After years of waiting, Lauren Smith's case finally went to trial—and resulted in a hung jury. Her charges were expunged. But ...

The New York State Penal Code continues to fail survivors — the Cornell story is symptomatic of a broader problem.

I’ve spent all day thinking about feminist icon and beloved Meteor fairy godmother Gloria Steinem, who died yesterday at the age of 92. I must admit that unlike my colleagues here, I was slow to get ...

In today’s newsletter, Brittany Packnett Cunningham brings us a fascinating slice of American history from her conversation with journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones. Plus, a brief ...

Women’s rights under attack. Hard-won gains rolled back. A political agenda moving steadily backward. Sounds familiar? As Donald Trump’s administration chips away at women’s freedoms in the United ...

Earlier this year, 2016 nostalgia took over social media, with our friends posting wistfully about their more naive selves. The trend quickly ran its course, but that decade, from 2016 to 2026, has ...

We are excited to officially invite you all to a virtual book club discussion of Yesteryear, the book we quite literally cannot stop talking about. Your favorite newsletter pals will be in attendance, ...

My daughter got a big-girl bed last night, and her unmitigated joy about unicorn sheets and celestial-themed pillows was frankly inspiring. “I have been yearning for this all of my life,” she told me.

A group of teenage girls and young women gather in a nondescript room with pale walls, chatting and laughing. They have just finished their classes for the week and are about to head home. But they ...

Heated Rivalry showed us what could be—but for gay men at the top levels of pro sports, that’s still just romantasy “There’s so much performed masculinity that’s tied to men athletes,” explains Steve ...

Today I offered to salt and eat Nona’s arm in exchange for not having to read about any more awful things in the world. We’re having dinner later this week. In today’s newsletter, a New York Times ...

Two days ago, in The New York Times, my colleague Nona tossed a lovingly crafted, deeply researched grenade into one of the more passionately held beliefs about parenting: that breast is best. The ...