Activism

Flipping the Focus: The Reclaimers Are Fighting the Vacant Housing Crisis

Community members, some of whom are white and some of whom are Black and Latinx, stand together on the lawn of a house in Los Angeles

by Zoie Matthew

December 3, 2020 at 12:03pm

Who is being displaced from cities in order to make room for the wealthy?

a Black woman with short, black curly hair walks beside two other women at a Black Lives Matter protest with a megaphone up to her lips

Just Because the Election Is Over Doesn’t Mean the Work Is

by Evette Dionne

November 13, 2020 at 11:56am

If you’re not sure where to start, we’ve got some concrete tips for getting and remaining involved. Read more »

Shirley Chisholm, a Black woman with a short, black afro, stands behind a podium in an orange and white blouse

Less Flawed Union: The Unsung Heroes of the Suffrage and Civil Rights Movements

by Leslie Stauffer

October 1, 2020 at 11:30am

Despite playing a pivotal role in the original suffrage movement, women of color reaped none of the reward. Read more »

“Portrait Monument,” a 1920 statue memorial.

Trump’s Pardon of Susan B. Anthony Shows His Allegiance to White Supremacy

by Jennifer Stavros

September 1, 2020 at 1:06pm

Trump calls back to a long history of white supremacist women. Read more »

The Moms protest group chants slogans during a protest in front of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse.

Why Is Activism Reserved for White Moms?

by Marianne Dhenin

August 25, 2020 at 10:39am

Black mothers have long been doing the work. Read more »

a colorful, fragmented painting of a Black woman in cornrows

No New Normal: Who Will We Be After This Nightmare Is Over?

by Kim Kelly

August 24, 2020 at 9:02am

If we want to survive, we’re going to have to save ourselves. Read more »

Antoine Hunter and NEVE Mazique, two Black dancers wearing gold and white, one of them wearing a crown, are posed against a dark earthy background

30 Years after the ADA, It’s Time to Imagine a More Accessible Future

by Anna Hamilton

July 20, 2020 at 12:46pm

America’s treatment of its disabled citizens is still deeply flawed. Read more »

a group of Black women march together in Chicago, many of them with their fists up

LGBTQ Rights Organizations Fighting for More Than Marriage Equality

by Dr. Jon Paul

July 16, 2020 at 10:19am

These organizations are centering the need to end the violence and persecution of LGBTQ people. Read more »

a photo of a Black woman with an afro holding her Black child, who also has an afro, as they sit on the floor of a forest

Free Radicals: Abolition’s Roots in Healing Are a Key to Its Future

by Barbara Sostaita

July 1, 2020 at 11:39am

Abolition is, at its core, about creating new worlds. Read more »

A group of Black women, under a ‘Women’s Liberation’ banner, march in support of the Black Panther Party, New Haven, Connecticut, November 1969.

Political Possibilities: Black Feminism Offers a Path to Abolition

by Elizabeth Jordie Davies

June 25, 2020 at 9:55am

Black feminists and abolitionists teach us to demand more, even in a moment when it seems like we’re already fighting for so much. Read more »

A protest sign reading “White supremacy did this.”

A Fresh Framework: The Feminism of the Abolition Movement

by Rayne Fisher-Quann

June 24, 2020 at 12:26pm

The police are not a feminist institution—they’re both the footsoldiers and the benefactors of racism, sexism, misogynoir, colonialism, and violence. Read more »

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One-Sentence Reviews of the Lesbian Netflix Canon

by Sara Century

November 13, 2014 at 10:52am

Lez face it: when you’re a ladygay like myself, cruising the internet for something to watch, you realize very quickly that there are a whole... Read more »

Sister Soldiers: On Black Women, Police Brutality, and the True Meaning of Black Liberation

a blue and white illustration of police brutality

by Tasha Fierce

Spring 2015 • Law & Order

Unless you’re looking for their names, you won’t find the stories of all Black women shot and killed by police officers in the past five years in the discourse surrounding police reform. Read more »