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Nadya Tolokonnikova, a founder of Pussy Riot, directs the filming of the music video for the band’s song, “God Save Abortion,” to protest Indiana’s near-total abortion ban on the steps of the Indiana statehouse in Indianapolis. Tolokonnikova is wanted by the Russian government for her resistance against Putin’s regime. (Jeremy Hogan / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)

BY ANDREA SCHMIDT | Even though I work to advance reproductive rights for a living, it can still be incredibly difficult to have meaningful conversations with them about abortion. I know it’s going to come up, though, and I need to be prepared.

Open, civil dialogue is the best way to make your voice heard and hopefully change hearts, minds and cultures. Here’s what I’m keeping in mind as I go into holiday gatherings with my family.

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Volunteers ready turkeys, apples, squash, potatoes and more, donated by the Greater Boston Food Bank at the Mass Ave. Baptist Church, on Nov. 18, 2022. More than 44 million people in the U.S. face hunger. (Barry Chin / The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

BY MICHELLE NUNN | To help end world hunger, we must commit to a strategy that for too long has been ignored by global and U.S. leaders: Level the playing field for women and girls.

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USA: Congresswoman Leonor K. Sullivan, (Third District, Missouri).

BY CHRISTOPHER BOSSO | The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, is the nation’s most important food assistance programs for low-income Americans, and one of its most important anti-poverty measures.

Former Representative Leonor Sullivan (D-Mo.) was one of only 11 women in the House in 1953, and came to Congress determined to help her constituents. Sullivan’s legislative strategy, aided by growing urban, Democratic power in the House, eventually led Congress to approve food stamp “pilot projects,” which ultimately laid the groundwork for SNAP.

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In conversation with experts, Prof. Dorothy Roberts uncovers how over time, the child welfare system went from neglecting Black children to over policing and separating Black families. She also investigates how family policing and taking children has been a tool to suppress Black resistance against racial oppression and continues to surveil, regulate, and punish Black families today.

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