Tag: indigenous women
U.S. suicide rates soar with Indigenous Women particularly vulnerable
U.S. suicide rates have reached the highest level since World War II.
These people are giving a voice to missing and murdered indigenous...
More than 4 in 5 American Indian and Alaska Native women have experienced violence and more than 1 in 2 have experienced sexual violence.
Damning Canadian inquiry calls the murder and disappearance of Indigenous women...
The report follows decades of anguish and anger as indigenous communities have called for greater attention to the epidemic of dead and missing indigenous women, girls and two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual people.
‘Resisting to exist:’ Indigenous women unite against Brazil’s far-right president
“But we are strong, we are resistant. And we are here in this… the 15th encampment, to show to the government, and to all society, that we are alive, that we are resisting to exist."
#NotInvisible: Groundbreaking legislation tackles epidemic of violence against Indigenous women
"Women are disappearing and dying in Indian country. We must act."
These Indigenous women are reclaiming stolen land in the Bay Area
“We want to be able to figure out how to give the land back to Indigenous people.”
In the search for missing women, neighbors and family members pair...
Often, Indigenous communities don’t trust that police will act on reports of violence.
The deadly cost of pipelines in Native land: Winona LaDuke on...
Indigenous activists say the influx of male workers in Native communities has corresponded with a spike in the kidnapping and murder of indigenous women.
The voices of Amazon women and a visionary declaration to protect...
"The Amazon Rainforest ecosystems are vital lungs of the Earth. Thus, the justice and well-being for the people of Sarayaku is inseparably tied to the fate of all people worldwide."
New study reveals lack of media attention in missing and murdered...
“The report confirms that the United States faces a crisis when it comes to the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, and the lack of accurate data and appropriate media coverage has played a crucial role in the epidemic.”
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Trump reverses water bottle ban in national parks
The 2011 “Water Bottle Ban” gave national parks the allowance to prohibit the sale of plastic water bottles, which helped reduce park...
Texas judge convicted of bribery and obstruction
“No one – especially a judge – is above the law.”
Americans are dying because they can’t afford their insulin
“My son and Jesy, they were murdered. They were killed by big Pharma. The cause of death should actually be on their death certificates, corporate greed.”
550,000 acres on fire in Alaska in latest sign of the climate crisis
Alaska's fires show the footprints of climate change in multiple ways.
Logic for progressives: an interview with Professor Ben Burgis
Ben Burgis, an author and professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, is on a mission to make progressives more effective in confronting the right with good arguments, whether...