U.S.
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Wisconsin Legislators Tie Single Parenthood to Child Abuse
As if it weren’t hard enough already to be a single mom — or dad — a new bill in Wisconsin is associating single parenthood...
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Can Black Feminism Be (Quantified)?: A State/ment (Part 1 of 4)
“Contemporary Black feminism is the outgrowth of countless generations of personal sacrifice, militancy and work by our mothers and sisters.” “We have found it difficult...
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Why Ethnic Studies Matters
By Arizona Ethnic Studies Network On February 29, 2012, members of the Arizona Ethnic Studies Network held a Read-in at Wesley Bolin Plaza across from...
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Rick Santorum to Puerto Rico: "Speak English"
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told Puerto Ricans on Wednesday they would have to make English their primary language if they want to pursue U.S....
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The System is What's Crazy
Shortly after starting my graduate program at Arizona State University, it became clear I would need to go back on medication for anxiety. Diagnosed for...
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Living with Mentally Ill Parents
By J. Victoria Sanders Walking with my mom, Maggie, as a kid, I heard someone call her crazy. She wore her black wigs until, with...
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New York Medicaid Cuts to Hurt Mental Health Services
Influential African-American legislative leaders are pushing to get New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration to relax a cost-cutting measure that they say forces patients to...
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Mental Health and Illness: A Forum
Psychological issues permeate and are affected by many aspects of our society – including gender, race, sexuality, class, age, nationality, culture, language, identity, education, religion,...
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Anti-abortion doctors could legally lie in Arizona
The Arizona Senate has has approved legislation that will let doctors lie about an unborn child’s health and escape any related “wrongful birth” suits, which...
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Abortion Link to Mental Health Now Denied by Psychiatric Journal
A respected medical journal is distancing itself from a controversial study it published that established a link between abortion and mental illness. The study, which...
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Celebrating International Women's Day
Today, in partnership with more than 200 organizations and individuals, TFW is blogging for social justice. Gender Across Borders and CARE are sponsoring the Third...
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Becoming an Activist
By Lizeth Lopez Butterflies flutter around me as I feel the soft winds playing with my hair, the scent of spring flowers blooming surround me,...
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Undocumented and Unafraid
By Janeth Silva Each morning as I enter the prison-like gates of Gardena High School, I see our dean, Mr. Sieslove, with his metal detector...
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Inspiring Girls to Author Their Own Lives
By Vali Forrister When my niece, Haviland, was 12 years old, she shared her poetry with me for the first time. I told her it...
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Stealing Our Language
By Gwendoline Y. Fortune Food and love, who (and what) we vote for, what we deem good or bad, what we want and hate—all rise...
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Perp Walk for the Pope
Last September, Barbara Blaine, president of the Survivor’s Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), teamed with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) to persuade the International Criminal Court...
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Faux-Apology Not Accepted: Fire Rush Limbaugh for His Hateful Misogyny
By Soraya Chemaly Rush Limbaugh’s limp quasi-apology to Sandra Fluke isn’t good enough. Clear Channel Communications, the largest radio station owner in the US, should fire him...
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Portantino Pushes to Abolish Statue of Limitations on Rape
The statute of limitations would no longer apply to the crime of rape under legislation introduced by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge)....