Reports of bizarre menstrual cycles emerge after tear gas exposure from Seattle protests Amid ongoing civil rights demonstrations in Seattle, protesters, journalists, and even people blocks from the action have reported abnormal menstrual cycles after being exposed to tear gas. Liz Brazile
The Nudge And Tie Breaker That Took Women's Suffrage From Nay To Yea Tennessee was the final state needed to ratify the amendment that secured women the right to vote. At the last moment, a young state legislator switched his vote to yes after his mom asked him to. Melissa Block Play AudioListen 8 mins
Physician balances pandemic and activism: 'We need to think of racism as a disease' Voices of the pandemic features people in the Seattle area who are on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak. Esmy Jimenez Play AudioListen 3 mins
Mexican Women Stay Home To Protest Femicides In 'A Day Without Us' Women across Mexico skipped school, work and social activities Monday to demonstrate against the staggering levels of violence women face in the country. About 10 women are killed in Mexico each day. James Doubek
Power Of The Past: Retelling Utah's Suffragette History To Empower Modern Women Women in Utah became the first in America to vote under an equal suffrage law on Feb. 14, 1870. There are celebrations, but it means confronting the state's uncomfortable polygamy history, too. Dianna Douglas
Author Susan Straight Takes Us 'In The Country Of Women' In her new memoir, Straight tells the story of the women in her family—her Swiss-German blood relatives and her African American, Indigenous and Creole in-laws who crossed the U.S. to settle in Calif. Karen Grigsby Bates
After Controversial Leaders Step Down, The Women's March Tries Again In 2020 For the fourth year, the anti-Trump Women's March will stage events in Washington, D.C., and other places. After years of controversy, the group now has new leadership and a new focus. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
For These Women, The Equal Rights Amendment Has Been A Decades-Long Battle Women who fought for and against the Equal Rights Amendment decades ago — sometimes as teenagers — are watching the votes in Virginia. If Sarah McCammon Play AudioListen 4 mins
Women Now Outnumber Men On U.S. Payrolls Women got the lion's share of new jobs in December and now outnumber men on U.S. payrolls. This unusual situation reflects the growth of industries like health care where women dominate. Scott Horsley
An abortion clinic in Louisiana is at the center of a major Supreme Court case. Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport is challenging a 2014 state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital in case of an emergency. Sarah McCammon Play AudioListen 7 mins