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The United States will be a multiracial democracy – a democracy in which people of color have full democratic rights — or it won’t be a democracy at all.
We shouldn’t despair. The real power lies with the people, not the Court. The Women’s Liberation Movement raised consciousness, raised hell, and raised the banner for “Free Abortion on Demand” when abortion was illegal in all 50 states
After sexist attack by GOP colleague, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on House floor, her parents 'Did Not Raise Me to Accept Abuse From Men'. "It is cultural. It is a culture of...impunity, of accepting violence and violent language against women."
The rights of women to terminate their pregnancies and to receive free contraceptives under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are on the chopping block.
Texas and Ohio have ordered a stop to abortions, saying they’re not essential medical services. Other states will follow. Right-wing forces are using the pandemic as a pretext to crack down dramatically on abortion rights. We can’t let them.
39 Republican senators and 168 representatives signed an amicus brief on Thursday asking the Supreme Court to revisit and potentially overturn Roe v. Wade, which protects the right for women's reproductive rights.
For the last two years and a half women students and faculty have exposed and denounced the rampant sexual abuse and sexist education that take place in Chilean schools and universities.
Women Stand Up! Palestine Takes On Trump! Also Three Reports from South America, UK Labour Manifesto, Revolutionary World Music, and Shack Dwellers Organize in South Africa!
Our silence in the face of new anti-choice laws across the U.S. is deafening
From Ireland comes a collection of collaborative essays about overcoming injustice, rightly valorizing women fighting oppression worldwide.
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