robert Cantu was walking with a group of friends on a Friday night when a pick-up truck with four white teenagers pulled up in front of him. “We’re going fishing tonight, grab the n——!”…
Domestic Abusers: Dangerous for Women — and Lethal for Cops
In 2017, more officers were shot responding to domestic violence than any other type of firearm-related fatality, statistics show.
A Lethal Combination
What we know about domestic abusers with guns—and how efforts to disarm them could prevent some mass shootings.
Undocumented Mothers are Increasingly Being Arrested. These Women are Fighting Back.
Through the rearview mirror, Alma watched the blue and red lights flash across her young son’s worried face. As the police officer approached her car, panic set in. She didn’t have a driver’s license. She…
Women in Ghana Battle a U.S.-Owned Gold Mine for Land and Livelihood
Yaa Konadu wasn’t at the farm when the men came to take it away from her. “Come,” said one of her workers, who called the 74-year-old grandmother at her home in town with the bad…
The Dangers of Forcing Gender Equality in Afghanistan
The idea of supporting measures that expand gender equality seems like an easy call. But, as one Afghan woman's story shows, bolstering the ranks of women in security forces in a country like Afghanistan is…
