Women and oppressed genders

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

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
Pro-choice marchPro-choice march

Pro-choice march

Women’s Fightback Network activists joined a pro-choice march to Planned Parenthood in Boston July 26 to support reproductive rights. Billed…

August 3, 2014

Women declare: ‘Let Gaza live!’

The International Working Women's Coalition, which for the past 10 years has commemorated International Working Women's Day in New York…

July 29, 2014

Senate hearing airs pro/con views about abortion

The Senate Judiciary Committee convened a hearing July 15 about the Women’s Health Protection Act. The law is needed to…

July 22, 2014
Women say NO to high court’s rulingWomen say NO to high court’s ruling

Women say NO to high court’s ruling

A demonstration “to let Hobby Lobby know how we feel about the recent SCOTUS [Supreme Court of the United States]…

July 17, 2014
Women, yes! Corporations, no!Women, yes! Corporations, no!

Women, yes! Corporations, no!

The International Working Women’s Day Coalition held an after-work protest in Union Square on June 30. The group denounced the…

July 3, 2014

Ruling aids anti-choice terror

Top court attacks women The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling eliminating a 35-foot buffer zone around clinics that provide reproductive…

July 2, 2014