women’s rights
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Assata Shakur: a woman warrior
Alina Serrano is a student at City College of the City University of New York. In December 2006, a gain…
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Workers need paid family leave
The writer is a statewide delegate and co-chair of the Women’s Rights and Concerns Committee of United University Professions (UUP),…
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GABRIELA Network: Philippines must assert jurisdiction after rape verdict
Below is a Dec. 3 statement by the U.S.-Philippine women's group GABRIELA Network demanding that the U.S. soldier recently found…
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South Dakota voters reject anti-woman abortion ban
The writer is an activist in South Dakota. On Nov. 7, South Dakota voters overturned a state law that had…
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G.I. war resister Suzanne Swift to be court-martialed
The U.S. Army recently decided to try G.I. war resister Suzanne Swift in a special military court-martial. She was charged…
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Working-class women denied right to breastfeed
Almost as soon as they are born, babies need to eat. You don’t need to be an expert on nutrition…
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Ten years after the 1996 ‘welfare reform’ act
August 2006 marks the tenth anniversary of the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act—more commonly, but…
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Few job opportunities, access to health care top concerns for working women
An AFL-CIO survey entitled "Ask a Working Woman," published Aug. 7, shows that women are struggling more than ever with…
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Interstate Abortion Bill attacks women’s rights
On July 25, the Senate approved the Interstate Abortion Bill, voting 65 to 34 to make it a crime to…
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Fighting against war and sexual abuse
For several hours on July 15, dozens of anti-war activists lined a pedestrian walkway on a bridge over Interstate 5.…
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