Women and oppressed genders

Black women’s work and reparations

July 31, 2017, was Black Women’s Equal Pay Day — the day this year that the average total wages a…

August 8, 2017

Trump’s misogyny, a pillar of capitalism

President Donald J. Trump did it again. He lambasted a female news reporter with a crude, bullying tweet on June…

July 8, 2017

Friends and family protest Seattle cops’ killing of mother of three

Two days after the June 16 acquittal of the cop who murdered Philando Castile in Minnesota, Seattle cops murdered a…

June 28, 2017

U.S. and Afghanistan: The cynical abuse of ‘women’s rights’

This article, originally published in 2007 in Workers World’s “Lavender & Red series, exposes an Islamophobic argument hidden under the…

June 13, 2017

‘We must combat violence against trans women’

The following excerpts are from a talk by Cosmia Bohannan-Blumke on “Trans liberation and Mx. Bostick” at a May 20…

June 2, 2017

Global poor, especially women, under attack

Health care for the poor is under attack globally as well as in the United States. Trump’s expanded, deliberately misnamed…

May 26, 2017

Jailed women freed

A joyous celebration took place in Atlanta’s Howell Park on May 14, as hundreds of people enjoyed a bountiful array…

May 18, 2017

Domestic violence survivor still trapped in detention

Bulletin: Yazmin Elias was released from jail on May 15. After a “successful” bail hearing at the Immigration and Customs…

May 18, 2017

Gabriela celebrates ’ten years of serving the people’

The New York Chapter of Gabriela (General Assembly Binding Women for Reforms, Integrity, Equality, Leadership and Action) — formerly known…

May 5, 2017

Reproductive freedom conference

The conference “From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom” met for the 31st year on…

April 14, 2017