There has been a recent spread of anti-abortion legislation across the United States showing Republicans interest in controlling women’s bodies, bolstered by a conservative supreme court majority poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the case that legalized abortion 50 years ago.
Drag Queen Gilda Wabbit and a traditionally dressed Muslim woman became a representation of the liberal future after a stranger took a picture of them sitting next to each other, on a subway in New York, and shared it on Instagram.
Buzzfeed writer Matthew Guiver recently took on a hunger challenge, in which he lived off food stamps for five days and wrote about his experiences. He is just the latest in a long line of journalists, politicians and celebrities who have done the same to raise awareness about poverty and hunger in the United States.