Brittney Griner’s Supporters On What It’s Like for Women in the WNBA NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Nadine Domond, head of women’s basketball at Virginia State University, about the work to bring attention to Brittney Griner’s case. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Basketball player Brittney Griner is a superstar. The six-foot-nine center for the Phoenix Mercury helped the team earn a championship…
Elena Rybakina Wins Her First Major Title at Wimbledon By Liam Hess Elena Rybakina stormed to victory over the Tunisian player Ons Jabeur in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon, marking both her first Grand Slam win and also the first for her country of Kazakhstan. The match, which lasted three sets, saw Jabeur—who was widely tipped to emerge as the…
Meet the Women Making Cycling More Size Inclusive Through All Bodies on Bikes, Marley Blonsky and Kailey Kornhauser are battling anti-fat bias and discrimination. By Sarah Kuta Marley Blonsky used to spend hours each week commuting to work by bus and, intrigued by the people she saw navigating the streets of Seattle on two wheels, she got a bike of her own and…
The Business Of Being Jennifer Aniston By Molly Fitzpatrick Jennifer Aniston’s is the face that launched a thousand ad campaigns. The actress America first fell in love with for her performances on screens small and large has become even more ubiquitous in advertising: Flip through a magazine and you might see her clutching a bottle of Smartwater. Turn on the TV…
The First Indian Barbie Doll Is About to Change the World It’s a small step for the toy, but a large step for brown skinned people. By Rituparna Som “When I look at my nieces and nephews, it’s a whole other world for them. It’s not that discrimination is gonna go away overnight. But I really do believe that seeing…
Pope to Appoint First Women to Bishop Selection Committee By Marisa Dellatto Pope Francis said he plans to appoint the first women in history to a Vatican committee that helps to select bishops, in a Wednesday interview with Reuters, a month after he amended the constitution for the Vatican Curia to allow any baptized Catholics, men or women, to lead some departments…
Millie Bobby Brown on Building a Gen Z Beauty Empire In her own words, the actor tells the story of how her brand Florence by Mills came to be. By Dianna Mazzone Millie Bobby Brown is a member of The A List, which honors individuals who are driving and shaping the future of beauty. Between takes on Stranger Things and Enola Holmes, Brown dreamed up Florence by…
Queen Latifah On Women Standing Together By Angelique Jackson When a queen speaks, people listen. And when that royalty is Queen Latifah, an Emmy and Grammy winner and Oscar nominee, her words are even more impactful. Latifah was honored on Thursday at the Glasshouse NYC alongside Kim Cattrall, Drew Barrymore, Venus Williams, Camila Cabello and Amanda Seyfried at Variety’s Power of Women ceremony, presented…
Women’s Nordic Combined Shut Out of 2026 Winter Olympics By Alex Azzi The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday announced the program for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. One of the biggest takeaways? For a 25th consecutive Winter Games, men will compete in Nordic combined and women won’t. Nordic combined — which includes ski jumping and cross-country skiing — has been contested…
Jennifer Lopez to Back Latina Entrepreneurs With $14 Billion Partnership The celeb wants to reach 600,000 Latina entrepreneurs through the loan program. By Melissa Angell Jennifer Lopez’s new partnership is providing Latina entrepreneurs with a $14 billion infusion in loan capital by 2030. Lopez is teaming up with Grameen America, a New York City-based microfinance organization, to expand access to capital with the…
