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Guardians of the Mangroves

How women crab farmers along India’s coast have linked their livelihoods to environmental conservation.

by Aliya Bashir

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Bodies

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Venezuelan activist Andreina Baduel talks upon arrival at the headquarters of the Scientific, Penal, and Criminalistic Investigation Service Corps (CICPC) in Caracas on December 16, 2024. Andreina is the daughter of General Raul Baduel, an old ally and former minister of Hugo Chavez, who died in prison in 2021 after breaking with the government. She has dark brown hair, parted to the side, and is looking above the camera, with one hand raised as she gestures while speaking.
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Old Friends

The Cycle of Mothering

by Delilah Saul

Illustrator of the silhouettes of two women, one braiding the hair of the other. They are in shadow, standing in front of a window with a sunrise, while the rest of the room is shrouded in darkness.
Old Friends

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by Ana María Betancourt Ovalle

An illustration in colored pencil showing photos taped to a wall. The background photos are muted, but the center photo is in vivid color, showing three children of different ages sitting on top of a white car. One is a young girl wearing a blue shirt and pink socks, and next to her is a boy with a backwards green cap with his arm around her. On the hood of the car, a girl with blonde hair in a pink shirt and green shorts holds a black cat.
Old Friends

First Friends, Once Removed

by Diana Ruzova

An illustration of a woman sitting in the dark of her home on a red chair next to a burning candle. There's a folding paper screen next to her with the shadow of another woman behind it. In four insert boxes, there are two women on opposite ends of a phone conversation, an image of red flowers, and a pile of pebbles.
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Censorship

The Shrinking Space for Media Freedom

by Katie Dancey-Downs

Protest

America Needs Azadi

by Safiyah Zaidi

An illustration of a brown dress shoe on a white background. The shoe is untied, and in all-caps white lettering on the side it says, "This machine kills fascists," a reference to Woody Guthrie, who would paint the same message on his guitars as protest during WWII.
Soapbox

Who Throws a Shoe, Honestly?

by Gina Mei

Following the bombing of the Kramatorsk railway station on April 08, 2022, the wounded civilians were evacuated to the hospital in Dnipro. In the photo, 9-year-old Rinat has sustained injuries and is lying on a hospital bed at the pediatric unit, facing away from the camera. His mother Olena is sitting next to him.
War

Motherhood on the Frontlines

by Sara Cincurova

GAZA CITY, GAZA - MAY 17: Palestinians, struggling with hunger due to Israeli embargo, wait in line to receive hot meals distributed by the charity organizations as Israeli attacks continue, in Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza on May 17, 2025.
War

To Live and Die in Gaza

by Fatima Ayub

The Archive

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Bodies

A Cocoon for Us to Fit In

by Ana María Betancourt Ovalle

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Bodies

Let’s Fund the Damn Research Ourselves

by Carey Jones

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Community

Weaving a New Third Place

by Andriana Kourkoumelis

A colorful illustration of many women marathon runners' faces as they cross the finish line, euphoric and sweaty and exhausted and happy.
Soapbox

Watching People Run Makes Me Feel Alive

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