If you missed the MTV Video Music Awards last night, there was only one image you really needed to see: Beyoncé literally putting the spotlight on feminism. And seeing […]
Author: Anita Little
Why Michael Brown’s Death Is a Reproductive Justice Issue
After he was gunned down, left to bake on the hot cement for hours and then autopsied by the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office, the body of 18-year-old Michael […]
Justice for Renisha McBride
Justice was carried out for the late Renisha McBride Thursday when a jury found Theodore Wafer guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the shooting death of the 19-year-old. In […]
NEWSFLASH: Virginia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Struck Down
In a 2-to-1 vote, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond upheld a ruling that said Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional. This is the first […]
Pro-Choice Battleground Shifts from New Orleans to Jackson
Activists who spent the last week defending abortion clinics, doctors and patients against anti-choice extremists in New Orleans have moved onto the next reproductive rights battleground: Jackson, Miss. There are currently defending […]
Pro-Choice Activists Hold Their Ground in New Orleans
The battle between pro-choice activists and abortion opponents rages on in the Big Easy. Anti-choice extremists have descended on the city this week, protesting at women’s health clinics and outside of […]
The Court Decision That Could Challenge Obamacare
If a court decision made this week stands, affordable health insurance could soon be out of reach for some of America’s poorest. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel from the D.C. […]
Help Spread the Story of the First Black Prima Ballerina!
In the 1930s, when 15-year-old ballet dancer Janet Collins first began to audition for dance companies, she was invited to join the prestigious Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. The only […]
Contraceptive Access Further Weakened by Wheaton Decision
In the flurry of media coverage surrounding the recent Hobby Lobby decision and its curtailment of women’s rights, the dissent of Ruth Bader Ginsburg—now known throughout the Internet as Notorious […]
For Every Somaly Mam, Countless Others Tell the Truth
Everyone loves to build up a hero, and perhaps dismantling them just as much. By now many have heard of the scandal surrounding Cambodian humanitarian Somaly Mam and her self-named […]