How we can understand women’s support for the right in Poland and Hungary By: Weronika Grzebalska and Eszter Kovats Editors Note: Recently we contacted Dr. Andrea Peto, Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University,… more »

Your boss now has to accommodate pregnant workers, from morning sickness to abortion care. By Chabeli Carrazana The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which is now in effect, requires employers provide accommodations to pregnant workers for everything from… more »

The reality is, corporations don’t need even more tax breaks. They’re already paying far too little. Under President Obama, corporations paid an effective tax rate of 16%, but that was cut to just 9% after Republicans passed the Trump tax scam in 2017.… more »

COMMENTARY  FROM  A  BADASS   WOMAN Do you know economic abuse occurs in 98% of abusive relationships and is the number one reason victims stay in or return to abusive relationships?  Yet, 78% of Americans do not recognize economic abuse as domestic… more »

https://ncadv.org/ THE NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE'S VISION We envision a national culture in which we are all safe, empowered and free from domestic violence. THE NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE'S MISSION Our mission is to… more »

http://www.survivingeconomicabuse.org Our mission is to raise awareness of and transform responses to economic abuse. We want everyone to understand what economic abuse is, how to recognize it in the context of domestic violence, and what they can do to… more »

Why should this be important to you ? Read the report first and the answer will follow.   Koch Industries revenue is $115.0B annually. After extensive research and analysis, Zippia's data science team found the following key financial metrics for this… more »

While the minimum wage and the average worker salaries have been stagnant for some time, executive salaries have soared.  Everywhere you go there are help wanted signs and there are rising shortages of workers, such as teachers, with employers bemoaning… more »

COMMENTARY  FROM  A  BADASS  WOMAN Recently a reader of womensvoicesmedia.org emailed suggesting we might consider posting a guide about online safety for LGBTQ+ people.  The guide he suggested turns out to be quite good.  The information it contains is… more »

 Tommorrow, June 15th, is World Elder Abuse Awareness day World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) was launched on June 15, 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization at the United Nations.   The… more »

REMARKS FROM A BADASS WOMAN I just signed a petition with the gender justice organization UltraViolet to call on Target to proudly and unequivocally support the LGBTQ+ community by displaying Pride merchandise in all its stores and to protect workers… more »

Sometimes you wonder whether it is possible to be both a legislator and a decent human being.  We don't see much evidence of it these days. more »

CIVIL  DISCOURSE  by  JOYCE  VANCE "Except for the relatively small number of Fascist sympathizers," George Orwell wrote in 1944, "almost any English person would accept 'bully' as a synonym for 'Fascist'. That is about as near to a definition as this… more »

 The Target company’s capitulation to homophobes and transphobes is a testament to the dangers of relying on corporations to uphold social justice.   By Sonali Kolhatkar Just days before the start of June, celebrated around the country and as world… more »

You don’t need to be a Floridian for it to be important to pay attention to DeSantis and Florida.  He’s running for the Republican nomination for president so he can do for (TO) you and America what he has done to Florida and its' citizens.. He wants to… more »

Republican lawmakers around the country value guns & the NRA more than the lives of our children. They are turning their backs on providing factual teaching of history by banning books and removing factual information from school curriculums.… more »