Our World in Data indicates that women tend to live longer than men. Across the globe, this “longevity gap”... The post Why ...

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In "Born," Lucy Inglis reexamines history through the lens of gender roles, medical authority, and bodily autonomy.

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From the Revolution to the suffrage movement to the campaign for an Equal Rights Amendment and beyond, advocates have worked ...

Our 10 recommended books for October include the first new novel from Thomas Pynchon in more than a decade, a pandemic tale ...

Sporadic protests recently in Agadir and elsewhere related to hospital quality of care issues, and the reported deaths of several women during childbirth procedures, have given prominence to important ...

Like any major historical drama, we know how it’s going to end. But how do we get there? That’s the fun part. What did they ...

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Fixing the welfare state looks electorally impossible ...