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‘Half of women’ tell of emotional violence
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro Family violence experts are calling for national debates surrounding issues of emotional violence against women in New Zealand after a study found...
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It Matters what Team You Play For: Heteronormativity in Sports
Oscar Wilde once described the game of Rugby as “a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.” While Wilde...
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Hecklers interrupt Obama at event in New Hampshire
Protesters reportedly with the Occupy Wall Street movement delayed the start of President Obama’s speech in Manchester, New Hampshire Tuesday, chanting over the president as...
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Supercommittee fallout: Lawmakers Trade Blame as Deficit Talks Crumble
Congressional leaders conceded Sunday that talks on a sweeping deficit agreement were near failure. Unfortunately, the stalemate between members of both parties won’t likely be...
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Police Burn Tents To Clear Cairo's Tahrir Square
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro As Egyptian civilians gathered around Tahrir Square to urge the military government to transfer power to a civilian government (an agreement made...
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"Is a Woman President ‘Macho’ Enough for Mexico?"
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro In less than nine months, Mexico will have the chance to vote for their first female president. Josefina Vazquez-Mota is competing for...
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Penn State Evil
By Charles E. Bowie As a former athlete and football player I struggled in coming to terms with what happened at Penn State. The cult...
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Sexual Harassment is Rampant in NYC Public Schools
(Brooklyn, NY) November 17, 2011 — “There are so many cases of sexual harassment,” says Nadia, a former student at Brooklyn International High School. “It’s...
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Mixed Signals Spark Fear, Hope For Saudi Women
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia originally told Saudi women he intended to give them more rights in 2015 (to which Saudi feminists...
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On the Berkeley and Davis Protests
Back in February 2010, 11 Muslim students from UC Irvine and UC Riverside interrupted a speech given on the Irvine campus by Israeli ambassador Michael...
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The Straw: Activating Black Feminism in response to “Dead Men Walking”
Black feminism lives as an abundant and hopeful critique of our everyday circumstances. Black feminism lives as a perpetual readiness to engage and instigate transformation...
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Supreme Court To Decide Constitutionality Of Health Law
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear over five hours of arguments regarding the Health Care Reform Law. The lawsuit, brought by...
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Un-occupy my/our Sexisms: In Solidarity with Tamura Lomax and all Women
Tamura Lomax has rightly called for an interrogation of (and action in response to) the sexist, misogynist, and violent resonances lurking within some iterations of...
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Introducing: Darnell L. Moore…
TFW welcomes Darnell L. Moore to our Editorial Collective. Darnell L. Moore is a writer/poet and activist who lives in Bedstuy, Broooklyn, NY and hails from Camden,...
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Mass Evictions at “Occupy” Camps around the Country
From Denver, Oakland, to New York City, local police have stormed Occupy encampments carrying out eviction orders and arresting peaceful protesters. Given the number of...
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Paid-Leave Benefits Lagging For Working Moms In US
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro A Census Bureau analysis shows that women given time off for pregnancy, birth and child care has leveled off. Currently, about half...
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Here We Go Again!
The U.S. Supreme Court consented on Monday to hear oral argument on the 2010 health care overhaul law. A decision is expected to be handed...
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Berlusconi Steps Down
After seventeen years in office, the colorful Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, resigned in humiliation Saturday, as the Italian Parliament adopted austerity measures for a...