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We're Mobilizing: Support Abortion Rights This Saturday in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and D.C
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(Living)
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On May 14th, various reproductive justice, health, and rights organizations want us to mobilize across the country. Planned Parenthood, MoveOn, Women’s March, and other organizations are promoting the ...
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Created on 11 May 2022
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"You Are Worthy," Senator Cory Booker's Emotional Speech Defending Ketanji Brown Jackson Reminds Us How Significant This Historic Moment Is For Black Women (And Has Us Reaching For The Tissue Bo
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(Feminism)
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On Wednesday, Senator Cory Booker gave an impassioned speech for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that brought tears to the courtroom—and my living room. After ...
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Created on 25 March 2022
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6 Things You Might Not Know About Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson
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(Feminism)
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... (@POTUS) February 25, 2022
Here are some things to know about this amazing woman.
1. She was one of Biden’s First Year Judicial appointments.
In March of 2021, Joe Biden announced his intent to ...
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Created on 25 February 2022
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Farewell to Ronnie Spector, One Of The Original Bad Girls Of Rock & Roll Who Brought Edge and Flavor to 1960s Girl Groups
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(Music)
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The smash pop hit “Be My Baby” by the Ronettes was released in August of 1963, the same year and month as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The streets of America were electric with strife ...
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Created on 18 January 2022
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Amy Coney Barrett Says Putting The Baby Up For Adoption "Takes Care of the Problem" of Burden Of Forced Parenthoo
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(Feminism)
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... Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart about potentially introducing an even more restrictive six-week abortion ban signed but blocked from taking effect back in March 2019.
Now Sonia Sotomayor ...
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Created on 03 December 2021
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Texas Abortion Ban: What the F*ck is Up With This New Law That Turns Everyday People Into Bounty Hunters? Here's the Facts, No Bullsh*
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(Feminism)
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... to protect the rights we thought we'd nailed down since 1973. In anticipation of the October 2nd National Women’s March to defend reproductive rights, we have to talk about just how much the latest Texas ...
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Created on 30 September 2021
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RIP, Beverly Cleary: How Much Do You Know About the Prolific Children's Book Author? BUST Pop Quiz ...
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(Feminism)
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... Quimby, Age 8
Which of the following prestigious literary awards did Beverly win?
a. National Book Award
b. Newbery Medal
c. National Medal of Arts
d. All of the above
On March 25, ...
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Created on 30 September 2021
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Women's March To Host National Demonstration For Reproductive Freedom On October 2n
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(Feminism)
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On October 2 at 11 a.m., Women’s March will mobilize thousands of women, feminists, and allies to fight for reproductive freedom in demonstrations across the country.
The National March to Demand ...
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Created on 23 September 2021
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Mutual Aid To The Rescue: Check Out These Seven Pro-Choice Organizations Providing Resources in the Midst of Texas' Near-Total Abortion Ban
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(Feminism)
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Under the leadership of the Women's March Foundation, on October 2nd thousands of women across all 50 states, in major cities from Los Angeles to Washington D.C., will march alongside one another to ...
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Created on 09 September 2021
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"Incel" Goes on Deadly Shooting Rampage in England, Murdering 5 Before Turning Gun on Himself ...
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(Feminism)
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On Friday, August 13, 2021, in Plymouth, England, Jake Davison, 22, shot and killed five people before turning the gun on himself. According to CNN, the victims included the shooter’s mother Maxine ...
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Created on 23 August 2021
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Washington Post Reporter Felicia Sonmez is Suing the Paper for Gender Discrimination
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(Feminism)
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... on Sonmez’s coverage continued until March of this year after it was reported on by Politico. During that time, she was not allowed to report on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s revelations that she is a survivor ...
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Created on 03 August 2021
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CUNY Students Demand University Observe Major Muslim Holiday Eid Al-Fitr
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(Living)
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... in the 2016 school year.
The largest public school system in the country is not the only one to add Eid to its list of holidays. In March, according to The Gazette, the Iowa City school board added Eid ...
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Created on 11 May 2021
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Remembering Author Beverly Cleary, Who Captured Young Imaginations Through Books Like "Ramona Quimby
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(Books)
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... March 25 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, less than three weeks shy of her 105th birthday.
Cleary was born on April 12, 1916, and grew up on a farm in Yamhill, Oregon. The town was so small that it ...
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Created on 29 March 2021
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8 AAPI Organizations To Support Right Now
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(Feminism)
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On Tuesday, March 16, eight people lost their lives during three deadly shootings that occurred across three Atlanta spas; six of those eight people were women of Asian descent. On Sunday, an Asian ...
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Created on 24 March 2021
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10 Timely, Empowering Books to Read During Women's History Mont
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(Books)
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We all know women’s history should be showcased and celebrated for more than 31 days a year. But each March, Women’s History Month pushes us to dig a little deeper into the history of the women who ...
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Created on 08 March 2021
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Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
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(Feminism)
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...
Jamie Margolin was just 15 when she co-founded Zero Hour (thisiszerohour.org), a group of young activists committed to combatting government inaction around climate change. They hold protest marches, ...
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Created on 15 February 2021
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Joe Biden Appoints Dr. Rachel Levine As Assistant Health Secretary, A Historical First For The Transgender Community
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(Feminism)
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... openly transgender person confirmed to become a federal official in this capacity.
Dr. Levine providing COVID guidance at a virtual press conference on March 20th, 2020. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. ...
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Created on 19 January 2021
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18.
Jane Fonda: A Rebel With a Cause. Exclusive BUST Interview
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(Feminism)
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... that was showing tens of thousands of Americans marching against the Pentagon. I left my family, I left my husband, I moved back [to the U.S.] and I never looked back. That was the beginning.”
“I ...
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Created on 07 January 2021
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Why Native Activists Are Decolonizing COVID Relief On The Reservation
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(Living)
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... of COVID-19 was detected in March. But housing there is so overcrowded, social distancing is almost impossible. Residents can’t farm or access clean drinking water—U.S. uranium mining poisoned the soil ...
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Created on 14 September 2020
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Celebrating Women’s Equality Day: A Look Back At Where It Began
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(Feminism)
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... not where Women’s Equality Day began.
On August 26, 1970, 20,000 women marched down New York City’s Fifth Avenue from 59th Street to a rally in Bryant Park in what was then the largest protest on behalf ...
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Created on 26 August 2020