Tag: women’s rights
Why Native American women are going after Europe’s banks to divest...
“Indigenous women ... often are the ones to call out injustice when they see it immediately. We saw that at Standing Rock.”
Pushing toxic chemicals and climate denial: The dark money-funded Independent Women’s...
IWF partners with many other Koch-funded activist groups that deny climate science and push the deregulatory agenda of corporations.
I am woman, hear me roar
Over half a million women (and some men as well) have used the #MeToo hashtag, exposing in a few short days how pervasive are the crimes of sexual harassment and rape.
After Harvey Weinstein, women are joining together saying #MeToo
Let’s hope this movement sparks change in our society and let’s hope those who have been affected by sexual abuse continue to speak up and demand justice.
Stepping forward to lead on Indigenous rights
Indigenous women will not sit idly by while their rights to their lands are violated—the lands that sustain them and are part of who they are as Indigenous Peoples.
Saudi women may soon be behind the wheel, but still not...
Though a hard-won victory for Saudi women, we should recognize that the biggest impediment for women has not been the inability to drive.
It’s more than a church parking lot. It’s a safe zone...
Some say safe-parking programs aren’t a solution to homelessness. But these women and families are grateful this church has one.
What Trump and his team have wrecked so far
Here's a round up from the "While He Was Tweeting" series.
Women play key role in solar energy projects
Many women from rural areas around the world are now actively taking the responsibility to protect the environment, their families and livelihoods.
‘We will not be intimidated’: Organizers announce Women’s March against NRA
In response to hostile videos by gun lobby group, progressive activists announce march in nation's capitol for next week.
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New study finds Smartwatch wristbands contain high levels of PFAS
Researchers found elevated level of PFAS in mostly fluorinated synthetic rubber wristbands.
Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?
Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.
Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence
The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.
Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor
Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.
The world’s four legacy empires going down
In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.