- 1. San Francisco's CAREN Act Will Make Citizens Think Twice Before Placing Racially-Charged 911 Call
- (Living)
- ... water, and more. San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passes the CAREN Act—a new law that makes it illegal for someone to call 911 with a false, racially charged complaint. Story by @TrishaThadani: ...
- Created on 22 October 2020
- 2. A Mexican Feminist Collective Takes Over A Human Rights Office And Converts Into a Women's Shelte
- (Feminism)
- Need some good news today? (Whatever that means)... A badass feminist collective in Mexico City has taken power into their own hands by seizing the headquarters of the National Human Rights Commission ...
- Created on 09 September 2020
- 3. Murder of Mexican Feminist Sparks Outrage, Reflects Deeper Issue in the Nation
- (Feminism)
- ... feminist community in Juarez. Upon the news of her death, friends, family and dozens of activists gathered asking that justice be served for her murder. When there seemed to be more police at the protest ...
- Created on 03 February 2020
- 4. 7 Teen Activists Of Color You Need to Know Who Are Leading The Fight Against Climate Change
- (Feminism)
- ... American youth organization that’s striking for radical action (like the creation and implementation of the Green New Deal) to combat climate change. Daughter of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, Hirsi’s activism ...
- Created on 01 October 2019
- 5. Discrimination On The Basis Of Hair Will Be Illegal In New York City
- (Living)
- The New York City Commission on Human Rights is issuing new guidelines under which singling out individuals based on their hair or hairstyle, at work, school or in public spaces, will now be considered ...
- Created on 19 February 2019
- 6. Why Is The Satanic Temple Fighting For Abortion Rights?
- (Feminism)
- ... in her uterus was a “separate, unique, living human being” and that she would “terminate” that being if she underwent the procedure, she was pretty pissed. Mary knew that the “human tissue,” as she refered ...
- Created on 25 January 2018
- 7. Gloria Steinem, Hillary Clinton, And Other Captivating Women Shine In New Annie Leibovitz Series
- (Arts)
- For the next few weeks in New York City, you can freely visit women in prison. Talented women, glamorous women, proud women, and regular women —they’re all there, as portraits by legendary photographer ...
- Created on 23 November 2016
- 8. Why The Founder Of Mother's Day Would Hate Your Car
- (Feminism)
- ... her vision pitted her against suffragists, New York Governor Al Smith, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, and even mothers themselves. Efforts to celebrate mothers in the U.S. actually began decades before ...
- Created on 03 May 2016
- 9. 5 First Ladies Who Are Cooler Than Their Husbands
- (Feminism)
- ... feminist statements from a First Lady. She was also the first woman to both be a president’s wife and the mother of a president. Clearly she knew how to encourage an ascent to power. 2. Eleanor Roosevelt, ...
- Created on 15 February 2016
- 10. Haitian Women and Girls Use Sex to Survive
- (Feminism)
- ... on displaced Haitian women and girls. The report was authored by MADRE, the Commission of Women Victims for Victims (KOFAVIV), Women’s Human Rights, Clinic at the City University of New York School of ...
- Created on 12 January 2012
