Guardian campaigner meets White House officials in bid to end FGM
Jaha Dukureh launched campaign with NGO Equality Now to highlight the issue of female genital mutilation in the US
Skinny jeans: destroyer of iPhones, enemy of sperm and threat to our world
Not only do tight pants bend shoddy cellphones, they are anti-wallet, poor for cycling and no good for those with knobbly knees
Beyond GDP: US states have adopted genuine progress indicators
From Vermont to Hawaii, the GPI is becoming more popular. How can states use it to inform policy and economic development strategies?
Republicans are still trying to destroy Obamacare, and they’re still losing
Scott Lemieux: Conservatives want to protect your right to an avoidable death due to a lack of health insurance. It’s the principle of the thing
Criminalising pregnant women who drink is a ploy to restrict their freedom
Rebecca Schiller: If the UK apes the US and punishes pregnant women, we will be heading towards a dystopia akin to that in The Handmaid’s Tale
FGM: two young women who woke up world and forced politicians to act
Fahma Mohamed in UK and Jaha Dukureh in US have led global debate on female genital mutilation and movement to end it
Conservative judges are ganging up to steal your affordable healthcare
Scott Lemieux: Want evidence that Republicans have allies on the bench? Look no further than the Bush appointees who hate Obamacare
US to conduct major study into female genital mutilation
Activists hail study, which will assess how many US women are at risk, as 'a great success for everyone who has fought for this'
Leslie Jamison: confessional writing is not self-indulgent
When Leslie Jamison wrote a collection of personal essays she was inundated with notes from strangers longing to share their stories in return
The Hobby Lobby ruling proves men of the law still can’t get over ‘immoral’ women having sex
Jessica Valenti: In between the lines of the supreme court's decision on contraception coverage is an obsession with female purity