The Syria-Turkey Earthquake Has Worsened An Invisible Crisis For Women
Shaza Hamo considers herself among the lucky ones. The 36-year-old activist and mother of five survived the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 50,000 people in Syria and Turkey earlier this month. Hamo lost her home, her money and all of her belongings. Still, she called and checked on the women in her community, often […]
Her Mom Went To Prison When She Was 13. Here’s How It Affected Her Ability To Trust Other Women.
Until she was 21, Ariana Steen cried herself to sleep every night, terrorized by the thought of her mom being killed in prison. It’s a fear that permeated her psyche throughout her young adulthood; her mother was incarcerated when Steen was just 13. Steen, now a 24-year-old living in Seattle, was primarily raised by her […]
Meet the Primary Care Doc Who Wants the World to Go Back to Normal
Like many doctors, Washington, D.C.-based internist Lucy McBride, MD, found herself fielding question after question from worried patients when the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020. She decided that the best way to reach everyone would be to send out mass email blasts to all her patients, addressing the most commonly voiced concerns. Two years […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene Visits Holocaust Museum To Remind Herself That Genocide Is Bad
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is attempting to present herself as someone who is not full of hate for marginalized people after receiving intense bipartisan backlash for her repeated comments comparing pandemic-era public health recommendations to the Holocaust. The Georgia Republican and QAnon conspiracy theorist said at a press conference on Monday that she was sorry […]