More Than A Magazine, A Movement
With COVID-19 cases on the rise, polling places are closing due to shortages of willing workers. This means that as a make-or-break presidential election is on the horizon, the right to vote in the United States is at risk.
You could be part of the solution.
A National Day of Social Action will be held on July 15, and an event today kicks off the initiative.
The focus of this year’s event is crafted entirely around the importance of voting.
Here’s how to register for the event and contribute to advocating on behalf of children.
A survey examined the COVID impact on Black immigrant domestic workers in NYC, Boston and Miami. The survey results bring about one conclusion: Black domestic workers deserve better.
Vanessa Guillén was a 20-year-old soldier for the United States Army who mysteriously disappeared from the Texas Fort Hood Army Base on April 22—after disclosing information of sexual harassment.
Vanessa’s story is creating a #MeToo moment for the military. There must be a congressional investigation into her disappearance and likely, death.
From abortion to weight loss, the patriarchal tradition of policing women’s bodies is a strong and long lasting one. Telling women what they must or must not do with their hair—whether that be the color, texture, quantity or location of it—is just another way women’s agency over their own bodies is controlled.
Today marks the five-year anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, the historic Supreme Court decision affirming the freedom to marry for same-sex couples nationwide.
Here are some of the best ways to celebrate LGBTQ+ equality on this historic day, and every day!
Stores are beginning to open up—but 82 percent of shoppers say they plan to keep shopping online. A multitude of powerful women are running specially curated thrift businesses through social media platforms—making fashion sustainable and safe.
The lack of needed legislation to protect prisoners is acting as the judge, jury and executioner. Having a proper and humane plan during crises means the difference between life and death.
The #JustUs campaign urges each state to adopt and institute an emergency management plan to protect incarcerated populations.
“Tools of the Patriarchy” is a biweekly column on the tools that establish men’s dominance in society, or, in other words, uphold the patriarchy. Whether or not these tools are used intentionally, they contribute to a world in which women are not equal to men.
The naming tool is a long-standing tradition dictating that after marriage, a woman should give up her birth name and take on her husband’s last name. Children also frequently take their father’s last name, carrying the tradition on into the next generation.
Terrence Floyd—George Floyd’s brother—called on communities to express their outrage not through violence, but through voting.
