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In the Sundarban, climate change has an unlikely effect — on child sex-trafficking

Child trafficking is on the rise in one of the most climate vulnerable places on earth—revealing blind spots in climate policy, experts tell contributor Ritwika Mitra.

Jan 20, 2022

This story was published in partnership with The Wire and The Fuller Project.

Trauma Can Be Hard to Talk About. It Can Also Be Hard to Hear: Reporter’s Notebook

Jessica Washington shares how she developed relationships with sources while investigating how Native mothers experience the Minnesota foster care system.

Jan 19, 2022

Why Are Latina Moms in New York Reporting Such High Levels of Anxiety and Depression?

The pandemic’s emotional strains are falling especially heavy on communities hit hardest by COVID, unemployment and child care challenges.

Jan 18, 2022

This story was published in partnership with THE CITY and The Fuller Project.

‘Never Just a Wife or Widow’: Reflecting on Coretta Scott King and the Women of the Civil Rights Movement

As the world honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., journalist Lottie Joiner, former editor of the NAACP’s The Crisis, reflects on the role of women’s leadership in the civil rights…

Jan 17, 2022

This interview was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter sent by our CEO and co-founder Dr. Xanthe Scharff. Subscribe here.

COVID ‘Crisis Moment’ for Families With Children in NYC Pre-K and 3K Programs

Ten-day quarantines are forcing families to keep young kids home, causing chaos for those in need of child care — regardless of negative COVID test results.

Jan 7, 2022

This story was published in partnership between THE CITY and The Fuller Project.

Minnesota’s Foster Care System Perpetuates the Legacy of Racist Boarding Schools, Native Mothers and Experts Say

For many Native mothers, the fear of having their children ripped away from them and the ripple effects of generations of forced family separations remain omnipresent.

Dec 21, 2021

This story was published in partnership with Mother Jones and The Fuller Project. Support for this reporting was provided by the USC Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism National Health Journalism Fellowship.

‘Kill the Indian … Save the Man’: Tracing the Government’s Long, Racist History of Uprooting Native Children

The challenges Native American families currently face under Minnesota’s child welfare system are echoes of a racist past. Here’s how more than two centuries of federal policies aimed at annihilating Native culture set the stage…

Dec 21, 2021

Support for this reporting was provided by the USC Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism National Health Journalism Fellowship.

She Made Jeans for Americans. When They Stopped Shopping, She Turned to Sex Work

As the garment sector—one of the Lesotho’s largest employers—crumbles during the coronavirus pandemic, a 30-year-old factory worker turns to sex work to make do.

Dec 14, 2021

This piece is published in partnership between TIME and The Fuller Project.

Did Angela Merkel Matter for Women?

Whatever labels have been affixed to this often-inscrutable woman, there is one that she herself has consistently dodged: feminist.

Dec 13, 2021

This story was published in partnership with The Fuller Project and Foreign Policy.

It’s Not Just Texas and Mississippi: Abortion Access is in Jeopardy Across the Deep South

As all eyes turn to the landmark case before the Supreme Court, advocates in the South say they’ve been sounding the alarm on access for years.

Nov 30, 2021

This story was published in partnership between Reckon and The Fuller Project.

How Major Abortion Laws Compare State by State: Map

The Fuller Project’s interactive map highlights the major abortion restrictions in the US, state-by-state.

Nov 30, 2021

Violence Spikes As Myanmar Garment Workers Say Factories Are Colluding With the Junta

With tensions rising in alleged military-linked factories, brands such as Mango and Zara have cut ties in recent months. But at what cost to the mostly female workforce?

by Louise Donovan and Maung Moe Nov 23, 2021

This story was published in partnership between VICE World News and The Fuller Project.

Women With Children Having Harder Time Re-entering NYC Workforce

A new study shows 41% of women living with kids in New York Ci are not working compared to 24% of men with children — a lingering effect of remote school and a perpetual child…

Nov 22, 2021

This story was published in partnership between THE CITY and The Fuller Project.

Mysterious Deaths of Mother, Daughter Lay Bare Neglect of Rural Healthcare in India

The deaths of a village elder and her daughter during India's second COVID-19 wave raise important questions about lapses in the Indian government’s pandemic response.

by Puja ChangoiwalaNov 20, 2021

This story was published in partnership with The Fuller Project and The Wire.

Why There Hasn’t Been A Mass Exodus Of Teachers

Much has been reported about the "she-cession," how women have left the workplace in disproportionate numbers. Journalist Rebecca Klein investigates why that hasn't happened among teachers — despite polls with dire predictions of a mass…

by Rebecca KleinNov 17, 2021

This article was published in partnership with FiveThirtyEight and The Fuller Project.

Would You Manage 70 Children And A 15-Ton Vehicle For $18 An Hour?

How the nationwide school bus driver shortage helps explain our economic weirdness.

by Maggie KoerthNov 11, 2021

This story was published in collaboration with FiveThirtyEight and The Fuller Project.

‘Since the Taliban Took Over, I Have Lost Almost Everything’

An Afghan woman is attacked by a Taliban soldier during a protest. Then one shows up at her door the next day. Now she must flee.

Nov 2, 2021

This story was published in partnership between Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project.

‘My Classmates Have No Hope’

“We were the ones hoping to shape the future, but they took that future away from us,” a teen girl writes, describing the “terror” of attending a high school in northern Afghanistan under Taliban control.

Nov 1, 2021

This story was published in partnership between Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project.

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