- 1. Fight Back Against Book Censorship in The US With These 4 Actionable Steps
- (Books)
- ... right to access any information you desire—is baked into our First Amendment. But to ensure that freedom, it’s vital to advocate for that right. Disrupting book censorship at your local library, and defending ...
- Created on 02 May 2022
- 2. Taraji P. Henson Was Just Appointed To The White House's HBCU Board Of Advisors – But What Does That Even Mean
- (Feminism)
- ... the first female president of Tougaloo College, Beverly W. Hogan, and the CEO of the National Society of Black Engineers, Janeen Uzzell. The HBCU Board of Advisors is the next step in Biden’s 2021 Executive ...
- Created on 08 April 2022
- 3. What Women’s History Month Means To Me As A Young Black Woman in America... And It's Not What You Thin
- (Feminism)
- ... from it. I constantly saw women of color sidelined for white feminist movements, and it made me distrust any kind of global “women’s” holidays. The first time I encountered Women’s History Month was in ...
- Created on 30 March 2022
- 4. Fiona Apple Is Using Her Star Power For An Urgent Legal Cause—And She Wants Your Help
- (Feminism)
- ... you can do it,” she says earnestly. Public access to court proceedings is a First Amendment right. Remote access to court proceedings provides another layer of transparency, and protection, against ...
- Created on 18 March 2022
- 5. HOORAY, The Equal Rights Amendment Passed! Or DID It?!?
- (Feminism)
- ... to ratify it in order to pass, some groups, such as the organization Equal Means Equal, argue that the ERA should now be a legal part of the Constitution. So why isn't it? First, what even is the Equal ...
- Created on 11 March 2022
- 6. Roe v. Wade Doesn't Actually Make Abortion Accessible For Everyone. This Short Film Explains Why
- (Movies)
- ... the helpline and found them riveting. We realized the impact these calls had firsthand, and how they helped create an understanding of the overlapping challenges of living as a person struggling financially. ...
- Created on 03 March 2021
- 7. What Louisiana's New Abortion Restrictions Mean For America ...
- (Feminism)
- ... points out that people seeking an abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy typically experience more logistical delays than those who have abortions in the first trimester. These include locating a provider, ...
- Created on 06 November 2020
- 8. Amy Coney Barrett Is A Threat To Civil Rights
- (Blog)
- ... the former GOP chairman and Maryland's first African-American Lieutenant Governor, suggested in a phone interview that Trump nominees' silence on Brown v. Board of Education leaves open the possibilit ...
- Created on 30 September 2020
- 9. Death and the Maidens: How Previous Pandemics Helped Make the World a Better Place for Women
- (Feminism)
- FOR MOST OF US, pandemics were once the stuff of the distant past, relegated to dusty history books. Of course, today, we understand them so much better. We’ve seen first-hand the way they cause death ...
- Created on 29 September 2020
- 10. Meet Some Of TIME100's Most Influential Women of 202
- (Feminism)
- ... in Japan including a three-year plan to curb sexual violence. Camilla Rothe documented the first case of asymptomatic Covid-19 in Munich and even though the greater scientific community tried to ignore ...
- Created on 23 September 2020
- 11. Regina King's Directorial Debut Makes History ...
- (Movies)
- ... and Sam Cooke as they celebrate Clay's win over Sonny Liston in February 1964. “One Night in Miami” made history not only as King’s directorial debut, but also as the first premiere directed by a Black ...
- Created on 09 September 2020
- 12. Celebrating Women’s Equality Day: A Look Back At Where It Began
- (Feminism)
- ... only looked at as the very first Women’s Equality Day but the event that spearheaded the beginning of the second-wave feminist movement. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division Sponsored ...
- Created on 26 August 2020
- 13. Ida B. Wells To Be Honored In Art Installation At D.C. Union Station Next Week
- (Feminism)
- ... from the first class, ladies’ section of a train (which she had purchased a ticket for), to the smoking section. The train crew forcibly removed her, leading Wells to take legal action and subsequently ...
- Created on 21 August 2020
- 14. No, AOC’s Sanders Nomination Was Not A Jab At Biden, That’s Literally How National Conventions Work
- (General)
- ... President Joe Biden for president. The roll call, which was done via pre-recorded video and zoom for the first time in the DNC’s 172 year history, featured a number of moving speeches from diverse citizens ...
- Created on 19 August 2020
- 15. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
- (Feminism)
- ... of women’s suffrage--and not just wealthy white women’s suffrage. The state held the first National Women’s Rights Convention in 1850, hosting abolitionist and suffragist speakers such as Sojourner Truth ...
- Created on 18 August 2020
- 16. No, Trump Can’t Actually Delay The Election, And Here’s Why
- (General)
- ... members of the Electoral College must give their votes for President and Vice President “on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December.” No explanation for why that rule is phrased that way, ...
- Created on 31 July 2020
- 17. Hey 19: The Wild True Story Of America's First Women-Led Terrorist Grou
- (General)
- In the 1970s, a gang of activists made history as the first—and–only American terrorist group founded and led by women. They bombed the Capitol, broke their friends out of jail, and, 40 years later, ...
- Created on 30 July 2020
- 18. The Women Of "Sesame Street" Share Their Behind-The-Scenes Storie
- (TV)
- ... shown first on HBO. There’s also merchandise, books, singalong movies—Sesame is everywhere. And through the years, the series has been teaching kids around the world the alphabet, how to count, how to ...
- Created on 17 July 2020
- 19. Your Feminism Isn't Intersectional If It Doesn't Include Prison Aboliti
- (Feminism)
- ... women who have been arrested for killing their rapists, abusers, and captors, and to prevent women who have to do so from being incarcerated in the first place. Many states have policies in place known ...
- Created on 16 July 2020
- 20. Apparently Americans Were Much Happier 50 Years Ago
- (Living)
- ... the next generation. This is the lowest answer since the question was first asked in 1994. These are some of the biggest drops in morale since 1972 when the survey began. In 1972, 30 percent of respondents ...
- Created on 22 June 2020
