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Inside Rosa Rebellion, Where Women of Color Practice ‘Creative Activism’ To Strike Change

"It's creative because it hasn't been done before. And it's disruptive because it's unprecedented."

By Rachel Kraus

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America's Gun Violence Is a Public Health Crisis, Not Just an 'Unspeakable' Tragedy

More than 100 Americans are killed with guns each day. Let's do something about it.

By Kells McPhillips

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‘Bridgerton’ Actress Arsema Thomas Is Amplifying BIPOC Climate Activists Through New Collab

They’ll receive $20,000 to further their sustainability efforts.

By Amelia McBride

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ICYMI, Aliens Might Be Real. Why Are Some of Us So… Unbothered by This News?

By Amelia McBride

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Meet Athlete Ally, the Nonprofit Championing LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Equity in Sports

By Amelia McBride

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Centering Queer Joy Is Hard Right Now—But It's Also Never Been More Important

By Sara Elizabeth Grossman

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The U.S. Has an Alarming Maternal Mortality Rate—Particularly for Black People. How Can We Change This Tragic Trajectory?

By Tonya Russell

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Access to Gender-Affirming Care Is Under Threat—Here’s Why That’s Harmful

By Erin Bunch

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This Juneteenth, Black People Deserve Actual Liberation, Not Performative Allyship

By Akilah Cadet

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Here's What You Need To Know About the 'Momnibus' Bill Aiming To Reduce Black Maternal Mortality Rates

By Kells McPhillips

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Recognizing the Signs of Medical Gaslighting Is the First Step to Reclaiming Your Voice—And Health

By Nandini Maharaj

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There’s New Research That May Offer Hope for People Who Have Lost Their Sense of Smell

By Saida Pagán

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FDA Approval of Over-the-Counter Birth Control Is a Game-Changer for Women’s Health and Autonomy

By Sandra Salathe

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How Racial Inequity Hurts the Sex Lives of People of Color

By Candice Nicole Hargons

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I'm a Climate Psychologist, and These Are My Top 6 Tips for Coping With Tough Emotions About the Environment

By Margaret Klein Salamon, PhD

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Nonbinary Parents Day Gives Me a Chance To Belong Where Mother’s and Father’s Day Fall Short

By Emrhys Ma

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Get Your Petroleum Off My Body

By Alden Wicker

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Climate Anxiety Disproportionately Impacts Communities of Color—And Cultural Stigmas Around Mental Health Increase Their Burden

By Lucia Priselac

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The Great Last Gasp of the Great Salt Lake

By Hannah Singleton

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Climate Change Is Turning Outdoor Athletes Into Some of Our Planet’s Fiercest Advocates

By Rachel Kraus

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How Community Activism Is Saving Me From My Climate Despair

By Jessie Van Amburg

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Why the Drag Ban in Tennessee Is So Dangerous for the LGBTQ+ Community

By Sara Elizabeth Grossman

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Professional Herbalists Explain Why Social Media Isn’t the Place To Discuss Herbal Abortions

By Sam Manzella

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What To Know About the Just-Approved $8B Willow Project's Potential Impact on the Planet

By Hannah Singleton

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How the Overturning of Roe v. Wade Stands To Financially Harm Women

By Amy Wilkinson

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For Padma Lakshmi, Change-Making Is Personal

By Abbey Stone

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Where Can I Donate Food (and Other Items) To Help My Community?

By Emily Laurence

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How the Nation’s Only Indigenous Abortion Fund Is Expanding Reproductive Justice for a Community Long Denied It

By Erica Sloan

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Here Are the States Where Abortion Rights Are Literally on the Ballot This Year

By Jessie Van Amburg

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The Total Lunar Eclipse Is Giving *Full Chaos* Just in Time for Election Day—Here’s What Astrologers Want You To Know

By Erica Sloan

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OUI the People Took Inspo From Latin America’s Abortion Rights Movement for Its Newest Drop—And All Proceeds Go To Help Reproductive Rights

By Kells McPhillips

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The Deep Psychological Toll of Being Displaced From Your Home During a Hurricane

By Erica Sloan

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Idaho Universities Will Stop Referring Students for Birth Control in Wake of Near-Total Ban on Abortion

By Kells McPhillips

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Flint Now Has Clean Water—But 1 in 4 Residents Reported PTSD Symptoms Years After the Crisis Ended

By Erica Sloan

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No Water Coming from the Taps, Can't Flush Toilets, Boiling for Safety—The Water Emergency Happening in Jackson, Mississippi, Is a Huge Health Crisis

By Kells McPhillips

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Service Has Always Been at the Heart of Abortion Care. Here's How the Brigid Alliance Is Evolving in a Post-Roe World

By Kells McPhillips

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What President Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Means for You—And Who Qualifies

By Jessie Van Amburg

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I’m Disabled and Proud—But Society’s Views of Disability Made It Hard for Me To Feel That Way

By Akilah Cadet

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One of the Most Underrated Victims of Climate Change Could Be Your Sleep

By Erica Sloan

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How To Track Your Period Naturally (Like, Without an App)

By Kells McPhillips & Rachel Kraus

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What You Need To Know About Access to Contraception in a Post-Roe America

By Erica Sloan

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Celebrating and Embracing Queerness Can Enhance Spirituality and All Forms of Identity

By Rachel Lang

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We Need More Trans Representation in Media So More—and More Authentic—Trans Stories Can Be Told

By Han Schneider

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Yoga Can and Should Become More Inclusive to Queer Folks

By Kells McPhillips

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9 Ways To Celebrate Pride Month All Year Long

By Rachel Wright

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How Queer Community Helps ALOK and Rachel Ricketts Feel Joy and Process Grief

By Han Schneider

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Overturning Roe v. Wade Will Disproportionately Impact Historically Excluded Communities

By Akilah Cadet

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Feeling Numb, Angry, or Overwhelmed by Roe v. Wade News? Here's a 10-Step Action Plan To Take Care of Yourself

By Erica Sloan

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These States Are Most Impacted by the Overturning of Roe v. Wade

By Tonya Russell

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How, Exactly, To Make Your Voice Heard About the Overturning of Roe v. Wade

By Kells McPhillips

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Here's What You Need To Know About Oklahoma's Proposed Abortion Ban

By Kells McPhillips

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How Ketanji Brown Jackson Joining the Supreme Court Could Impact Your Well-Being

By Erica Sloan

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How To Best Support Ukrainian Civilians From Afar Right Now, According to Humanitarian-Aid Experts

By Erica Sloan

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With the United States About To Have Its First-Ever Pluto Return, We Can Expect Radical Change on the Horizon

By Erica Sloan

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When We Ban Books, We Severely Restrict Children's Ability To Learn About Different People and Themselves

By Simone Scully

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A Lot of Employees Prefer Remote Work, But for Many People With Disabilities, Having the Option Is Crucial

By Emily Laurence

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All Trans and Non-Binary Kids Need and Deserve Access to Puberty Blockers

By Gabrielle Kassel

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Wellness Without Community Care Won't Make Us Truly Well

By Sara Weinreb

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How One Afro-Latina Is Expanding Health-Care Fluency for Communities Failed By the U.S. Medical System

By Ivelyse Andino

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There Are No Standards of Care for Pregnant People in Prison, and That Needs To Change

By Mara Santilli

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Air Pollution Kills 13 People Every Minute, According to the World Health Organization

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Humble Bloom Is Working To Cultivate the Cannabis Community As Legalization Expands

By Kara Jillian Brown

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The Most Restrictive Abortion Law in the U.S. Just Went Into Effect

By Francesca Krempa

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Paralympian Mallory Weggemann Is Looking To Smash More Than Records—She’s Out To Topple Bias Against People With Disabilities

By Abbey Stone

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7 Meaningful Ways To Help Survivors of the West Coast Wildfires

By Rebecca Norris

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New York Is Sending Mental Health Professionals (Not Police) in Response to Certain 911 Calls—And It's Working

By Kells McPhillips

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Proposed Federal Decriminalization of Marijuana Likely Won't Pass and Doesn't Go Far Enough

By Kara Jillian Brown

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The Cherokee Nation Now Offers Mental Wellness Leave to Government Employees—Here's What We All Can Learn

By Kristi Eaton

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Why Financial Health Is a Wellness Problem Particular to the Latinx Community

By Janel Martinez

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Harm-Reduction Services To Get Federal Funding—And That Could Save Lives

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Allyship Is More Than Attending a Parade in June—Here's How To Show Up for the LGBTQ+ Community Now and Always

By Saanya Ali

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Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday Does Nothing To Right the Wrongs of Systemic Racism

By Kara Jillian Brown

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I Got The Vaccine Despite Having a Distrust in Medicine As an African American Woman—Here's Why

By Yasmine Jameelah

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The USDA’s Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer Program Is Expanding to Feed Millions Of Children This Summer

By Elsie Yang

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Meet Chanté Davis, the Black Youth Activist Forging the Way for More Inclusive Climate Activism

By Lola Méndez

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Period Trauma Is Real—And It’s Harming the Health of Millions of Black Menstruators

By Erin Bunch

Who Should Be Required To Get Vaccinated? An Epidemiologist Breaks Down What You Need To...

By Erin Bunch

'How I'm Fighting for Racial Justice as a WNBA Player'

By Jantel Lavender

Water Stress Is the Ongoing Crisis You Can't Ignore

By Erin Bunch

How the Biden Administration Is Working To Make Health Care More Accessible for Transgender Patients

By Kara Jillian Brown

How India's COVID-19 Crisis Is Exposing the Country's Inequities in Health Care Access

By Roohi Sahajpal

8 Women of Color Who Are Working to Dismantle Racism in Wellness Culture

By Johanna Ferreira

6 COVID-19 Vaccine Myths To Stop Believing Now, According to Infectious Disease Experts

By Kayla Hui

The Value That Drives Each Astrological Element To Prioritize Change

By Colin Bedell

The Verdict in Derek Chauvin's Trial Highlights the Painful Difference Between Justice and Accountability

By Kara Jillian Brown

Many Corporations Are Announcing Sustainability Initiatives—But How Can We Hold Them Accountable?

By Erin Bunch

Unraveling the Tangled Web of QAnon Conspiracies and Wellness Devotees: An Interview With 'Conspirituality' Podcast...

By Erin Bunch

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