The 19th Amendment didn’t secure the right to vote for Native American women, despite their strong influence on suffragist ideas.
Despite the unfulfilled promise of the 19th Amendment, Black women have traveled an impressive distance over the last century, and continue to exert outsize political influence.
Wider implementation could help change the dramatic underrepresentation of women in elected office at every level.
Equal parenting has benefits for everyone involved. But to make these changes last, we need a cultural shift — and better family-friendly policies.
The Americans With Disabilities Act, signed into law 30 years ago, should be celebrated as a landmark piece of legislation. But there Is much more work to be done to realize its promise in all facets of society.
Longstanding environmental policies are a factor in the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color.
As the U.S. tax filing deadline approaches, three recent reports reveal the tax law’s disparate impact on women and other groups.
The 5-4 decision affirms recent precedent by overturning provider restrictions in Louisiana.
The docuseries, And She Could Be Next, shows that women of color are “changing what the face of leadership looks like” in the United States.
During the pandemic, governments have been curtailing rights—but activists are fighting back.
“Remember the true meaning of Juneteenth — a celebration kept alive by generations of black people.”
Medical nonprofit Medecins Sans Frontieres announced it is suspending its maternity ward operations in a Kabul, Afghanistan, hospital in the wake of the systematic killing of 16 women in the ward. All the women were mothers or soon to be.
This week’s Bostock decision creates stronger legal ground for more wins in housing, education, and health care, and in overturning the transgender military ban.
There is a long history of anti-Asian bigotry—and resistance—in the U.S.
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