Jana was in the business of making women feel sexy. She ran a successful beauty salon in Slovakia, but suddenly, COVID-19 struck. Forced to close her salon’s doors, Jana found herself like so many: ...

Against the backdrop of calls for Africa to seize this opportunity to rethink its reliance on aid, the Government of Kenya says it needs $522.16 million to sustain primary healthcare, procure ...

When the Taliban imposed a ban on women studying nursing and midwifery last week, they shut down the last remaining avenue for them to train for a profession. Many of the young women now barred from ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a rally in Duluth, Georgia, in October. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to ...

Then-president Donald Trump speaks at the 47th March For Life rally in 2019 on the National Mall in Washington. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) When Donald Trump cut all U.S. funding to the U.N.

Earlier this year, our investigation with The New York Times into Maharashtra’s sugar cane farms revealed a brutal system of debt bondage that controls women’s lives from early adolescence — and has ...

In the sweltering sugar fields of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, abusive practices such as debt bondage and child labor have long been an open secret. But in 2019, a state lawmaker named ...

Buying gems from a country such as Botswana can buy one a clean conscience, claimed a 2015 Time magazine investigation into blood diamonds. In an industry historically beset by violence, smuggling and ...

Under a Kamala Harris candidacy, Democrats are going on the offensive on abortion. Democrats are increasingly supportive of abortion rights and motivated by the issue, according to a recent report by ...

A trader displays used clothes for sale at her stall at Owino market in Kampala, Uganda in April 2024. (Esther Mbambazi for The Fuller Project). At Kampala’s sprawling Owino market, Millicent Mukwezi ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) program designed to prevent suicide among U.S. military veterans prioritizes white men and ignores survivors of sexual violence, which affects a far greater percentage ...

Inside Accra’s bustling central business district lies Kantamanto. A sprawling complex packed with vendors who sell what’s known locally as obroni wawu or “dead white man’s clothes.”. Ghana was the ...