Thursday, September 10, 2026

Tag: women’s rights

Women Who Stop Oil: Female Leadership Crucial At Dakota Pipeline Protests

Did you know that the Sacred Stone camp at Standing Rock was initiated by female tribal members?

Pan African Parliament Endorses Ban on FGM

Pan-African Parliament (PAP) representatives and the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) put forth a movement to end female genital mutilation (FGM).

Seven Women Who Broke Glass Ceilings in U.S. Politics Before Hillary...

It is a great moment for women’s rights in the US. But Hillary Clinton is not the first to break the glass ceiling for women in U.S. politics.

The U.S. Supreme Court Makes Herstory

This significant legal victory was obtained not only in the chambers Supreme Court but through years of organizing at the grass-roots, in the media and in the halls of the Texas Legislature.

Supreme Court Overturns Restrictive Texas Abortion Law

What does the new decision mean for other states with TRAP laws?

No Republicans, Two Women Of Color Will Square Off To Be...

Democrats Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez will square off in November.

Welcome to the Party, America! Here Are 11 Muslim Women Who...

There isn’t any doubt that the US has lagged behind the rest of the world on gender equality in politics.

Lock Up the Men, Evict the Women and Children

Part of the daily reality of poverty in America, evictions—along with mass incarceration—are the mechanisms used to destroy communities and profit from the misery of the poor.

RNC Chair: Nobody Cares How Awful Trump Has Been to Women

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and the rest of the Republican Party have decided to embrace Trump and all that he says.

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Treasury refuses to close private jet tax loophole senators call a giveaway to billionaires

The formula values a flight from New York to Washington at $236, against a fair market cost of up to $5,112
An aerial view of Boulder City and Lake Mead, Nevada. Photo: Doc Searls/CC BY 2.0

Federal panel halts first AI data center approved on US public land

The board found regulators treated an 88.5-acre data center as barely different from the solar farm it was supposed to replace.
Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett, Massachusetts. Photo: Parkerjh / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall

More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
The California State Capitol in Sacramento, where SEIU Local 1000 has accused Governor Newsom's administration of bad-faith bargaining. Photo: Steven Pavlov, via Wikimedia Commons

California’s largest state worker union opens strike vote against Newsom administration

More than 100,000 workers will decide by October 7 after the state rejected most of the union's contract proposals.
The Be'er Sheva District Court, where the indictment was filed. Photo: Zairon/CC BY-SA 4.0

Israeli prosecutors indict 12 prison guards after Palestinian detainee beaten to death

Text messages seized by investigators show guards discussing the beating as it happened