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We salute the women throughout history who stood against injustice and who continue to fight for a better future for all working people.

Yet there’s one peculiar effort toward fake equality that must be vehemently opposed by feminists of all genders . . . drafting women – or anyone – into the US military.

British filmmaker Ken Loach's latest work, "Sorry We Missed You," shows the brutal reality of life for a package delivery driver working as independent contractor and home healthcare worker. This must-see film is now playing in the US.

Intermittent fasting, used for weight loss, means fasting on alternate days, whole days with a specific frequency per week, or during a set time frame. Although effective in animal studies, evidence in human studies is less convincing.

Ideas about what genius is have changed through history and can change again—but can they ever become ungendered?

The point I make in this book is that the Supreme Court, which is an institution that we think of as the bastion of fairness, the advocate for the underdog, has actually been a major driver of inequality.

The Cold War ended 30 years ago, but its cultural structures and divisions endure – perhaps, even, in the responses of some Americans to Bernie Sanders’ socialism.

What we’re seeing now is what I’m calling “Jim Crow 2.0,” for want of a better term: these states doing things like voter ID laws, and poll closures, and voter roll purges.

Unions that believe that their only job is to deliver at contract time and then disappear are those that can be easily undermined and overwhelmed by savvy management.

Twenties has a lot of potential, thanks in part to its diverse group of Black women. The stories are significant, addressing sexuality, racism, colorism, sexism, workplace drama, and ultimately, Black hope. But representation alone isn’t enough.