Equality

How to Strengthen U.S. Democracy

By Nick Romeo

When India Was a Human Rights Leader

By Ritumbra Manuvie and Alena Kahle

Read Sacha Baron Cohen's Speech on Standing Against Hate

By Sacha Baron Cohen

Modern Gender Equality Must Include Men

By Shelley Zalis
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French Soccer Ad Subverts Gender Expectations

Clever video effects help to show how women’s soccer can be just as exciting as men’s.

By Koh Ewe

How I Came to Love My Bionic Hand

Born missing a left arm, Paralympian Jessica Smith explains why, after years of refusing to do so, she chose to wear a bionic hand.

By Jessica Smith

The Intersex Community Is Fighting for Every Body

The intersex community’s demands have been warped by politicians. It’s time to set the record straight, writes Alicia Roth Weigel.

By Alicia Roth Weigel

The Ambitions of the Civil Rights Movement Went Far Beyond Affirmative Action

The demands of the civil rights movement went beyond affirmative action. We should find inspiration in their goals today

By Jerome Karabel

The Fatal Tension at the Heart of Wokeism

The right may be more dangerous, but today’s left has deprived itself of ideas we need if we hope to resist a turn towards the right.

By Susan Neiman

Singapore’s LGBT Community Turns Its Attention to Family Acceptance

Months after Singapore decriminalized consensual gay sex, the city-state’s closest thing to a Pride event highlights how far its LGBT community has come—and how far it still has to go.

By Chad de Guzman and Koh Ewe / Singapore

How Grab Became a Super-App

Grab was once known as the Uber of Southeast Asia. Now it's a super-app that helps the financially underserved

By Charlie Campbell

How Community Health Workers Can End Mass Incarceration

To make U.S. communities safe, lawmakers must end mass incarceration and build systems for violence prevention through helping communities

By Eric Reinhart

Lawmaker Faces Violent Threats for Trying to Make California the First State to Ban Caste Discrimination

California state senator Aisha Wahab talks to TIME about the threats her office has received after introducing the bill.

By Sanya Mansoor

Judy Heumann Insisted Disabled People Belong

She lived in a story of her own making, and she expected the world to bend to it, not the other way around.

By Rebekah Taussig

3 Ways to Help End Child Marriage

Amal Clooney, Melinda French Gates, and Michelle Obama on why stopping this practice is critical to a more equal future

By Amal Clooney , Melinda French Gates and Michelle Obama

The Pay Gap for Single Women Is Getting Worse

Never-married women's weekly earnings are 92.1% of what men who have never married make.

By Ella Ceron / Bloomberg

How We Chose the 2023 Women of the Year

This year's list features 12 leaders who are working to build a more equal world

By Naina Bajekal and Lucy Feldman

The Story Behind TIME's 'Division & Destiny' Cover

TIME turned to artist Lavett Ballard to create a cover that would—like Isabel Wilkerson's work—present a challenge to the reader and to America

By Victor Williams

The Secret Tax on Women’s Time

Time is a luxury many women can't afford, write Lauren C. Howe, Lindsay B. Howe, and Ashley V. Whillans.

By Lauren C. Howe, Lindsay B. Howe, and Ashley V. Whillans

Medieval Women Were a Vital Part of the Workforce. We Can Learn from Them

Women in the workforce is nothing new. Medieval history proves it, writes Eleanor Janega.

By Eleanor Janega
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