9+ hour, 8+ min ago  (1003+ words) This piece was originally published by'PassBlue,'a women-led nonprofit newsroom that covers the U.N. and global women's rights. The United States set a new precedent at the United Nations'annual women's rights meeting'by requesting a recorded vote on the draft conclusions. The…...

2+ hour, 39+ min ago  (502+ words) This story was originally published by The Contrarian. Republicans have put on the Senate floor (barely, with only 51 votes) their massive voter suppression bill, inaptly named the SAVE America Act. No, these techniques are features, not bugs, for a party…...

8+ hour, 36+ min ago  (433+ words) On her wedding day in 1778amid the throes'of'war in the young nation's most rebellious cityElizabeth'Finney of Boston'could not have'imagined herself suing her husband, Thomas, for divorce.' Four years later,'as peace came to the United States, Elizabeth sought the same for'her'own…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1344+ words) Her strength, moral clarity and courage remain undaunted, and if nothing else, are strengthened given what she went through. We celebrate Dolores and the important work she did to create a movement that brought better working and living conditions to…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (194+ words) The following is excerpted from Jackson Katz's Every Man: Why Violence Against Women Is a Men's Issue, and How You Can Make a Difference (Bloomsbury Publishing), out March 19. The shining light of this horrific case was the courage and dignity…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (609+ words) March 8 marked'International Women's Day, a moment each year when people around the world pause to celebrate the achievements of women and reflect on the work still ahead to build a more equitable future. This year, I had the privilege of…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (835+ words) Over 30 years ago, world leaders came together in Beijing and made a promise: Gender equality would be a global standard, not a distant aspiration. As the United Nations convenes from March 9 to 19 for the 70th session of the Commission on the…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (282+ words) In early February, while the nation was still reeling from the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents,Loretta Ross and Jackson Katz'two feminist academics with decidedly different backgrounds and identities'discussed how U.S. federal agents became the enforcement…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (549+ words) Inspired by the 1916 suffrage road trip that helped win women the vote, activists behind'Driving the Vote for Equality'are traveling across the country in the restored Golden Flyer II to build support for recognizing the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment....

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (815+ words) This weekend on Velshi with MS NOW(formerly MSNBC) anchor Ali Velshi, Kathy Spillar'executive editor of Ms. and executive director of the Feminist Majority Foundation (publisher of Ms.)'joined to discuss a sweeping new policy blueprint from the Heritage Foundation…...