A new study points to an absence of resources, the accumulation of excess wealth, intergenerational trauma and violence against women as factors contributing to women of color experiencing “far worse health and economic outcomes than their white counterparts.”
Author: Michele Sleighel
Michele Sleighel is a former Research Assistant at the Feminist Majority Foundation. She has an MA in Communication at the University of Texas in San Antonio and a BS in PR from the University of Texas in Austin and is very proud of her El Paso roots. Find her on Twitter @MicheleSleighel
Attorneys Representing Anti-Abortion Extremists Refuse to Stop Endangering Providers
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Alt-Right Commentator Laughs About Rape, Disability, Cancer at Campus Appearance
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The Film Festival that Fights Back
Now over a decade running, the Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival has a revived meaning in the new political climate.
Global Solidarity: Exploring the Roots of Today’s Women’s Strike
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Braids Across Borders: How Women in El Paso are Fighting Back on Inauguration Day
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Q&A: Meet the Vinyl Club Resisting Patriarchy One Record at a Time
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