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Scott Olsen injuries prompt review as Occupy Oakland protests continue
The Occupy Oakland movement took a turn toward violence the past Tuesday night, when members of the Oakland Police Department conducted a predawn raid of...
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Obama Still Has the Black Vote
By Nicole A. Spigner New York Time’s Helen Cooper reported today that black voters largely remain firmly in support of Barak Obama’s re-election—all of this...
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Turkey Earthquake: Death toll passes 430
The past Sunday, an earthquake of a 7.2 magnitude hit the Turkish city of Van, located in the southeast region of the country. News sources...
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Rap & Wall Street
Critics from Fox News to feminist groups have argued that the violence, blatant sexism and idolization of drugs and criminal behavior found in rap lyrics...
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Featured Filmmaker: Nev Nnaji
Nev Nnaji’s “Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights” reflects upon the marginalization of black women in the Black Power and Feminist movements and raises...
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Beyond Wall Street–Occupying Patriarchy…
To Occupy Patriarchy is to draw attention to “the far deeper and greater problem of patriarchy which depends in large measure on the exploitation, disempowerment, and subjugation...
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My Female Colleagues Told Me Not To Talk About The Abuse. I Did It Anyway
To tell or not to tell? That is the question that many domestic abuse survivors face daily. Michele Weldon, assistant professor of journalism at Northwestern University,...
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IS RICK PERRY EMBRACING THE BIRTHER MOVEMENT?
The “birther” canard, which has plagued this White House since President Obama took office, simply doesn’t go away, despite the fact that an authenticated copy...
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“We Are More Loved Than We Know”: Masculinity, Feminism and the Love that Will Save Our Lives
June Jordan teaches that: “Love is lifeforce.” And the healing power of love has saved my life more than once. In the name of this...
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Herman Cain's use of racial language is rhetoric we must refuse
Black people have been the victims of stereotyping for the vast majority of our nation’s history. Some of the most insidious prejudices are related to...
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Occupy Gender!
Just as most Occupy Wall St protesters do NOT want to eradicate capitalism, most feminists/gender justice advocates do not want to get rid of gender.~Sally...
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Libyan Women and the Revolution
Some distributed media to raise awareness of Gaddafi’s atrocities and underminine the loyalty of his troops in Tripoli. Some smuggled weapons, cared for and fed...
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Taking It to the Streets
For those of us who are not able to travel to New York City because we are fortunate enough to have jobs and must attend...
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America's Autumn: A Time for Growth Amidst Struggle
By Darnell L. Moore These are the times to grow our souls. Each of us is called upon to embrace the conviction that despite the...
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Featured Poet: Metta Sáma
Sign. Signifier. Signify. Signified: an American African ghazal I’ve heard Death is a white man in black tie, a man captive in a trick of...
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Dispatch from Occupy Wall Street
By Jennifer K Uleman Tuesday, October 11, 2011: I went back down to Occupy Wall Street today. I’d been down on Saturday, for the first...
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From the Editors on "Occupy Wall Street"
The Feminist Wire is happy to present a series on “Occupy Wall Street,” as it moves from its origin to 145 other cities throughout the United States...
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In Support of Occupy Wall Street
By Zillah Eisenstein and Chandra Talpade Mohanty “Occupy Wall Street” is an incredible movement even if there is no easily ready-made pre-existing political language to...