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January 21, 2018 | Marianne Schnall | Feminism, Politics
Transforming the Women’s March into political power

The Women's March marks its one year anniversary with huge turnouts at marches all over the U.S., and launches a campaign to mobilize candidates and voters.

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January 18, 2018 | Susan Buttenwieser | Gender-based violence, Immigration, International
Women, girls, and LGBTI people especially endangered by Trump move to end protections for Salvadoran immigrants

Thousands of people are feeling the immediate impact of the decision to force thousands of immigrants to leave the U.S.

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January 18, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Health, LGBTQIA, Politics
Trump administration gives ‘license to discriminate’ to health care providers

Today, the Trump administration established yet more barriers for women, LGBTQ people, and others to access the urgent care they need by providing additional protections to health care workers who refuse to provide treatment because of their moral or religious beliefs.

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January 17, 2018 Arts and culture, Media
Will uptick in women’s stories mean more Oscar nominations for women?

In a year when an unprecedented number of female producers brought stories about women to the big screen, Academy Award nominations could include more women than ever — but still, few women of color are likely to be up for awards.

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January 10, 2018 | Sarita Gupta | Economy
Why women fight for $15 minimum wage

The U.S. federal minimum wage is just $7.25 per hour, and most states' under $9. Minimum-wage workers — more than two-thirds of whom are women — have made some gains, and this year their fight continues.

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January 08, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Vets demonstrate in #MeTooMilitary protest; DoD expresses support

Close to 50 military veterans, service members, and their supporters gathered outside of the Pentagon for a #MeTooMilitary demonstration today. The protest came just hours after Sunday night’s Golden Globes ceremony.

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January 04, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Feminism, International, Politics
U.S. ranks behind Saudi Arabia in representation of women in office, even as more women contemplate running here

While American women reach new milestones, including holding a record number of seats in the Senate, their representation in national legislative office still lags behind a hundred other countries, including falling two places below Saudi Arabia, which is notorious for its terrible treatment of women.

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January 04, 2018 | Heather Watkins | Disability, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Republican lawmakers assault disability rights

The first year of the Trump administration has been marked by attacks, direct and indirect, on the rights of people with disabilities, including the latest — a bill to weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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December 22, 2017 | Aviva Stahl | Gender-based violence, Immigration, Politics, Violence against women
Trump appointees are preventing raped, undocumented minors from obtaining abortions

In three cases of undocumented minors needing abortions, the government has argued that merely allowing the women to physically leave a detention facility would amount to facilitating their abortions, even though no one is asking the government to transport the women to clinics or to pay for their abortions.

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December 21, 2017 | Rikki Rogers | Media
2017: The year in “empowerment marketing”

How have advertisers responded to this year's shifts in gender politics?

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December 14, 2017 | Lisalyn R. Jacobs | Education, Gender-based violence
Rollback of Title IX and campus sexual assault protections moves to Congress

A House of Representatives committee has approved a bill that builds on the Trump administration’s erosion of Title IX.

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December 11, 2017 | DeAnne Cuellar | Free Speech, Media
Save Net Neutrality! It enables women and people of color to thrive online and amplify their own stories—uncensored and on their own terms

As a crucial FCC vote nears, a broad coalition is mobilizing to keep an open Internet in the United States.

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December 07, 2017 | Frances Nguyen | Health
Supreme Court will weigh challenge by “crisis pregnancy centers”

Anti-abortion advocates are using a "free speech" argument to try to skirt a reproductive health law.

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November 29, 2017 | Susan Buttenwieser | Disability, Economy, Health, Politics, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
GOP tax plan targets women, people with disabilities, and 13 million people who will lose health care

The Republican bill is one step closer to becoming law.

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November 29, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Health, Politics, Religion
Trump is remaking the federal judiciary in his own image, and it’s very white, very Republican, and very male

As the administration continues to absorb legal blowback and fight cases in federal courts, Trump has quietly pushed ahead with his mission to remake the federal judiciary in his image: one that is very white, very Republican, and very male.

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November 27, 2017 | Lynn Melnick | Free Speech
Shame on me: My time in Amazon's penalty box

Why is a woman's truth-telling about sexual violence considered “adult content”?

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November 21, 2017 | Bryce Covert | Economy, Misogyny
Women in economics expose sexism in the field, demand action

A growing movement is calling for leaders in the field to address rampant misogyny.

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November 16, 2017 Arts and culture, Media
A feminist voice in film

Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday is one of the best in the business — and her feminist perspective on film and Hollywood is increasingly necessary these days.

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November 09, 2017 | Robin Morgan | Economy, Free Speech, Media, Science and tech
Why we need to rein in the tech monopolies

Big Tech monopolies are endangering the Republic and free speech. It's time for some common-sense regulation.

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November 01, 2017 | Marianne Schnall | Feminism, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Media
Women's Media Awards honor Hillary Rodham Clinton, April Ryan, Maria Hinojosa, and other media trailblazers

A behind-the-scenes look at last week's Women's Media Awards, which highlighted the crucial work of media truth-tellers.

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October 31, 2017 | Chagmion Antoine | Feminism, Politics
The resistance shows its strength at the Women’s Convention

Maxine Waters was among the 4,000 leaders and activists who gathered for the Women's Convention to inspire intersectional movement building and to mobilize for the 2018 midterm elections.

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October 27, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Feminism, Free Speech, Gender-based violence, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Media, Misogyny, Politics
A night at the Women's Media Awards: Leading the way for women after an oppressive year

A confluence of normalized misogyny and devaluing of women made Thursday’s Women’s Media Awards all the more uplifting, emphasizing the power of sisterhood and the voices of women in media.

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October 27, 2017 Media
The 2017 Women's Media Awards in pictures

Five hundred guests attended the Women’s Media Awards on October 26 at Capitale in New York City.

MSNBC analyst and senior policy adviser to the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign Maya Harris hosted. Honorees were Hillary Rodham Clinton, Maria Hinojosa, Ashley Judd, April Ryan, María Elena Salinas, and Gail Tifford. And we celebrated the landmark 80th birthday of our co-founder Jane Fonda.

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October 25, 2017 | Kit Gruelle | Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Listening to victims can reduce domestic violence deaths

A new study confirms that three women are killed each day in the United States by an intimate partner. As Domestic Violence Awareness Month draws to a close, the author, an advocate and activist, looks at ways some communities are reducing those numbers.

WMC News & Features
October 24, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Health, Politics
Trump administration sneaks three words into health doc that undermine reproductive rights

Tweaking just a few words in a sentence can change its meaning entirely. The Trump administration recently did just that—and the tiny edit may have drastic repercussions for women.


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