August 18th marked the 100-year anniversary of ratifying the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote in America. This legacy is one of collective struggle and shows the power of the suffragettes’ organizing efforts, which forced President Woodrow Wilson,...
Even as state governors ease COVID-19 restrictions, people continue to suffer tragedies and terrible hardships from the pandemic. Everyone is affected, but women workers face a terrible combination of challenges. Even without COVID-19, women are expected to bring home...
Most working-class families in the United States didn’t have access to professional childcare before COVID-19 hit, and they don’t now. Now, as many states begin to reopen workplaces, the schools remain shut. So the childcare crisis deepens. Even in “normal,” pre-COVID...
To the wealthy, we are things to exploit, not people who deserve respect. Nothing could make this more clear than the sick fact that landlords are using the current economic crisis to demand sexual favors. According to Renee Williams of the National Housing Law...
Jury negotiations began for Harvey Weinstein’s multiple allegations of rape on Tuesday, February 18th. Though more than ninety women have come forward claiming they were sexually harassed or assaulted by the movie mogul, only two cases have been brought before the...
