Theater Latté Da’s NEXT Generation Commission is designed to support the early, generative stages of a new work—not one that is already in process. Teams may pitch a specific idea for a new musical or...

25 Years of RU-486: How Activists Brought the Abortion Pill Mifepristone to America and Changed Reproductive Health Forever

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration rule that the National Endowment for the Arts should withhold grants to applicants deemed to promote “gender ideology,” violated the First Amendment.

Care workers were deemed 'essential' during COVID-19. The Trump Department of Labor wants to strip away their most basic wage protections.

Dispelling dangerous myths: how contraception works, why it’s not an abortifacient or cause abortion, and how it saves women's lives.

As global threats to women’s rights escalate, U.N. Women outlines urgent solutions to protect hard-won gains and build a more equal future.

What really underlies attacks on our bodily autonomy isn’t a devotion to “life,” but a desire for dominance. “In the history of abortion, every single time there is a wave of criminalization of aborti...

After years of progress in diversity, many companies’ upcoming slates feature mostly, and in some cases entirely, male-writer lineups. The backslide has prompted an outcry.

I’ve been writing about the lack of female representation in creative teams for almost 20 years. When I wrote a series on female playwrights a couple of years back, there was a sense that things were getting better. Indeed, when Julia Jordan handed off leadership of the Lillys in December 2023, she proudly reported that gender parity had been reached on off-Broadway stages dedicated to new plays. There was even talk of sunsetting the organization, which has been a driving force in promoting gender parity.

Five years after an anti-racist manifesto challenged the theatre industry, we search for answers and accountability.

What's actually happening during the ICE sweeps and protests across Los Angeles.

When women assume a position of power, does she represent feminist leadership? Can she govern according to feminist principles? What is the difference between women’s leadership and feminist leadershi...

As Trump's executive orders call for the deletion of women's accomplishments from federal websites, it's more imperative than ever to fight back against this threatening erasure.

The National Endowment for the Arts has canceled numerous grants to arts organizations following President Trump's proposal to eliminate the agency, impacting theaters and nonprofits across the U.S.

Billionaire MAGA donors, anti-women politicians and Trump loyalists are the forces behind Republicans' dangerous assault on voting rights.

A new Project 2025 tracker reveals how the Trump administration is advancing policies that erode civil rights, healthcare access and worker protections.

President Donald Trump restored gun rights to his friend Mel Gibson, who admitted to abusing his girlfriend. In a reality where domestic abusers are armed, women will suffer most. —A gun in a domestic...

An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.

On March 31, the Trump administration sent letters to Planned Parenthood affiliates and other reproductive health clinics in 20 states announcing a freeze of close to $35 million in federal Title X fu...

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