Women and oppressed genders

Tears of joy as Lucio execution stopped

Houston Texas’ highest court stayed the April 27 execution of Melissa Lucio, the only Mexicana on death row here. There…

May 2, 2022

Justice for Vivien Barrett

April 23 was a pleasant spring afternoon on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) campus. Parents of prospective students roamed…

April 29, 2022

Advocacy groups work to end sexual abuse at women’s prison

Sexual abuse of prisoners by guards happens daily in the U.S. – in jails, prisons and detention centers – but…

April 13, 2022

Lizelle Herrera & Texas repression – Arrest exposes anti-abortion laws

There was joy and a sigh of relief when Ketanji Brown Jackson was finally confirmed as the first Black woman…

April 12, 2022

Say NO to abortion bans! Reproductive justice now!

Hundreds of people demonstrated at the Idaho State Capitol against anti-abortion Senate Bill 1309 on March 19 in Boise. Freeing…

March 29, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson & the U.S. Supreme Court

If Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed as the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, replacing the soon-to-be retired Justice…

March 28, 2022

Black Trans Lives Matter! The right to self-defense

By Leslie Feinberg  This is part of an article published Dec. 7, 2012, in Workers World, in a series of…

March 25, 2022

Workers Assembly launches May Day organizing in New York City

A powerful New York City Workers Assembly was held March 19 to plan for May Day. Speakers included workers involved…

March 21, 2022

Harriet Tubman, a woman called General Moses

Harriet Tubman was born on a Dorchester, Maryland, plantation sometime during March 1822 and died March 10, 1913, at her…

March 18, 2022

‘Save our children’ − from bigotry and hatred!

Right-wing forces are generating legalized hatred and bigotry in the U.S. under the banner of “Save Our Children!” In Texas,…

March 16, 2022