Friday, May 16, 2025

Tag: women

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.

From mowing the grass to cutting the flesh

How young women learn to hate their genitals.

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The MAGA Movement is Jonestown writ large

The reversion to primitivism bears a striking resemblance to the rise of the MAGA movement.

Trump EPA rolls back protections from toxic forever chemicals in drinking water

Amid pressure from chemical and utility industries, the Trump administration weakens key PFAS drinking water regulations—exposing millions to cancer-linked toxins.

GOP tax cuts for the rich advance as Republicans push record-breaking Medicaid and SNAP...

As House Republicans approve tax breaks for the wealthy, they simultaneously move to gut Medicaid and food assistance, rejecting all amendments to protect vulnerable Americans.

The Trump effect on elections globally

But with the recent election results in Canada and Australia, it’s possible to see the limits of Trump’s influence and the signs of a swing back to some semblance of normalcy.

The Trump administration leaned on African countries. The goal: Get business for Elon Musk.

Senior State Department officials in both Washington and Gambia have coordinated with Starlink executives to coax, lobby and browbeat at least seven Gambian government ministers to help Musk, records and interviews show.