Alexandra Botti

A look at how asylum works in America: from arriving at J.F.K. with nowhere to go, to being released out of a detention center without directions. 

Teachers in Arizona have rejected Gov. Doug Ducey's offer of a 20% raise and are poised to strike next week, hoping to build momentum for better school funding.

A Somali community leader reacts to news of a guilty verdict in the Kansas trial of three men accused of a bomb plot that scarred Somali residents of Garden City, Kansas. 

A new investigation by Reveal says car-maker Tesla has been under-reporting its workers’ serious injuries to make its safety stats look better. Tesla denies the charge.

Seven inmates were killed and 17 more injured in a series of fights that broke out at a maximum security prison in South Carolina on Sunday night.

Depending on where you live in the United States, the opioid crisis looks different. And that matters when it comes to how local officials are confronting it.

Despite a lack of permanent legal status, undocumented immigrants contribute significant amounts of money to state and local coffers, yet they are largely ineligible for benefits.

Research says women – particularly women of color – are assigned more "office housework" than men. For many, that keeps success and leadership out of reach.

50 years after passage of the Fair Housing Act, African Americans and Latinos are still denied conventional mortgage loans at much higher rates than white Americans.

Bessie Stringfield revved her engine across the Jim Crow South, before settling in Florida and becoming "Motorcycle Queen of Miami." She still inspires many today.

Bill Cosby’s new trial for sexual assault begins in the middle of a very different cultural moment than his first, which ended in a mistrial last June.

More women are being incarcerated in Mexico than ever before, and more babies are being born in prison. 

After the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., James Brown helped keep the peace in Boston with a legendary concert.

French rail workers are striking against President Macron’s planned reforms of France's state-owned rail company, in a major challenge to the president's labor reform agenda.

One reproductive psychiatrist is on a mission to give us some new vocabulary around motherhood and what it means for our bodies and brains. 

A beloved symbol in South Korea, Yu Gwan-sun never received an obituary in the New York Times, and is less known in the U.S. We hear her remarkable story.

The "average" man has long been the standard in scientific research and medicine. Maya Dusenbery says we're still recovering.

As part of our series "Taking Pains with Women's Health," we answer your questions about maternal and reproductive health in the U.S.

As states introduce bans on abortion that are more and more restrictive, the regulatory battle may play out in the nation's highest court.

As part of our series Taking Pains with Women's Health, we examine health disparities for women of color, and where we can make meaningful change.