Tag: women’s rights
New Evidence That Women Make Less Than Their Male Coworkers With...
Women can't escape unequal pay.
10 Black Women Innovators and the Awesome Things They Brought Us
From a better hairbrush to modern 3D technology, ten things that might never have existed without the invention or innovation of black women.
‘Hands Off My Birth Control’: Activists Demand US Supreme Court Protect...
'Denying any woman the healthcare she needs and is guaranteed by law is discrimination, plain and simple'
What the GOP’s Supreme Obstruction Means for Women
Senate Republicans are leaving women in limbo on several crucial issues.
The Empowerment of Women Will Be Central to Realising Sustainable Global...
Listening to, and valuing, grassroots women's knowledge and experience will help to shape progress towards 2030 that is good for people, the planet and gender equality.
Here’s How Cuts to Planned Parenthood are Impacting Poor Women
A new study shows that Medicaid-covered births are up and contraceptive claims are down.
The Supreme Court Just Blocked The Harshest Abortion Ban In The...
But that doesn't mean reproductive rights are safe from the justices.
Women in Baltimore Public Housing Were Forced to Trade Sex for...
Unfortunately, there is a lot of corruption in Baltimore’s public housing industry recently.
“Say Their Names”–Abused Women of Color Seek Justice Across North America
More than 1,200 indigenous women were either murdered or went missing in Canada from 1980 to 2012.
Two Muslim Women Attacked after Leaving a Mosque in Tampa
Muslims have faced an enormous increase in attacks since the San Bernardino terrorist shootings.
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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."
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.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.