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BY DR. LIZ THEOHARIS and ROZ PELLES | The attack on democracy currently playing out in D.C. and in state legislatures like Texas is the worst we have seen since Reconstruction. At the center of this crisis are poor women—especially poor women of color.

History has circled back in the most wicked of ways, forcing a new generation of women to step into the breach to save this democracy. 

BY SUSIE PETRUCCELLI | “Raised a Warrior: A Memoir of Soccer, Grit, and Leveling the Playing Field” by Susie Petruccelli is a trailblazing account of triumph in the face of sexism, self-doubt and injury. In it, she gives a remarkable global tour of the women’s soccer world, and presents a stirring call-to-action to secure equal pay and conditions.

BY AVIVA DOVE-VIEBAHN | “Gunpowder Milkshake” is a cautionary tale about what happens when you’re determined to make a women-led shoot-‘em-up, but have given very little thought to what you’re actually going to do with those women in terms of story structure, characterization or dialogue.