Women and Politics
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Women Leading the Labor Movement: Frances Perkins
As a student at Mount Holyoke College, Frances Perkins, born in 1880, studied the working conditions in a factory. Perkins later remembered...
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Women Leading the Labor Movement: Sara Nelson
Sara Nelson has served as the International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO since 2014. The AFA represents fifty thousand...
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1.6KThe State of Abortion Rights in the United States
An unknown person leaked a copy of a Supreme Court decision written by Justice Samuel Alito. Chief Justice Roberts confirmed the leak...
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2.3KLiz Shuler and the Future of Organized Labor
Liz Shuler was elected the AFL-CIO’s first female president in August after longtime leader Richard Trumka unexpectedly passed away. Shuler said, “Rich...
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2.4KPaid Parental Leave in the United States
Paid parental leave, paid time off after giving birth to or adopting a new child, is the issue that seems to be...
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2.6KTrying not to Rant About Texas’s Abortion Bill
I will try to write an article without ranting about Texas’s Abortion Bill, but it’s challenging to do so. So I will...
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3.2KTeaching Your Children about Voting
Voting is the most crucial way for us as citizens to have our voices heard by politicians. The United States has a...
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3.0KBrittney Spears’s Conservatorship Is a Disability Rights Issue
Why Is Brittney Spears’s conservatorship a disability rights issue? I don’t think I need to go over the nitty-gritty of Brittney Spears’s...
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2.0KBill Cosby and Constitutional Rights
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Bill Cosby’s 2018 sexual assault conviction yesterday. In 2005, when the victim first reported the case, the...
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The Courage of Ida Wells Barnett
Ida Wells’s Beginnings Ida Bell Wells, daughter of James and Lizzie Wells, was born into slavery during the Civil War on July...