Feminism

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights Women’s Rights Are Human Rights

Patriarchy is violence.

May 8, 2019 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal

Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal

The group represents a new tactic in abortion-rights activism, which skirts legal restrictions and the often risky surgical procedures that defined clandestine abortions in the pas...

May 7, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

Marine Le Pen election posters.

The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’ The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’

Across Europe, politicians are hijacking feminist language to further right-wing ideologies. 

May 7, 2019 / Edna Bonhomme

Alicia Garza Youtube

The New Political Group Supermajority Aims to Mobilize Women Across Race, Class, and Generation The New Political Group Supermajority Aims to Mobilize Women Across Race, Class, and Generation

Cecile Richards, Ai-jen Poo, and Alicia Garza are pushing a “women’s new deal.”

May 2, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Pro-choice Rally in New York

Take Action Now: Oppose Trump’s Abortion Extremism Take Action Now: Oppose Trump’s Abortion Extremism

Organize this week against the Hyde Amendment and phony crisis-pregnancy centers.

Apr 30, 2019 / NationAction

Forced Arbitration

Harvard Law Students Are Taking on Forced Arbitration Harvard Law Students Are Taking on Forced Arbitration

The little-known legal loophole rigs the game against working people, and this grassroots group of law students are working to combat it.

Apr 15, 2019 / StudentNation / Sejal Singh and Andre Manuel

Joe Biden takes a selfie

Women of Color Will Hold Joe Biden Accountable Women of Color Will Hold Joe Biden Accountable

No Democrat will win the nomination, or the White House, without women of color voters in 2020.

Apr 10, 2019 / Aimee Allison

Crash Test Dummies

How Women Are Made Invisible by Design How Women Are Made Invisible by Design

When a “generic male” is the measure of all things, women suffer the consequences.

Apr 9, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Women in Congress cheering

An All-Female Ticket for 2020 An All-Female Ticket for 2020

Kamala Harris says she would consider a woman for vice president. So does Elizabeth Warren.

Apr 5, 2019 / John Nichols

Joe Biden speaking at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers construction and maintenance conference

Some Democrats Haven’t Learned the Lessons of #MeToo Some Democrats Haven’t Learned the Lessons of #MeToo

Some of Joe Biden’s defenders are drawing from the Brett Kavanaugh playbook.

Apr 5, 2019 / Steve Phillips

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