Women and oppressed genders

What women are fighting for

International Women’s Day is a good time to examine some crucial struggles for women, including pay equity and livable wages.…

March 7, 2015

Women fight oppression in Bangladesh

As I walked through the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, I became aware of so much suffering, especially for women.…

March 6, 2015

Two years after factory collapse, Bangladeshi workers address students

Lexington, Ky. -- Mahinur Begum went to work on the morning of April 24, 2013, even though she knew she…

March 6, 2015

Actions planned for International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day, March 8, became an official working-class holiday 105 years ago. Revolutionary women were inspired by a march…

March 3, 2015

Black Women’s Lives Matter

The following article, slightly edited, is reprinted here courtesy of Red Flag, the publication of the militant youth group FIST…

February 28, 2015

Indiana woman criminalized after miscarriage

An outrageous miscarriage of justice occurred Feb. 3 in Indiana based on a real miscarriage. Purvi Patel, a 33-year-old, unmarried…

February 19, 2015

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