Video: Tobacco Girl
. While Mümine thinks about boys and school, her parents want an arranged marriage. Fourteen-year-old Mümine lives with her family in the mountains of Macedonia, members of the Yörüks, a … Continue reading
Video: Muriel Rukeyser reads “The Speed of Darkness”
. Don Yorty says about this post: I had never heard Muriel Rukeyser’s voice before I began to make a vimeo of her reading her poem The Speed of Darkness, … Continue reading
Isaiah J. Poole: On the Road From Protest to Power — A Rising Tide
The millions who gathered in Washington and around the country for the historic Women’s March, one day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, made an indisputable statement: Trump may have won the … Continue reading
Jimmy Carter: Why I severed my ties to the Southern Baptist Convention
Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God. I have been a practicing Christian all my life and a … Continue reading
Video: Resist — How to Triumph in Trumpland
. Based on decades of her writing and research, psychologist and community activist Glenda Russell gives us a quick summary on how to use Trump’s election as a springboard to … Continue reading
Tess Rafferty: Aftermath
. In my youth I thought politics was very black and white. I wanted nothing to do with you if you were Christian or Republican. “Don’t get personal” people, … Continue reading
Marta Daniels: Justice is a Black Woman — The Amazing Constance Baker Motley
You may not know her name, but you have been affected by the legal battles she won and the precedents she set that helped shape civil rights, women’s rights and … Continue reading
The World Economic Forum: 2014 Report on The Global Gender Gap
Since 2006, The World Economic Forum has released an annual index on the gap between men and women using economic, political, education and health criteria, and provided country rankings that allow … Continue reading
Patricia A. Nugent: Losing My Religion (or Why Single-Issue Voting is a Sin)
After reading my recent post on Vox Populi (The End Times? October 5, 2014), an activist-friend asked me to write an essay about single-issue voting. Although I laughingly responded, “I … Continue reading
‘After 3,000 Years of Pain’: Women’s Liberation at Barefoot College
Women work on electronic units for solar arrays at the Barefoot College in India. (Photo: Afghan Peace Volunteers)TILONIA, India — A few months ago, the Afghan Peace Volunteers began … Continue reading
France passes sweeping gender-equality law
Measure eases abortion restrictions, promotes workplace equality, supports abused and impoverished women France passed a sweeping gender-equality law this week that eases current restrictions on abortion, encourages paternity leave and promotes … Continue reading
Mel Packer: Is It Time To Be Outlaws Again?
Only large-scale civil disobedience will make our leaders address economic injustice. In 1989, Bob Dylan recorded a song titled “Everything Is Broken”. That song seemed to go largely ignored, perhaps … Continue reading
Video: Street Harassment of Women
“Street harassment is almost never about sex. It’s about power. Which is the same way we view rape. So saying street harassment is not a big deal is opening … Continue reading
Bernie Sanders: Fight for our Progressive Vision
As I look ahead to this coming year, a number of thoughts come to mind. First and foremost, against an enormous amount of corporate media noise and distraction, it is … Continue reading →