Tag Archive: Women’s Rights

Philadelphia’s Unprecedented Housing Deal Will Cede Vacant Houses to Homeless Protesters

Released for Syndication: 11/16/2020

The breakthrough agreement could become a template to curb the U.S. housing crisis.

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How Coronavirus Exposed the Flaws of the Childcare Economy

Released for Syndication: 10/23/2020

The pandemic has revealed the barbaric nature of an economy that has largely left the care of children to the whims of market forces. The well-being of children, women, and especially women of color is at stake.

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Haiti Has a Long History of Being Assaulted by Its Latin American Neighbors

Released for Syndication: 10/22/2020

A 15-year peacekeeping mission by the UN in Haiti that ended one year ago still has unanswered questions about how Latin American nations came to participate in the occupation against a small, unarmed and impoverished Caribbean nation.

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How a Strike by Strippers in Portland Has Grown Into a Nationwide Movement Against Racism in Night Clubs

Released for Syndication: 09/30/2020

An interview with a leader of the Portland Stripper Strike on the growing movement for equal treatment and better labor protections for dancers.

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5 Grim Observations on Trump’s Supreme Court

Released for Syndication: 09/29/2020

The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett will be yet another inflection point in the slide to minority rule.

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Saudi’s Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS

Released for Syndication: 03/13/2020

Image of Loujain al-Hathloul available to accompany the article: https://independentmediainstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Loujain-al-Hathloul.png   Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), Saudi Arabia’s 34-year-old de facto ruler, has...

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