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November 23, 2020 | Megan McGibney |
What This Rwandan Genocide Survivor Can Teach Americans About Healing Our Country’s Divisions

After years of division, many Americans are looking to move forward and heal our country. One way to do so is to look toward other countries that have experienced, and healed from, deep divisions and learn from them.

WMC Live
November 22, 2020 | Rebecca Adamson | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #332: The Thanksgiving Reality. (Original Airdate 11/22/2020)
Robin explores the lives in thousands of nations and civilizations thriving in North America pre-conquest. Guest: Cherokee Elder and Indigenous leader Rebecca Adamson.
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November 20, 2020 | Sarah Ellis | Environment
The Indigenous Woman Leading the Fight to Save the Arctic Wildlife Refuge

For Bernadette Demientieff, the Arctic was never just some far-off region portending the coming horrors of climate change.

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November 19, 2020 | Jodie Hare | Politics
Being In Power Doesn’t Automatically Make Women Feminists

Just because a person in power is a woman does not mean the way they use their power will actually help other women.

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November 18, 2020 | Erica González Martínez | Media
Latinas Haven’t Been Waiting for White Newsrooms to Transform

Reporters-turned-media leaders have taken the reins on creating mentorship programs, setting off national conversations and launching independent platforms.

WMC News & Features
November 17, 2020 | Nichola Gutgold | Politics
Women’s Unfinished Path to the U.S. Presidency

More than 100 women have run for president, and each one widened the possibilities of what a presidential candidate looks like.

WMC Women Under Siege
November 17, 2020 | Kasturi Chakraborty | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
'Fragility' of India's Laws Fails Victims of Sexualized Violence

A cocktail of structural barriers with law enforcement and throughout the judicial process — such as drawn-out, humiliating investigations and trials — ensures that justice for victims remains evasive.

WMC IDAR/E
November 15, 2020 | Rev. Dr. Damaris Whitaker | Religion
The Religious Left - Why Does the Media Refuse to See Us?

Reporters spend a lot of time focusing on the Christian right but ignore the masses of us committed to a ministry of justice.

WMC News & Features
November 10, 2020 | Payal Dhar | International, LGBTQIA
Pandemic Magnifies Struggles for India’s LGBTQ Youth

The pandemic-related lockdown has exacerbated the isolation of India’s queer youth.

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November 10, 2020 | Erica González Martínez | Race/Ethnicity
Loreta Janeta Velázquez, the Veteran You Didn’t Know About

The Confederate soldier-turned-Union spy published her own story. The South buried it.

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November 10, 2020 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Immigration
Documentarian Rendah Haj Is Shining a Light on the African Australian Migrant Experience

The need for more realistic and powerful narratives about Black Australian life was a big reason why Haj decided to study film.

WMC Women Under Siege
November 09, 2020 | Deepa Padmanaban | Gender-based violence, Girls, International
New Study Shows Fewer Female Births in India’s Future

A new study predicts that there will be 6.8 million fewer female births compared to male births in India between 2017 to 2030, due to the country’s strong preference for sons and falling fertility rates.

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November 09, 2020 | Sophie Hayssen | Violence against women
New Podcast Investigates Femicides in Juarez, Mexico

Mexican investigative journalist Lydia Cacho hosts a new podcast called The Red Note, which breaks down the multiple layers of Juárez’s government and culture that have allowed these killings to continue without justice for victims or their families.

WMC Live
November 08, 2020 Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #331: The Election Results. (Original Airdate 11/8/2020)
Special Edition. Robin waits for election results in real time.
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November 07, 2020 | Erica González Martínez | Politics
Latinas Strike Back

As some media moved to put a box around the Latino vote, activists, leaders and journalists pushed back.

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November 05, 2020 | Isha Gupta | Body image and body standards
How Being Body Shamed Help Me Love Myself

I was able to conduct my very own social experiment, in my mind, of how people react after they are face-to-face with part of a woman’s body they have been told is shameful.

WMC News & Features
November 05, 2020 | Pilar Whitaker | Health
As the Supreme Court Weighs Health Care, Black Women Stand to Lose the Most

Now that Justice Amy Coney Barrett has taken her seat, the ultraconservative court appears poised to curtail the Affordable Care Act and reproductive rights. The damage can be addressed with action at the local level.

WMC Women Under Siege
November 05, 2020 | Dario Sabaghi | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Media, Misogyny, Online harassment
Kidnapped Abroad, Threatened at Home: An Interview with Sociologist Anna Simone on Aisha Silvia Romano’s Homecoming

An interview with Anna Simone, a sociologist and a professor at the University of Roma Tre, about how women and men are scrutinized differently by the Italian media and public.

WMC Live
November 01, 2020 Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #330: The Supreme Court. (Original Airdate 11/1/2020)
Robin takes it all on: the history, majesty, bigotries, rituals, and corruption—right up through today. Special guest: former New York State Supreme Court Judge Emily Jane Goodman.
WMC Women Under Siege
October 30, 2020 | Akanksha Singh | Gender-based violence, International, Media, Violence against women
Media Sensationalism and Mob Mentality in India: Which Rapes Cause Outrage?

Media coverage of sexual violence in India, both domestically and globally, has ignored the vast majority of rapes. Obscured from public view by the media, those stories that don’t make national and global headlines face near-insurmountable hurdles to justice.

WMC News & Features
October 29, 2020 | Juliette Bretan | International, LGBTQIA, Politics, Violence against women
Women’s and LGBTQ Rights Continue to Erode Under Poland’s Ruling Party

Protests erupted this week in response to a new abortion ban, but the government has been attacking women’s and LGBTQ rights for years.

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October 29, 2020 | Maydeen Merino | Feminism
Here’s What It Was Like to Attend One of the 2020 Women’s Marches

The Women’s March had its first historic rally in January 2017, and organized its most recent march on October 17.

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October 28, 2020 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Media
Director Mayye Zayed Explores the Lives of Egypt’s Young Female Weightlifters in “Lift Like A Girl”

Zayed’s documentary, Lift Like a Girl, is set to make its U.S. premiere at the DOC NYC film festival on November 11.

WMC IDAR/E
October 27, 2020 | Sol Danor | Feminism, International
The Revolution Will Be Feminist — Or Not At All

As the United States creeps towards Gilead, the people of Chile voted to rewrite their constitution with the mandated participation of 50% women.

WMC IDAR/E
October 26, 2020 | Erica González Martínez | Immigration
Americans Offer to Replace Parents Separated from their Kids

Activist Erika Andiola discusses how this response avoids fundamental change, and how a Biden/Harris administration can send the right message on immigration.

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