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Stop the Fascist Assault on Abortion Rights! 
Now is the time for everyone, everywhere, to get in the streets to stop this fascist assault on abortion rights!...
Posted: Thu, Dec 2, 2021 4:47pm PST
Scientist Says Women in STEM 'Vulnerable to Mistreatment' In a post to her website, an environmental scientist and science educator, who goes by the handle of 'Biologist Ellie', drew a focus to the plight of women in STEM, suggesting a lack of 'visibility of women in the sciences' made the industry vulnerable to instances of harassment, mistreatment and inequalities....
Posted: Tue, Nov 9, 2021 3:40am PST
WECAN Indigenous Women's Delegation to COP 26 Brings Vital Voices 
WECAN's International Indigenous Women's Delegation is bringing the voices vital to the COP 26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, beginning now....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2021 9:24am PDT
Women of Standing Rock Celebrated at North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival 
The North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival will recognize the 5-year anniversary of the peaceful protest against the installation of the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock with the screening of the documentary feature film, END OF THE LINE: THE WOMEN OF STANDING ROCK....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2021 9:28am PDT
Safe Haven Resources for Domestic Violence Survivors with Pets Vary Markedly by State 
October 7, 2021, Washington, DC—In honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) released new research today that ranks states according to the number of safe havens available per capita. Safe havens include humane societies, veterinary offices, foster homes, and shelters that help domestic violence survivors and their pets escape abusive situations....
Posted: Mon, Oct 18, 2021 11:48pm PDT
Washington March for Women's Rights 
Women march throughout the country to keep abortion legal...
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2021 11:51am PDT
Supreme Court Announces Date for Case Directly Challenging Roe v. Wade 
Abortion rights advocates geared up for a major fight as the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will soon hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case in Mississippi which poses a direct challenge to Roe vs. Wade....
Posted: Sat, Sep 25, 2021 6:23am PDT
Why Congress Must Codify Roe With all eyes on Texas Thursday [Sept 9] as the U.S. Justice Department sued the Lone Star State over its new abortion ban, Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt held a ceremonial bill signing for nine so-called "pro-life" measures he approved during this year's legislative session—highlighting the need for Congress to protect reproductive rights at the federal level....
Posted: Sat, Sep 11, 2021 4:45am PDT
Abortion Bounty Hunters in Texas Are Not ‘Whistleblowers’ They’re Cruel Vigilantes...
Posted: Tue, Sep 7, 2021 10:24am PDT
The sordid effort to oust New York Governor Andrew Cuomo 
The 165-page report issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James concerning sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo deserves to be treated with contempt....
Posted: Wed, Aug 4, 2021 10:00pm PDT
Winona LaDuke and Water Protectors Arrested: Horse Nation to the Front Line 
Winona LaDuke, executive director of Honor the Earth, was among the women arrested today defending the Shell River from the construction of Enbridge Line 3....
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2021 10:03pm PDT
Female Valedictorian Speaks Out For Abortion The movement is back! Attacking women's right to abortion is attacking the 51% of the population that is female. At a Dallas, TX high school graduation, a female high school valedictorian, Paxton Smith, scrapped her approved speech and gave an outstanding pro-abortion speech. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrfe27VDuRA&t=283s Her speech is at 4:48...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2021 8:34pm PDT
May First joins call for Free Software Foundation Board resignation 
May First Movement Technology has joined free software organizations and activists in calling for the resignation of Richard Stallman and the rest of the Board of the Free Software Foundation....
Posted: Sat, Apr 3, 2021 7:00pm PDT
Fighting the "Immigrant Threat" Milkman shows how the flux of low-wage immigrants into the U.S. workforce in recent decades is “not the cause either of the massive economic restructuring that began in the 1970s or the accompanying growth of economic inequality and labor degradation,” but precisely a consequence of these developments....
Posted: Tue, Feb 2, 2021 6:22am PST
48 Years After Landmark Ruling, Advocates Push to #ReimagineRoe and Build Abortion Justice 
Nearly a half-century after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that access to safe, legal abortion is a constitutional right, advocates are now pushing the Biden administration and Congress to urgently and aggressively pursue a bold reproductive justice agenda.
Photo: On the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, members of the Raging Grannies mark the day in Menlo Park, California. Photo by Jim Colton, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer....
Posted: Fri, Jan 29, 2021 12:10am PST
Polish Women Resistance Video Polish women and men are using animation, music and art to fight against the attacks on women...
Posted: Fri, Dec 25, 2020 1:45pm PST
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg 1933-2020 By now, we have seen the TV tributes and read the many thoughts on the Internet regarding Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg who died today at age 87. My favorite is from the ACLU at https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/in-memory-of-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-1933-2020/?initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=soc&utm_medium=soc&initms=200919_rbg_obit_tw&utm_source=tw&utm_campaign=rbg&utm_content=200919_obit&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=soc&ms=200919_rbg_obit_tw...
Posted: Fri, Sep 18, 2020 8:20pm PDT
Día Internacional de las Mujeres Indígenas: 5 septiembre 
Día Internacional de las Mujeres Indígenas: 5 septiembre
Bartolina Sisa Vargas - Guerrera Aymara
Bolivia 1750 -5 September- 1782....
Posted: Thu, Sep 3, 2020 2:02pm PDT
Convocatoria Jornadas Ecofeministas antiextractivistas 
Convocatoria 4 y 5 de julio
JORNADAS ECOFEMINISTAS ANTIEXTRACTIVISTAS POR EL BUEN VIVIR...
Posted: Tue, Jun 30, 2020 12:57pm PDT
Save Social Security! (video/quicktime 223.4MB) 2 minute video by Lis Cox filmed on June 9, 2020....
Posted: Wed, Jun 17, 2020 4:41am PDT