The United States is the only developed country to offer zero weeks of leave to new mothers at the federal level. Only about one in five workers in the U.S. has access to paid leave after the birth or adoption of a new child. One-fourth of new mothers goes back to work within two weeks of giving birth

"One layer is that we need to know we are free. Being sedentary and sick as Native people is genocide. The reservation system was always meant to be a trap. And being too afraid to go outside and move our bodies is killing us. Running is freedom for many of us. We also know, though, that being out in the woods or on roads is dangerous, especially for us Native women."

Over the past few years, many states have moved to get rid of what advocates call the tampon tax. The District of Columbia and 10 states now exempt menstrual products from their sales taxes. Five of those states started doing so in the last three years, and Virginia has an exemption that'll take effect in 2020.

NASA is doing damage control over the much-hyped all-female space walk that never was. The problem wasn't only a lack of suits: according to NASA's Office of the Inspector General, designers never set out to accommodate people who did "not conform to the historical norm."

Like many women, Landon contorted her words and public image to fit a model of acceptable femininity while pursuing an ambitious career. She didn't launch an attack on sexist institutions. She only tried to evade their punishments. And like many of us, Landon failed.

A 30-person, all-volunteer team calling themselves the "nomination task force" has embraced the goal of nominating more women and underrepresented minorities for awards from the American Geophysical Union, a professional society for Earth and space scientists that has about 60,000 members.

No matter how you slice it, Katsuko Saruhashi is one such great scientist, and a woman who certainly lived up to her name, which translates to strong-minded or victorious in Japanese. Not only did she conduct groundbreaking research—developing the first method to measure carbon dioxide levels in seawater—but her work also made waves internationally, as she tracked and raised a global alarm on the dangers of nuclear testing.

A recent profile of John Hickenlooper demonstrates how journalism that focuses on candidates' charisma often makes incorrect assumptions, and favors white male politicians.

Legitimate civil rights organizations do not seek equality in the form of pulling other people down to a disenfranchised status. True justice efforts work to elevate the conditions of marginalized groups while dismantling the institutions and policies that are causing civic harm

While it's become acceptable for women to act like men, there is still little to no space for men to define their own masculinity, much less act like women. In order to create a space for both men and women to follow basic moral codes, we must reject the idea that unapologetic masculinity should be the gold standard, and elevate more feminine alternatives instead.

There is no question that female candidates have to be very careful in how they present themselves so as not to trigger harmful stereotypes. Research has consistently found that voters still equate leadership with masculinity, and, likely as a result, they approach female candidates warily, giving them less latitude than their male counterparts.