The Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Act seeks to bring America to the front lines of the struggle for global reproductive justice.
Author: Michelle Chen
Why Aren’t Girls in School?
In most countries, barriers of all kinds still stand between girls and school, blocking young women from the most basic form of social advancement.
Housing Crisis Lingers in New Orleans
While the city’s recovery hobbles forward after Hurricane Katrina’s punishing blows, a deep affordable housing crisis continues to hold back impoverished mothers
Women in Detention Not Protected From Sexual Abuse
Building on the latest charges of sexual abuse to come out of T. Don Hutto detention center in Texas (which I blogged about here), Human Rights Watch has issued a […]
It’s Not Just Bullets Scarring Chicago Public Housing Residents
On Tuesday, 8-year-old Tanaja Stokes got caught in a storm of gunfire as she jumped rope outdoors on Chicago’s South Side. It was a typical crime story, but it was […]
Study: “Marriage Promotion” in Welfare Doesn’t Work
Welfare reform’s marriage promotion programs have not only had little impact on the plight of poor families, looks like they’ve also done a pretty lousy job of pressing impoverished couples […]