Saturday, October 10, 2026

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Male voices dominate the news. Here’s how journalists and female experts...

You might expect the gender ratio of people quoted in the news would mirror the gender split of our society. But that's not the case.

Championing female voters as powerful ‘Supermajority,’ organizers launch movement to fight...

"In many ways, women have been doing all this work – whether it's running their PTA, or organizing around reproductive healthcare – but we haven't been doing it together."

From mowing the grass to cutting the flesh

How young women learn to hate their genitals.

Record number of women win in the House

In total, 117 women were elected during the 2018 midterm elections – 96 elected to the House, 12 to the Senate and 9 as governor – shattering records and increasing the number of women in power.

Democratic women outraise men among female donors – another record-breaking first

The 2018 election cycle largely shows increased participation by female donors to the benefit of Democratic candidates, both men and women.

No One Is Free Until All Are Free

Women and girls will only begin to join the liberation movement when they are liberated. Chris Hedges discusses the fight to end male violence against women. It's time it takes primacy in our own struggle.

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A natural gas flare at a petroleum well site in New Mexico. Photo: James St. John / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

EPA plans to rescind methane Super Emitter Program, citing estimated $45 billion in savings

Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the plan to oil and gas executives in Santa Fe, and the agency's release gives no method for its savings figure.
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Companies that saw federal cases dropped gave or pledged $210.5 million to Trump-aligned super...

Public Citizen's tracker lists more than 200 corporations that benefited from canceled enforcement, and the group says its database is not comprehensive.
Vials of ketamine. Photo: Psychonaught (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons

Ketamine: What to know about the drug at the center of the Cornell case

Ketamine is a powerful drug with promise for treating depression in small doses. Recreational use is risky, especially combined with alcohol.
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AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room

A Slack workspace managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has served as an extraordinary war room for AI industry insiders and Trump administration officials to launch a rapid campaign aimed at persuading Americans to manage their healthcare and medical records on apps.
Satellite view of a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico (Hurricane Dennis, 2005, file image). Photo: NASA/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons

How Hurricane Isaias broke through to become the first Atlantic hurricane in an eerily...

An atmospheric scientist explains what’s been going on in the atmosphere, and how El Niño and the jet stream both play important roles.