I have been revisiting my feelings of anger and frustration regarding why the Democrats have lacked sufficient outcry when a #MeToo incident befalls someone in their political sphere.
After the recent high-profile murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, there is a growing push in the U.K. to make misogyny a hate crime.
Biden has proposed $45 billion to replace lead water pipes throughout the country, a move that could begin to remedy decades of neglect of clean water in the U.S.
With Roe v. Wade imperiled, activists are stepping up with innovative acts of resistance.
If SB8 represents the loss of the ultimate choice over our bodies, it is the pinnacle of choices lost to Tejanas that went seemingly ignored or unconnected to reproductive rights.
The former state legislator, well known for her filibuster of a 2013 anti-abortion bill, speaks out on how and why we must keep fighting back against the erosion of reproductive rights.
In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court refused to block a Texas abortion law that bans abortions after six weeks, including in cases of rape and incest, and allows people to sue both clinics and individuals who help someone get an abortion.
The details of the case of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are all too familiar across many workplaces.
In defiance of public opinion, state legislatures in 2021 have already passed the highest number of curbs on abortion since the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision.
Women who participated in anti-CAA protests nearly two years ago continue to be targeted by law enforcement, bearing the full brunt of the security apparatus or facing aggressive intimidation.
Activists whose work incorporates ecological, health, and equality campaigns have moved from protesting outside the halls of power to become elected legislators writing and passing the environmental protection frameworks that they campaigned for.
Even though she has taken on seemingly impossible tasks, for the first woman U.S. vice president, action beats inaction.
A wave of anti-LGBTQ state laws, and the recent Fulton Supreme Court ruling, show the need for the federal civil rights law that is awaiting Senate action.
A new rule announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission could enable investors and other groups to hold companies accountable for their impact on communities.
The Biden administration's early actions to promote LGBTQ equality are getting high marks from rights groups.
As Biden calls for a review of enforcement guidelines, advocates are pushing the administration to do more than just repair Trump-era harms.
As a 16-year-old, I’ve grown numb to acts of extremism in my country, and I’m hardly the only teenager to feel this way.
While President Biden’s memorandum provides a welcome change to the dangerous situation established by the Trump administration, it only partly restores the status quo of four years ago. The timing, presentation, and language of the actions indicate that abortion rights advocates will have to continue to fight to make abortion rights a bigger priority for the Biden administration.
There is a long list of actions the new administration and Congress should take for women and girls, but we can start with six things.
As we mark the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade this month, it’s crucial to recognize the landmark Supreme Court case was about more than abortion and bodily autonomy — it was also broadly about privacy and pregnancy.
The growth in political representation of Black and trans women in Brazil's city governments has not gone unnoticed by right-wing parties, making them visible targets for racist and death threats and abuse.
In 2013, Sawyer moved back to Memphis and threw herself into local activist organizations, including Black Votes Matter.
Any plan to rein in the pandemic and its most jarring consequences requires action to support victims and survivors.
The new administration’s actions will be crucial to reaffirming the faith of sexual violence survivors after the damage of the Trump presidency.
Ahead of Election Day, women across America turned their anxieties about the nation’s socioeconomic and racial turmoil and fears about the pandemic and the future into action by volunteering.