women’s rights
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Family service workers fight layoffs in Washington, D.C.
On May 6, the District of Columbia laid off 115 employees of the Child and Family Services Agency, which is…
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New attacks on women’s right to choose in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri
Decades have passed since the height of the women's liberation movement and the 1973 landmark Supreme Court case Roe v.…
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Black women, with only $5 to our name
A shocking study revealed to the world that the average median wealth for women of color between the ages of…
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Claims of ‘women’s power’ ring hollow under capitalism
In November 2009, the first lady of California and the Center for American Progress published "The Shriver Report: A Woman's…
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Women’s oppression: Not ‘a thing of the past’
This month we celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. It is a day for international solidarity and celebration…
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Study shows that U.S. women continue to earn far less than men
A recent international study shows that women in the United States and other highly industrialized countries continue to earn far…
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Behind the conviction of Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui
One of the vile byproducts of the "global war on terror," now in its ninth year, has been the "commodification"…
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A dangerous threat to women’s right to choose
The murder of Dr. George Tiller, whose Kansas clinic performed abortions, dealt a significant blow to women's rights. Anti-choice groups,…
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House health care bill throws women’s rights out the window
Just before passing what they have mislabeled a "historic step" towards solving the health care crisis, House Democrats crossed their…
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Military arrests soldier for refusing to abandon her infant son
Spc. Alexis Hutchinson of the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division has been arrested and awaits…
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