Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Tag: equal rights

House passes Laken Riley Act, critics warn it dismantles constitutional rights...

A political tragedy: GOP uses personal grief to justify sweeping anti-immigrant crackdown.

More than 120 House Democrats urge Biden to ratify Equal Rights...

Lawmakers push President Joe Biden to finalize a constitutional ban on sex discrimination while Republicans invoke past deadlines to stall progress.

How many of your state’s lawmakers are women? If you live...

In the Southeast, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills like near-total abortion bans.

‘Disappointing day for women’: Senate GOP filibuster blocks Equal Rights Amendment

"Inequality hurts everyone, and we must not continue to be a nation that harmfully excludes and marginalizes women."

To protect women’s health, pass the equal rights amendment

Late January marked the 49th anniversary of Roe. V. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide. It could very well...

Juneteenth for white folk

Is Juneteenth the national holiday going to fix the disparate outcomes for black people in education, health, income, wealth, home ownership, death by police, imprisonment, unemployment, and other inequities?

Millions of women in Mexico join ‘Day Without Us’ strike to...

"The point is for there to really be a loss, that is, for this day to happen without us. ...It had to be something like this, radical and cutting, so that the loss for everyone would be seen, or rather the absence, the lack of our presence."

French women march for equal rights in solidarity with women around...

Thousands of women peacefully marched in solidarity with women of the world on International Women’s Day.

The Equal Rights Amendment just got the support of the needed...

The ongoing fight to finally make the ERA Article 28 of the Constitution will certainly provide us with many new ones.

If current trends hold, women around the world will have to...

"To build fairer and more inclusive economies we must instill gender parity across education, health, politics, and economic participation."

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MAGA’s nightmare cult embodies the manic venom of old-time religion without the good

Like religious fundamentalism, MAGA Trump broaches no dissent, indeed feeds upon opposition to justify undeserved privileges, dividing the world between the saved and sinful deserving punishment.

Lawmakers move to block Trump from dragging US into war with Iran amid Israeli...

As Israel intensifies strikes on Iran, Democratic and Republican lawmakers introduce legislation to restrain Trump from launching unauthorized military action.

Senate GOP deepens Medicaid cuts to fund Trump tax breaks as healthcare losses mount

Republicans propose harsher work requirements, provider tax reductions, and new co-pays that threaten millions of low-income Americans’ access to care.

Blaming the poor while the rich sneak off with the welfare

Republicans say they only want to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. To do this they're wasting lives, defrauding their constituents, and abusing the privilege of leadership.

5 million reject Trump’s militarism with No Kings protests as immigration raids expand

Nationwide demonstrations denounce authoritarianism, ICE crackdowns, and Trump’s $45 million military parade while calling for sustained resistance.