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Director Ryan Coogler attends a London screening of his film Black Panther, the highest-grossing movie of 2018. (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Black directors had a big year in 2018 — but other inclusion numbers stagnated

Black directors had a "banner year" in 2018, according to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.

7 years ago

Millions of women joined hands along a highway in Kerala to form a
NPR
Community

Millions of women in India join hands to form a 385-mile wall of protest

Even as women of all ages lined up on one side of the highway, many of their menfolk — husbands, friends and relatives — lined up on the other side to show their support.

7 years ago

102 women serve in the House on the first day of Congress in 2019 (Sean McMinn/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

What it looks like to have a record number of women in the House of Representatives

One hundred twenty-seven. That's how many women will be in Congress this year, up from 110 in the previous Congress. It's a jump that's simultaneously so big and so small.

7 years ago

Ayo (Florence Kasumba, left) and Okoye (Danai Gurira) are members of the Dora Milaje, the elite female warriors of Wakanda, in Black Panther.</em
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

The fierce female characters of film in 2018

In 2018, movie theaters offered a range of explorations of women and power: how they wield it, fight for it, abuse it.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court. (Image via Google Maps)
Courts & Law

Pa. Supreme Court rules mothers’ drug use in pregnancy isn’t child abuse

The court's main opinion issued Friday says the law's definition of a child doesn't include fetuses or unborn children, and it says victims of perpetrators must be children.

7 years ago

The U.S. Capitol Rotunda stands empty on Monday, a result of the partial government shutdown. The shutdown has affected the administration of the Violence Against Women Act, which expired Friday at midnight.
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Violence Against Women Act expires because of government shutdown

VAWA funds and administers numerous programs assisting survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

7 years ago

Mrs. Claus poses in 2012 in New York City. Five years ago,
NPR
Lifestyle

Mrs. Claus is coming to town — and not as Santa's sidekick

America's Santa industry has long been a male-dominated one. An estimated 5,000 professional performers break out their Santa caps each winter.

7 years ago

Participants in a masculinity workshop discuss a reading at Lutheran Settlement House on Sunday, October 28, 2018. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Community

Philly men redefining masculinity in #MeToo era

The groups look deeper at problems in male culture that contribute to sexual harassment and violence.

7 years ago

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Patricio Manuel, the first openly transgender man to box professionally in the U.S., faced off against Hugo Aguilar on Saturday evening at a casino in Indio, Calif. The judges declared Manuel the winner. (Texas Isaiah)
NPR
Community

A trans man steps into the ring — and wins his debut as a professional boxer

On Saturday evening, Patricio Manuel, 33, became the first openly trans man to compete in a professional boxing match in the U.S.

7 years ago

For years, pregnant women have been routinely excluded from medical studies, a practice that has left unanswered questions about how best to treat many health conditions during pregnancy. (Maria Fabrizio for NPR)
NPR
Health

Research gaps leave doctors guessing about treatments for pregnant women

Historically, pregnant women have been excluded from medical research, because scientists and ethicists were concerned that experimenting could hurt them or their fetus.

7 years ago

Planned Parenthood opened its new headquarters in Washington, D.C., in September. The Supreme Court declined to take up a key case that is a big win for Planned Parenthood.
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court declines key Planned Parenthood case

The result is that people can use Medicaid money for pregnancy-related Planned Parenthood services. Now, this is not for abortion-related services.

7 years ago

(Big Stock)
The Pulse
Health

Body Politics

Our bodies are ours, but how we feel about them is largely defined by others — by the things people say, the culture we live in, the me ...

Air Date: December 7, 2018

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Currently students of color are underrepresented in medical schools, but their numbers are slowly growing. (Getty Images)
NPR
Science

A push for diversity in medical school is slowly paying off

In 2012, the percentage of female and black students starting medical school began a steady, albeit slow, increase.

7 years ago

Two-time cancer survivor Tiffany Gwilliam told the TEDx Wilmington audience Friday never to hesitate to tell a medical professional,
Community

Wilmington TEDx event focuses on women’s empowerment

Speakers tell their stories of adversity and the means they used to overcome it

7 years ago

Listen 1:05
Peruvian artist Kukulio Velarde is exhibiting her paintings at Taller Puertorriqueño in North Philadelphia.
Arts & Entertainment

‘Freedom is very intoxicating’ says artist behind ‘The Complicit Eye’

Kukuli Velarde — a Peruvian-born, Philadelphia-based artist — has a first major show in her adopted home town.

7 years ago

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