Based on “privacy” rather than a woman’s right to control her reproduction, Roe v. Wade was never the "free, safe, legal, and accessible" abortion solution for all women that the Women’s Liberation Movement began fighting for in the 1960s.
Reader Comments: Abortion; SCOTUS Turns Back Rights; Amazon Workers and Today's Labor Movement; Cesar Chavez; Organizing: Then & Now; Defending Social Studies Education from Censorship; more....
Judith Berlowitz’s historical novel offers readers a peek into the Spanish Civil War and the idealism that brought people from across the globe together to fight for democratic governance and human rights.
Economic collapse brings mass unrest in Sri Lanka, and social ferment brings a new kind of political leader in Colombia
Women’s movements are often born in periods of general political upsurge. Why isn’t that happening? Why do young feminists seem more interested in social media than in building feminist organizations?
Media and the organizing wave, women and war coverage, and much more
The peace movement challenged as never before
The war continues — as the fight for democracy and equality deepens and broadens
The goal isn’t merely eliminating barriers to ascending the strata, but rather flattening the hierarchy altogether. If “equity” is to be a worthwhile word, it will have to mean de-stratifying the systems that impose sexist and racist hierarchies.
War rocks the media
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