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Shall Women Be Equal Before the Law? (50 Progressives)

The removal of all forms of the subjection of women is the purpose to which the National Woman's Party is dedicated.

Elsie Hill and Florence Kelley

Blogs

Madrid's Renaissance of Occupied Spaces
StudentNation

In all societies, in some form or another, there are young people who live in abandoned properties without the consent of the property owner: A look inside the world of Spanish okupas.

March 4, 2013
Politics and Oscar Night
Rick Perlstein

The Academy Awards this year were supposed to be “political.” A reminder of a time when that word really meant something.

February 25, 2013
This Week in Poverty: How Obama Can Fight Hunger Now
Greg Kaufmann

There are 50 million Americans struggling with hunger—and with sequestration, things will get worse. 

February 22, 2013
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: The Forgotten Bahraini Uprising Flares Up
Nation in the News

Thousands turned out for the funeral of a teenager killed by the police last week, further fueling unrest.

February 21, 2013
Dispatches From the US Student Movement: February 15
StudentNation

This week, students converge on Raleigh and Pasadena, ramp up BDS and occupy Adidas. With Scott Walker sticking around, what's next for Wisconsin's grad TAs? What do students have to do with the fate of Mississippi’s last abortion clinic?

February 15, 2013
Is the International Student Movement the Future of Global Organizing?
StudentNation

What does it mean to be a member of the "International Student Movement"?

February 8, 2013
Leo Gerard Is Rising
Laura Flanders

To send labor supporters into their final week of preparing for One Billion Rising, United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard recorded this special video message.

February 6, 2013
Occupiers Arrive in Court Over a Year After Their Boston Encampment Was Raided
Allison Kilkenny

“You have the right to a trial” includes the right to a speedy trial, but that hasn’t been the case for Occupy protesters in Boston.

February 5, 2013
Dispatches from the US Student Movement: Feb. 1
StudentNation

This week, students host convergences, boycott standardized tests and chain themselves to a potted tree. Can need-blind admissions be saved at Wesleyan? After Adios Arpaio, what's next for Arizona?

February 1, 2013
Co-Author of New Occupy Study: Media Misled by Harping on Household Salaries
Allison Kilkenny

Professor Stephanie Luce, a co-author of a new Occupy Wall Street study, takes issue with the media harping on the high household salaries reported in the study.

January 30, 2013