Women and oppressed genders

Isabel Rosado: Puerto Rican fighter

Known simply as “Isabelita” or “Doña Isabelita,” throughout her life, Isabel Rosado was an icon of the struggle for Puerto…

January 22, 2015

Sara Benjamin’s story: Arrested mother speaks out on incarceration of young, Black women leaders

Baltimore --  I have been actively working with the People’s Power Assembly of Baltimore for more than six months. In…

January 19, 2015

Reproductive justice in the age of austerity

A new report shows that the state of abortion rights in the U.S. on the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme…

January 18, 2015

Event honors Samiya ‘Goldii’ Abdullah Jamal’s life

Too brief. Well-lived. On what would have been her 37th birthday, on Jan. 9, family, friends, well-wishers, supporters and organizations…

January 14, 2015

Lynne Stewart reflects on a year free from prison

New Year’s Eve marked the one-year anniversary of the release from prison of people’s lawyer Lynne Stewart, who was imprisoned…

January 14, 2015

Anti-abortion laws used to deny rights of pregnant women

A controversial issue raised in the Nov. 4 election was “personhood” — whether fertilized eggs should be defined as persons,…

December 14, 2014

Syracuse, N.Y., students fight for equal education for all

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Chanting “Education is a right, not just for the rich and white!” students marched on the administration…

November 7, 2014

Abortion rights curtailed in Texas

On Oct. 2, with a wave of its judicial wand, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals shut down 14 of…

October 10, 2014

Sexism & the blame game

Recent revelations about athletes and domestic abuse imply that these horrific acts are particular to sports culture in the United…

September 23, 2014

Ray Rice, racism and women’s oppression

The National Football League’s Baltimore Ravens’ running back, Ray Rice, has been indefinitely suspended from the NFL, and then cut…

September 16, 2014