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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Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.