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‘I Can No Longer Continue to Live Here’
What’s driving so many Honduran women to the U.S. border? The reality is worse than you’ve heard.
Politico Magazine
June 17, 2019
The Global Gag Rule: America’s Deadliest Export
The policy that plucks U.S. dollars from any international health care initiative tied to abortion has been reinstated by President Trump — and a lot of African women are going to die as a result.
Foreign Policy Magazine
March 20, 2017
How America's Abortion Wars Went Global
In Colombia, women are discovering that the US controls their reproductive rights
UnHerd
June 1, 2021
Feature Stories
The Playboy Interview with Christiane Amanpour
A candid conversation with the unbreakable newswoman on everything from immigration to #MeToo, the power of the press to the dawn of her “sexy 60s”
Playboy, December 17, 2019
Migrants who fail to reach Europe face humiliation, isolation, and impoverishment at home.
Foreign Policy, October 5, 2017
Will Africa’s Great Green Wall Discourage Migration to Europe?
By 2020, 60 million people from sub-Saharan Africa are expected to migrate because of desertification. The Great Green Wall is a $8bn project restoring degraded land. But will it encourage people to stay or earn the money to go?
The Guardian. July 19, 2017
Why have four children when you could have seven? Family planning in Niger
With the world’s highest birthrate, Niger’s population is set to double in 17 years. NGOs are providing contraception, but what if women want more babies?
The Guardian, May 15, 2017
How Do You Get Girls to School in the Least Educated Country on Earth?
Niger is last among 187 countries in the UN’s education index, but getting girls into school affects many other areas of development. What can be done?
The Guardian, May 15, 2017
Donald Trump Is Inspiring More Women to Run for Office Than Ever Before
Why women all over the country are newly motivated to get off the sidelines, roll up their sleeves, and enter the world of politics.
Marie Claire, February 15, 2017
Should Women Perform Their Own Abortions?
Hotlines around the world are providing women with the information they need to safely terminate a pregnancy, even in countries where abortion is illegal.
Cosmopolitan, October 3, 2016
The Long Road to Abortion for Some of the Country's Poorest Women
With abortion clinics closing across the state, women in Texas's Rio Grande Valley increasingly turn to illegal, unsafe methods to terminate their pregnancies. And the situation is about to get worse.
Cosmopolitan, July 16, 2014
Columns + Opinion
Conservatives say they want to help ‘parents’ stay home. They mean mothers.
The Washington Post, May 3, 2021
What’s Behind Tucker Carlson’s Mask
CNN, July 16, 2020
Trump’s Stone-Age Views on Women’s Work
CNN, May 19, 2020
All the President’s Crooked Men
The Washington Post, January 16, 2020
In this account of the Kavanaugh hearings, no heroes or villains — just humans
The Washington Post, September 19, 2019
How Old is 37? Depends on Your Gender.
Kirsten Gillibrand, Pete Buttigieg and the fresh-face fallacy.
The New York Times, April 6, 2019
When Honest Women Replace ‘Self-Made’ Men
Female politicians show that rising to power is a group effort.
The New York Times, January 11, 2019
Watching anti-Trump female candidates win is exciting, but I’m worried about all they’re being asked to do.
The New York Times, November 7, 2018