Women and oppressed genders

Sexism & the blame game

Recent revelations about athletes and domestic abuse imply that these horrific acts are particular to sports culture in the United…

September 23, 2014

Ray Rice, racism and women’s oppression

The National Football League’s Baltimore Ravens’ running back, Ray Rice, has been indefinitely suspended from the NFL, and then cut…

September 16, 2014

Pro-choice march

Women’s Fightback Network activists joined a pro-choice march to Planned Parenthood in Boston July 26 to support reproductive rights. Billed…

August 3, 2014

Women declare: ‘Let Gaza live!’

The International Working Women's Coalition, which for the past 10 years has commemorated International Working Women's Day in New York…

July 29, 2014

Senate hearing airs pro/con views about abortion

The Senate Judiciary Committee convened a hearing July 15 about the Women’s Health Protection Act. The law is needed to…

July 22, 2014

Women say NO to high court’s ruling

A demonstration “to let Hobby Lobby know how we feel about the recent SCOTUS [Supreme Court of the United States]…

July 17, 2014

Women, yes! Corporations, no!

The International Working Women’s Day Coalition held an after-work protest in Union Square on June 30. The group denounced the…

July 3, 2014

Ruling aids anti-choice terror

Top court attacks women The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling eliminating a 35-foot buffer zone around clinics that provide reproductive…

July 2, 2014

Bosses can deny birth control

Top Court attacks women The Supreme Court has done it again. It bestowed new rights on corporations. All a corporation…

July 1, 2014

Letter to the Editor: Another pro-abortion-rights movie

June 20, 2014 Dear Editor, In her article “Obvious Child” about abortion and films, Sue Davis overlooked a great film…

June 27, 2014