When can masks be ditched? UK leader to revamp virus rules

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will provide an update Monday on plans to ease COVID-19 restrictions in England, amid speculation that he will scrap rules that require people to wear masks in many public settings. Johnson is scheduled to hold a press conference on the government’s current outlook for “freedom day”—the plan to end the remaining […]

It's about time we ditched menstruation shame – it's a period. Period.

When I was in my early 20s, living in Paraguay, my friend Tamara used to mention her friend Andrés with relative frequency.  Every now and then, when I enquired what she was up to, she’d tell me Andrés was visiting, by which I understood that she was busy.  Although Spanish wasn’t my first language, I’d […]