Everyone knows it’s hard to get guys talking, but as a young man with a head full of ideas, I wanted more, writes Mark Cecil. Turns out, some Big Conversations don’t need that many words.

After a decades-long fight, birth control pills are now available without a prescription. It's a major victory for women's reproductive health, writes Emily Eckert, but we must continue to push for wider, more affordable access to contraceptive care in the U.S.