U.S.
Activists vow to continue fight for transgender rights despite ruling
March 6, 2017The Supreme Court today sent a landmark case on transgender rights back to a lower court without reaching a decision.
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Women’s groups, several unions plan mass marches, potential women’s strike March 8
March 6, 2017"Organizers are calling all women and allies to come, for an end to workplace violence and harassment and to promote pay equity, one fair living wage, paid leave, and labor rights at work,” the coalition said.
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American Muslims and Jews show solidarity in the face of hate
March 3, 2017Trump’s prominence has given seeming “permission” for bigots of all stripes to display their prejudices with little fear of recrimination.
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Women’s History Month: Jeannette Rankin, first woman seated in Congress
March 3, 2017“I may be the first woman member of Congress,” she observed upon her election in 1916. “But I won’t be the last.”
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Celebrating Ellen DuBois, transformative women’s historian
March 3, 2017DuBois is still writing history; her many students have joined her in rewriting history and changing the world.
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