Tag: women
Why women’s leadership strengthens disaster resilience and environmental stewardship
Often overlooked in traditional emergency management, women play a critical role in preparedness, risk reduction, and building resilient communities.
Women and workers voting in Wisconsin Supreme Court race defeat the...
This election may signal the beginnings of a backlash against the Trump regime.
On Int’l Women’s Day: Women’s equality: What will it take, what...
Where women have found a foothold, the results have been astounding.
Waiting at the border, migrants lean on tradition
One early afternoon, Sandra Vázquez sits on an old metal bench outside a bus station, next to two other women who, like...
What the Taliban takeover means for women
The Taliban “has not changed,” say women facing subjugation in areas of Afghanistan under its rule.
Women grow as much as 80% of India’s food – but...
“We barely have any land. If that too is gifted to [billionaires], then what will we eat?”
Women continue to contribute in record numbers heading into 2020
However, it appears that many networks of prominent donors, including powerful women, are staying out of the presidential fundraising race for now.
The war on women is still on
In Trumpistan, legislative attempts to ban abortion are a blatant sign that women are under attack.
#NotInvisible: Groundbreaking legislation tackles epidemic of violence against Indigenous women
"Women are disappearing and dying in Indian country. We must act."
When women workers lead the way
Struggles past and present show the left how we can make the connection between the fight for women’s rights and the struggle for economic and social equality.
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$380 million in funding cuts to one of the most successful public education programs
“Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies.
DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.
Trump delivers lunch to Beijing
China is taking advantage of the fact that even the most even-tempered of allies have had it with Trump and his tantrums.
EPA reapproves drift-prone pesticide dicamba
This decision will allow farmers in 34 states to use the herbicide on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton, following a 2024 court ruling that had previously vacated its use.
Omar says ICE drawdown ‘not enough’ as thousands of agents remain deployed in Minnesota
After Trump border czar Tom Homan announced that 700 federal immigration agents would leave Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar, civil rights groups, and national coalitions said the move leaves an ongoing occupation intact while killings, constitutional violations, and international human rights complaints remain unresolved.