There was no rug on the floor and the old lady from downstairs would crawl up on her hands through the wood and show up...
On Wednesday, May 30, the United States House of Representatives will consider the “Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act.” Known as “PRENDA,” the latest version of the bill...
By Gwen Emmons After a difficult fight to approve the HPV vaccine (and defend it from opponents who claimed the vaccine causes promiscuity, “mental retardation,” and...
The Global Voice Hall (GVH) held its first forum in Kuwait titled ‘The Absence of Women in Politics….’ on Sunday at the Graduates Society. The...
By Theresa Warburton and Joshua Cerretti We’re white feminists. We aren’t white just because our ancestors were mostly European. We are white because we regularly...
By Osazeme O, founding member of Palm Wine When discussing LGBTQ human rights on the African continent, the argument typically falls somewhere along the spectrum of...
My dreams don’t usually take the form of the state. But in my dream state the Combahee River Collective statement would be the preamble to...
More than 2,000 people have been exonerated of serious crimes since 1989 in the United States, according to a report by college researchers who have...
By Shari Collins “You’re 50!” the OB/GYN yelled. She was clearly exasperated. Oh, and she looked like she was maybe 23. I tried again to...
By Theresa Runstedtler I’ve been a fervent Pacquiao fan for many years but “Manny-gayte” has left me feeling uneasy about my loyalty to him in...
By Tamara K. Nopper Several years ago I was at a mall in Philadelphia buying a meal from KFC. Because I didn’t want my cole...
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett made moves to appease birthers in his state this week, petitioning the state of Hawaii to confirm the existence...
By Mason Casper-Milam, with a response from Heather Laine Talley LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. But this article is just on the...
A federal judge on Wednesday granted class-action status to a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tactics, saying she was disturbed by the...
Lena Dunham’s new HBO show “Girls” has touched a nerve. Or maybe a few. Surely this is in part because it is a nervy show....
The kidnapping of migrants who travel through Mexico on their way to the United States has become a “systematic and generalized” practice by organized crime...
By Nina Sharma Jones That Dress That dress? It’s so heavy it could kill you. It will cost as much as an SUV, shouldn’t run...
By Joseph Fischel Maniko Barthelemy is the director, executive producer, and chief executive officer at Southern Belle Productions. Her most recent film, I Thought It Was Forever, chronicles...