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Andrea González-Ramírez is a senior writer at the Cut reporting on systems of power. She specializes in gender issues and abortion rights, which she has been covering for eight years. Her work has also appeared in The Lily, Insider, Cosmopolitan, GEN by Medium, and Refinery29, among other outlets. Andrea was a recipient of the 2021 ASME NEXT Awards for Journalists Under 30, a 2021-2022 Knight-Wallace Reporting Fellow at the University of Michigan, and a 2019-2020 Ida B. Wells Fellow at Type Investigations. She’s also the founder of the Latinas in Journalism Mentorship Program and the creator of Los Que Se Fueron, a collection of interviews exploring what it means to be a young Puerto Rican living Stateside.

  1. culture
    What’s Going On at Love Is Blind?A third contestant who says her time on the show was “traumatic” has sued the show’s creators.
  2. first person
    Why Do I Feel Loneliest When I’m With My Family?I spend most of the year longing to go home. But when I’m there, I have to admit that something’s changed.
  3. how i get it done
    How the Country’s Top Union Leader Gets It DoneLiz Shuler, the first woman to lead the AFL-CIO, has been organizing since she was 11. It all started with babysitting wages.
  4. life after roe
    The Supreme Court Will Decide on Abortion-Pill AccessThe justices have agreed to hear a legal battle that will determine whether mifepristone remains widely available.
  5. life after roe
    Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Woman Who Sued for Emergency AbortionHours before the ruling, Kate Cox left the state to terminate her pregnancy elsewhere as her health deteriorated.
  6. power
    Diddy Accused of Gang-Raping and Trafficking a 17-Year-OldThe rapper faces a third lawsuit alleging sexual abuse after settling with his ex Cassie.
  7. obits
    Sandra Day O’Connor Has Died at 93She was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
  8. power
    Why So Many Powerful Men Were Just Sued for Sexual AssaultWomen filed claims against Diddy, Terry Richardson, Eric Adams, and more celebrities over the holiday weekend.
  9. life after roe
    Abortion Rights Swept the 2023 ElectionsVoters enshrined abortion rights in the Ohio constitution and elected pro-choice candidates in Virginia and Kentucky.
  10. power
    SCOTUS Will Decide Whether Domestic Abusers Can Own GunsWomen in the U.S. are five times more likely to be killed by intimate partners who have access to firearms.
  11. life after roe
    An Idaho Kidnapping Case Centers on Out-of-State AbortionAnd anti-abortion activists are already using it to advocate for cracking down on interstate travel for abortion seekers.
  12. life after roe
    Roe’s Fall Actually Led to More Legal AbortionsBut the strain it’s put on clinics and abortion funds isn’t sustainable, according to a new report.
  13. action item
    PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT
    How to Help Civilian Victims of the Israel-Hamas WarHamas’s attacks and Israel’s military response and its blockade of Gaza have created a large-scale humanitarian crisis.
  14. health
    What You Need to Know About Toxic Shock Syndrome The potentially fatal disease teen magazines warned you about is rarer than you think.
  15. health
    How to Talk to Your Doctor About Period PainFive things you can do to advocate for yourself at your next OB/GYN appointment.
  16. obits
    Dianne Feinstein Has Died at 90She was the country’s longest-serving female senator.
  17. career
    How Isabel Allende Gets It DoneAt 81, the acclaimed author says she’ll continue to write until she can’t anymore. “Who retires from art?”
  18. life after roe
    Nebraska Mom Gets Two Years in Prison in Abortion-Pill CaseThe woman was accused of helping her daughter self-manage an abortion, which in itself is not illegal, and disposing of the remains.
  19. life after roe
    Appointments Fill Up As Abortion Returns to WisconsinPlanned Parenthood clinics are once again offering abortions while a legal challenge to the state’s feticide law plays out.
  20. power
    How the Criminal-Justice System Is Targeting Pregnant PeopleA new report unpacks a spike in arrests in the years leading up to the overturn of Roe — most of which happened in just five states.
  21. celebrity
    Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness Are SeparatingAfter nearly 30 years together.
  22. payday
    ‘I Pay My College Tuition by Making TikToks’A beauty influencer breaks down how brand deals are funding her degree.
  23. life after roe
    More People Denied Abortions Challenge Their States’ BansWomen who say they were denied care in medical emergencies are now taking legal action against Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.
  24. life after roe
    It Sounds Like Florida Is About to Lose Abortion AccessThe state’s Supreme Court, including a chief justice who suggested fetuses are human beings, appears open to paving the way for a six-week ban.
  25. life after roe
    Fact-Checking the GOP Presidential Candidates on AbortionThe first Republican debate was chock-full of misinformation and one highly dubious anecdote about a fetus in a pan.
  26. adoption
    Michael Oher Doesn’t Have to Be Grateful to the TuohysAngela Tucker, a transracial adoptee and mentor, on the impact of The Blind Side and the reaction to Oher’s claim that it was based on a lie.
  27. q&a
    Abused by the StateKylie Cheung’s book argues that our government — from abortion bans to the voting booth — prevents survivors from fully participating in public life.
  28. life after roe
    A Tale of Two Abortion ClinicsLaDonna Prince’s clinic has served Indiana for decades. Now she’s looking to Illinois, where her new facility has already been attacked twice.
  29. how i get it done
    The Labor Nominee Making Sure Staffers Get Home for BedtimeJulie Su fights for workers as acting labor secretary and wants her own team to have a life outside the office.
  30. power
    Rudy Giuliani Allegedly Addresses Employee As ‘Big Tits’A former associate suing America’s Mayor for sexual assault and harassment has produced graphic transcripts of his inappropriate advances.
  31. niche drama
    The Smutty Hockey Drama Melting Down BookTokRomance-novel fans pined for Seattle Kraken player Alex Wennberg, who now says their posts crossed the line into sexual harassment.
  32. life after roe
    Texas Won’t Stop Torturing Women Denied AbortionsThe state’s lawyers are gaslighting patients, who gave emotional testimony about their pregnancy complications.
  33. how i get it done
    How the Speaker of the New York City Council Gets It DoneAdrienne Adams’s family and faith keep her grounded as she navigates the pressures of being the second-most-powerful person in city government.
  34. health
    Over-the-Counter Birth Control Is ComingOpill, now approved by the FDA to be sold without a prescription, is expected to hit shelves in early 2024.
  35. life after roe
    700 Calls, 260 Appointments, 30 DaysIn the weeks before North Carolina’s abortion ban became law, the Carolina Abortion Fund rushed to help as many patients as possible.
  36. life after roe
    Closing the Door on Motherhood Making the choice while the choice is mine to make.
  37. life after roe
    Nearly 10,000 Extra Births Followed Texas Abortion BanA new study shows many people unable to access abortion services were forced to continue pregnancies to term.
  38. power
    Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action in College AdmissionsStudents of color will bear the brunt of the impact.
  39. q&a
    Every Body Is an Intimate Look at Intersex LivesDirector Julie Cohen and activist Sean Saifa Wall want viewers to rethink the gender binary.
  40. life after roe
    The Diagnosis That Changed How I Felt About Abortion“My mindset was, If I have a sick baby, it’s not my choice to end their life. And then this was like a bomb exploded.”
  41. life after roe
    One Year Without RoeAll the ways abortion bans have affected pregnant people, providers, and clinics, by the numbers and in their own words.
  42. life after roe
    Texas Woman Had Stillbirth After Hospital Threatened HerA woman whose water broke at 19 weeks says in a lawsuit that she was warned she’d face criminal charges if she left to seek abortion care.
  43. politics
    What We Know About Dianne Feinstein’s Health ComplicationsThe senator was sidelined for months with a case of shingles that was worse than her team let on.
  44. life after roe
    The Last Stand Against North Carolina’s 12-Week BanAbortion rights supporters packed the General Assembly in hopes of swaying even one lawmaker to sustain a veto.
  45. life after roe
    Texas Man Fatally Shoots His Ex After She Got an AbortionThe 26-year-old woman had earlier reported her ex to police over a pattern of alleged domestic violence.
  46. life after roe
    The Betrayal of North Carolina’s 12-Week Abortion BanRepublicans’ “pro-woman” bill will destroy abortion access for people across the South.
  47. life after roe
    Texas Man Who Sued Over Ex-Wife’s Abortion Is ‘Serial Emotional Abuser’Friends allege the man knew about his ex-wife’s plans to take abortion pills and is suing them for helping her leave the marriage.
  48. power
    Montana Republicans Banish the State’s Only Trans LawmakerFirst they blocked Representative Zooey Zephyr from speaking. Now they’ve barred her from the House floor for the rest of the legislative session.
  49. life after roe
    The Impending Disaster of Florida’s 6-Week Abortion BanA 15-week ban already presents harrowing challenges for pregnant folks, according to State Senator Lauren Book, and it’s only going to get worse.
  50. life after roe
    What to Know About Misoprostol-Only AbortionEven if the FDA’s approval of mifepristone is ultimately suspended, a safe, albeit less effective, medication-abortion option remains available.
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