Women and oppressed genders

The 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire and garment workers today

More than a century ago, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City was a notoriously anti-union company and the…

March 21, 2019

Cuban women describe their ‘revolution within the Revolution’

“[T]he Cuban woman, in the dark and quiet corner of the home, awaits … the hour, in which a revolution…

March 20, 2019

Solidarity with women worldwide

The International Working Women’s Day Coalition held its annual rally, march and forum here on March 17 to reinforce its…

March 20, 2019

Title X changes promote right-wing, “faith-based” agenda

The Trump administration’s new rules for Title X, the reproductive health care program serving 4 million low-income women, has two…

March 15, 2019

Anna Chambers says “NO” to NYPD rapists

In September 2017, 18-year-old Anna Chambers was falsely detained and raped by two members of the New York Police Department…

March 15, 2019

International Women’s Alliance says: ‘End forced displacement, neo-fascism & war’

This statement, slightly edited here, was issued March 8 by the International Women’s Alliance, a global grassroots women’s organization. For…

March 15, 2019

Int’l Working Women’s Day shows nothing stays the same

International Working Women’s Day, March 8, is celebrated in many countries to acknowledge past and present struggles for women’s equality…

March 12, 2019

International Working Women’s Day celebrated in the U.S.

A number of commemorations took place on March 8, International Working Women’s Day, in the U.S.  Here is a sampling…

March 12, 2019

Oppose Trump’s Title X changes

March 5 -- President Donald Trump added another notch on his campaign promises belt on Feb. 22. But Planned Parenthood…

March 5, 2019

Pauli Murray, gender-nonconforming civil rights, women’s rights activist

Civil Rights and women’s rights activist Pauli Murray was the brilliant theorist who laid the intellectual foundation for some of…

February 22, 2019