Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Tag: Women’s Rights

Behold, the new GOP culture wars

The Republican Party’s latest wave of attacks against anyone who threatens the white supremacist patriarchy is couched in false concern for health and well-being.

Iran punished for treatment of women

The U.S. initiates Iran’s expulsion from the UN women’s commission.

Democrats didn’t win—they simply held the line 

Yes, it was a relief that increasingly fascist Republicans didn’t sweep the midterms. But our democratic standards cannot fall so low as to accept a split Congress.

Violence against Indigenous women grows in Vancouver amid ‘apathy and injustice’

Indigenous women and girls in Canada continue to face disproportionate levels of violence and insecurity rooted in colonialism.

The U.S. is a world outlier on abortion restrictions

The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of a pattern of American exceptionalism that harms people in both the U.S. and the rest of the world.

All human rights are at stake when abortions are banned

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade hurdles our society back into a dark age that disrespects the sovereignty of women, and all people.

Housing is a human right—here’s how to make it a reality

The federal government has for years enabled the private market to make money off our housing needs. Now, as home prices and rents skyrocket, there is a simple solution: offer people a public option for housing.

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The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.

FCC faces backlash over push to lift media ownership limits amid threats to local...

Press freedom and civil liberties groups warn that loosening media consolidation rules would further erode independent news, local coverage, and democratic accountability.

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The west front of the U.S. Capitol. The Protected Time Off Act, pending in Congress, would guarantee full-time workers two weeks of paid annual leave. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none

Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.

Greenpeace faces $300 million lawsuit that puts the longtime environmental nonprofit at risk of...

The trial began Monday in North Dakota, and, if successful, the lawsuit could bankrupt the nonprofit.