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Nichiren Shoshu’s Buddhist temple criminally charged for sexual abuse. 
There hasn’t been any response from justice so far, nor a public announcement on behalf of the Temple. However, in unofficial media as well as social networks and feminist groups the situation is gaining more relevance....
Posted: Wed, Jul 18, 2018 7:21pm PDT
ICE Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault and Death 
UPDATE (05/29/2018): The ACLU and partners submitted public comments opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s request to the National Archives and Records Administration last year. As a result of the campaign and overwhelming opposition from the public, NARA decided to review ICE’s proposal more closely. As of now, ICE has not made a new proposal regarding the destruction of these records. Government agencies with a long and well-documented record of abuse should not be permitted to des...
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2018 7:48pm PDT
Left-wing Woman, Maria Espinosa, Elected President of U.N. General Assembly 
“Espinosa dedicated her victory to women in politics world wide, especially those who face gender discrimination.”...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2018 6:17pm PDT
60% of black women killed by police were unarmed 
February 9th, 2018 - Black people, especially women, are more likely to have been unarmed when killed by police than non-blacks, according to a new study of nationwide data....
Posted: Fri, Mar 23, 2018 6:54pm PDT
6 : An Unbirth with Natalita (audio/mpeg 15.0MB) Kezia speaks with Natalita and Riley Teahan about their upcoming collaboration on a visual album and performance of Natalita's album six coming up in New Orleans this weekend....
Posted: Fri, Mar 23, 2018 7:46am PDT
Black, Queer Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Assassinated 
Councilwoman Marielle Franco, a feminist lesbian activist and emerging voice against police violence, was gunned down yesterday in her car...
Posted: Fri, Mar 16, 2018 12:58am PDT
When Will the Me Too Movement Take on the New Age? The New Age movement are some of the most prominent unrepentant abusers of women. Why has the Me Too movement not gone after them? Their pseudo feminism....
Posted: Tue, Mar 13, 2018 7:54am PDT
Womanifest 9: The Healer, A Celebration of Black Women in New Orleans (audio/mpeg 23.2MB) Kezia Vida of WTUL News and Views spoke with Brotha Shack and Mama Fiyah about the True Love Movement and their upcoming festival, Womanifest 9, coming up on March 3rd in New Orleans. Speaking about the importance of celebrating and supporting black women, what healing means, and the role of non-black people in the movement....
Posted: Fri, Mar 2, 2018 7:19am PST
Definitive Figures: Upcoming Femme Dance Festival in New Orleans (audio/mpeg 13.7MB) Kezia Vida speaks with Donna Costello and Maritza Mercado-Narcisse about the upcoming Definitive Figures Festival in New Orleans which focuses on individual and partner performances based on the experiences of women are female-identified people....
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2018 11:41am PST
Interview with Voice of the Experienced (VOTE) lead organizer Dolfinette Martin (audio/mpeg 42.5MB) Topics: December 16, 2017 March for Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, incarceration in Louisiana, women's experiences of carceral system, grassroots prison activism in Louisiana....
Posted: Wed, Nov 15, 2017 7:21am PST
Male domination of women caused every crisis we now face 
Male domination of women is the foundation and the source of all the crises we now face, including overpopulation, which caused all the other crises (habitat destruction, endangered species famine, war)....
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2017 3:09pm PDT
Dances For Solidarity: for women and girls (audio/mpeg 47.8MB) On Wednesday, June 14th, Dances for Solidarity- an ongoing project led by dance artist Sarah Dahnke in collaboration with other dancers, choreographers, artists, and socially conscious individuals- hosted an evening of performances and panel discussion on women’s issues as they relate to incarceration and reentry....
Posted: Tue, Jul 4, 2017 8:24am PDT
Philippines: “Rape Joke” too sick even for Duterte’s standards 
Akbayan condemns this latest horrendous remark of President Rodrigo Duterte making light of rape in front of our troops....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2017 1:14am PDT
Kristen Crain of JRSC on NOLA Criminal Justice System’s Neglect of Sexual Assault Cases (audio/mpeg 15.2MB) 12m30s Judicial Reforms For Sex Crimes (JSRC) is a coalition of survivors of sexual violence and their supporters who are focused on collecting data on New Orleans' criminal justice system’s neglect of of sex crimes. To follow up after a press conference they held last Friday on the steps of the DA’s office, Kristen Crain of JSRC is speaking to us at WTUL News and Views....
Posted: Sun, May 28, 2017 5:12pm PDT
Nicole Humphrey, 'Not Racist or Bigot,' on Class and Section 8 Housing (audio/mpeg 764.0KB) "It's just not people who are of the same class as us. Which sounds bad, but I don't mean that in a bad way."
- Nicole Humphrey...
Posted: Wed, May 10, 2017 5:14pm PDT
San Quintín Farmworkers Take Demands to Mexico City 
Last March 4th, the Caravan for a Fair Wage and Decent Life began with a blockade of the Transpeninsular Highway by the day laborers from the fields of the San Quintin Valley. The workers then went on to cover 3,000 kilometers, arriving in Mexico City on March 17th....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2017 2:14pm PDT
Jornaleros de San Quintín llevan demandas a la Ciudad de México 
El pasado 4 de marzo, la Caravana por un Salario Justo y una Vida Digna comenzó con el cierre de la Carretera Transpeninsular por las y los jornaleros del Valle de San Quintín, para viajar 3 mil kilómetros hasta llegar a la Ciudad de México el 17 de marzo....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2017 2:10pm PDT
107 More Groups Publicly Oppose Serial Executioner Neil Gorsuch For Court 
107 women's, labor, civil rights, abolition of the death penalty, gay and other groups have sent a letter to Senators Grassley and Feinstein asking for a no vote on Gorsuch....
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2017 4:52pm PST
International Women's General Strike on March 8: Walk Out, March and Demonstrate 
Women of America: we're going on strike. Join us so Trump will see our power...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2017 1:43pm PST
The Electoral College Giveth, And The Electoral College Can Taketh Away 
Elijah Berg’s viral petition calling on electors to make Clinton President over Trump is no more outlandish than the result we got: coronating a rapey, racist, misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, xenophobic, thin-skinned, Narcissist whose very being is a threat to the dignity and safety of millions of people at home and abroad....
Posted: Sun, Nov 13, 2016 6:40pm PST
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