Michelle Chen

Special to RH Reality Check

Michelle Chen is a contributing editor at In These Times and an editor at CultureStrike. She is also a co-producer of Asia Pacific Forum on Pacifica’s WBAI. Her work has appeared on Alternet, Colorlines.com, Ms., and The Nation, Newsday, The Progressive, Salon.com, and her old zine, cain.

Savita’s Case Reveals Narrowness of “Catholic” Law in an Increasingly Borderless World

Michelle Chen

The plight of the Halappanavars indirectly highlights the narrowness of a “Catholic” law in an increasingly borderless world. The question now is whether the global valence of a woman’s death can inspire a national reckoning.

Study: BP Dumping Oil-Spill Waste in Communities of Color

Michelle Chen

We now know the destination of around 40,000 tons of the spill waste: it's headed for the families that have been getting dumped on for years.

Women’s Health in Haiti: “Tomorrow” is a Distant Future

Michelle Chen

For women in crisis-wracked Haiti, and the dedicated professionals trying to serve them, the priority is meeting today's needs and catching up on yesterday's. Tomorrow is too far away.

Michelle Chen

Savita’s Case Reveals Narrowness of “Catholic” Law in an Increasingly Borderless World

Study: BP Dumping Oil-Spill Waste in Communities of Color

Women’s Health in Haiti: “Tomorrow” is a Distant Future

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