- 1. Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
- (Feminism)
- ... Burley explains. “But as I became more involved and started asking more questions, I began to realize that there were deeper systemic problems. When young people in the U.S. and around the world don’t ...
- Created on 15 February 2021
- 2. This Nonprofit Is Building Tiny Homes for Black Trans People
- (Feminism)
- If you are Black and transgender, you are five times more likely to experience homelessness than the general U.S. population. This is a reality that activist Kayla Gore fights against every day in her ...
- Created on 28 July 2020
- 3. How Nannies And Other Domestic Workers Have Been Hit By The Coronavirus
- (Feminism)
- ... of the U.S. Nanny Association, told Yahoo Money. “So they'll let nannies go for three or four months and then just hire another one when the pandemic ends, and it will be hundreds of thousands of nannies ...
- Created on 01 May 2020
- 4. The Entire Sex Work Industry Is Barred From Applying For COVID-19 Relief
- (Feminism)
- The coronavirus has left no industry untouched. In just four weeks, at least 20 million Americans have lost their jobs. Among those that have lost their jobs are sex workers — strippers, dominatrixes, ...
- Created on 17 April 2020
- 5. Meet Dr. Rachel Levine, The Doctor Leading the Coronavirus Response in Pennsylvania
- (Feminism)
- ... are still staggeringly high, Pennsylvania has not seen nearly as many cases and deaths as other Northeastern states that were hit especially hard due to their proximity to New York, the U.S. epicenter ...
- Created on 17 April 2020
- 6. As Unemployment Rates Rise, Women Are Hit The Hardest
- (Feminism)
- ... unemployment. This means that approximately 10 percent of the entire U.S. workforce is now indefinitely unemployed. Of the first 700,000 jobs that were lost in the months of February and March here in ...
- Created on 10 April 2020
- 7. Megan Rapinoe Basically Said F*ck The White House, And This Is How Trump Responded
- (Feminism)
- “Pft, I’m not going to the fucking White House,” was what U.S. women’s soccer co-captain Megan Rapinoe told reporters, according to CNN. This was in response to when the 33-year-old forward was ...
- Created on 26 June 2019
- 8. How Ann Hui Became A Leader Of Hong Kong New Wave: 52 Weeks Of Directors
- (Movies)
- ... sisters back in the U.S. have and started families of their own. But does it matter? As the film shows, there’s a sense of loneliness, especially at the end of our lives, whether we have family or not. ...
- Created on 20 October 2016
- 9. Fall Preview: Movies
- (Movies)
- ... directed by Ava DuVernay This feature by Ava DuVernay, the first African-American woman to bag the U.S. Directing Award for a drama at Sundance, centers around Ruby (Emayatzy Corinealdi) a woman facing ...
- Created on 21 September 2012
- 10. Early Childhood Education Ist Gut
- (General)
- ... in the U.S., we have lots of great programs (such as Even Start and Head Start) that prepare kids for school. (I've seen firsthand how effective they are, 'cause I used to work for one.) Did you go to daycare? ...
- Created on 08 May 2012
- 11. Occupy the Patriarchy: We Are the 51 Percent!
- (Feminism)
- ... country and coined the slogan “We are the 99 percent.” The article's author, Christine Bork, reveals where women fall in the richest 1% of Americans (those that control 40% of U.S. wealth). Bork found ...
- Created on 13 January 2012
- 12. Playspent: A Computer Game About America's Working-Poo
- (General)
- ... the more out of date your skills become. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has received a number of reports stating that applicants have been refused employment after an interviewer discovered ...
- Created on 28 February 2011
- 13. Help Servicewomen and Female Veterans
- (General)
- Currently, women make up 15% of the U.S. military and they face all of the issues—if not more—that their male colleagues do while on active duty or as a veteran. Luckily, there are organizations like ...
- Created on 11 November 2010
