Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Tag: women’s rights

The Trump effect, one year later: Thousands of women running for...

After Trump’s victory over Clinton, women realized how much the country needs them in politics.

Why Native American women are going after Europe’s banks to divest...

“Indigenous women ... often are the ones to call out injustice when they see it immediately. We saw that at Standing Rock.”

Pushing toxic chemicals and climate denial: The dark money-funded Independent Women’s...

IWF partners with many other Koch-funded activist groups that deny climate science and push the deregulatory agenda of corporations.

I am woman, hear me roar

Over half a million women (and some men as well) have used the #MeToo hashtag, exposing in a few short days how pervasive are the crimes of sexual harassment and rape.

After Harvey Weinstein, women are joining together saying #MeToo

Let’s hope this movement sparks change in our society and let’s hope those who have been affected by sexual abuse continue to speak up and demand justice.

Stepping forward to lead on Indigenous rights

Indigenous women will not sit idly by while their rights to their lands are violated—the lands that sustain them and are part of who they are as Indigenous Peoples.

Saudi women may soon be behind the wheel, but still not...

Though a hard-won victory for Saudi women, we should recognize that the biggest impediment for women has not been the inability to drive.

It’s more than a church parking lot. It’s a safe zone...

Some say safe-parking programs aren’t a solution to homelessness. But these women and families are grateful this church has one.

What Trump and his team have wrecked so far

Here's a round up from the "While He Was Tweeting" series.

Women play key role in solar energy projects

Many women from rural areas around the world are now actively taking the responsibility to protect the environment, their families and livelihoods.

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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.
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.
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, home of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where Judge Amit Mehta issued the order. Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Judge dismisses the last January 6 case, writing that absolving the Oath Keepers is...

The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.

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.