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What does it mean to be a good 'church girl'?

What does it cost to be seen as a ‘godly woman’? The Secret Lives of Church Ladies author Deesha Philyaw asks that and more in her latest novel, The True Confessions of

Does 'the talk' include consent?

In response to the rape allegations out of Cornell University, many parents are online questioning the lessons they are teaching their children. But what about the fathe

How Denée Benton conquered Hollywood, TV, and Broadway

Denée Benton is having a very good year.  She’s currently starring in season four of the hit television show ‘The Gilded Age’ while starring in the production of ‘School

Does a high IQ make you smart?

Why IQ still matters to people - even if it's biased. President Trump and Silicon Valley tech bros are obsessed with IQ, but the history of intelligence testing is full

Why is divorce financially harder on women?

Divorce can be liberating. And expensive. When author and science journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer separated from her ex-husband, her social media feed was inundated wit

Bringing a chatbot to the polls

How do you decide who to vote for? Some people are turning to AI chatbots to craft bespoke voter guides, while others are leaning on the wisdom of their favorite Instagr

Our money dysmorphia is real

Are we in an economic crisis?  It’s a question that prompted Pulitzer Prize-winning data journalist and illustrator Mona Chalabi to pitch her first book, Ten Lives: How

There's nothing scarier than private equity in food

Does private equity turn restaurants into zombified husks of their former selves? From the Crumbl and Insomnia cookie empires, to some of our country's most enduring cha

How will Gen Z independents shape the midterms?

Has Gen Z changed how we think about independents? It's no secret that Americans are politically divided, as faith in political parties erodes. In the past, so-called "i

A chatbot a day keeps the doctor away

Who do you trust to help you make decisions about your sexual health? In the absence of widespread public health campaigns and high-profile narratives in TV and film abo

How artists conquer Tiny Desk

What makes a great Tiny Desk concert?  For NPR’s Tiny Desk Creative Director Bobby Carter, success means making space for an artist's creativity within the show’s strict

The sport of online harassment

Non-consensually posted intimate images can devastate women – and beget male bonding. The burner accounts on X loosely grouped into the “burnerverse” started by bonding

Who gets to keep the lights on?

As our climate crisis continues to unfold, who gets to keep the lights on? On August 11th, a derecho hit northwest Indiana, and the predominantly Black city of Gary was

The high flying girls who desegregated America

She's America's sweetheart, but she just might be America's superhero as well. The American cheerleader has become one of the nation's most cemented symbols of femininit

Nowadays, celebrity is a state of mind

We’re in an era where everyone can be a celebrity. And that’s okay!  For the past ten years, Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber, hosts of the podcast Who? Weekly, have disse

The proposal to know less about America

Census data about race can be incredibly important – but we might lose it. The Trump administration has proposed to stop asking people in the U.S. about their race and e

The Palestinians telling their own stories

Palestinians are challenging the narrative one story at a time. Editor-in-Chief of The Key, Sara Yasin, wants us to rethink what she calls ‘it’s complicated' journalism.

The secret pain of your high school bully

Some of life's hardest lessons are learned in high school. In Jocelyn Bioh's Broadway play, School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play, the ladies of Aburi Girls' Boa

Is loving your mother worth the pain?

Author Mary H.K. Choi is obsessed with her mom. New York Times bestselling author, Mary H.K Choi, is known for her young adult novels Emergency Contact and Yolk. But her

When did it become OK to blast TikToks in public?

There are deep roots behind the latest entry into public noise. It’s a now-common scenario: you’re using public transit, or waiting at the airport, or dining in a restau