Women and oppressed genders

Honoring mental health issues, athletes like Simone Biles deserve support

The biggest news coming out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is not about the pandemic excluding large numbers of crowds…

July 30, 2021

Esther Bejarano ¡Presente!

This lightly edited article first appeared in Berlin Bulletin No. 193, July 20, 2021. She was all of 96 years,…

July 30, 2021

‘Say her name: Sandra Bland’

July 10 marks the sixth anniversary of the day when Sandra Bland was pulled over while driving to a new…

July 9, 2021

Texas: ‘¡Alto a ataques a los derechos reproductivos! No, a la Ley 8 del Senado’ 

El gobernador Greg Abbott dijo a los medios de comunicación el 19 de mayo: “Nuestro creador nos dotó del derecho…

July 2, 2021

DC action demands: ‘End Trans ICE Detention!’

Carrying signs and three brightly painted pink coffins, transgender immigrant rights activists and their supporters marched on the White House…

July 1, 2021

SCOTUS ruling: Bigotry behind the fig leaf of religion

The June 17 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States, in Fulton v. Philadelphia, represents a bigoted attack…

June 25, 2021

Texas: ‘Stop attacks on reproductive rights! No to Senate Bill 8!’

By Gloria Rubac and Kathy Durkin Gov. Gregg Abbott told the media May 19, “Our creator endowed us with the…

June 23, 2021

Atlanta: ‘No Pride in Detention’

Members of several trans and Latinx organizations assembled at the Atlanta ICE headquarters June 15 to declare “No Pride in…

June 22, 2021