Gender and Sexuality

No Safe Ground for Iranian Women

No Safe Ground for Iranian Women No Safe Ground for Iranian Women

Oppression at home, bombs from abroad.

Mar 23, 2026 / OppArt / Adriana Mosquera Soto

Cesar Chavez speaks at a 1988 rally in McFarland, California.

What We Must Learn From the Revelations About Cesar Chavez What We Must Learn From the Revelations About Cesar Chavez

The sexual predations of the late labor leader follow a depressingly familiar pattern in left organizing circles.

Mar 19, 2026 / Mel Buer

Dolores Huerta in her office in Bakersfield, California, on July 21, 2025.

Dolores Huerta: “My Silence Ends Here” Dolores Huerta: “My Silence Ends Here”

The labor movement icon speaks out after revealing that she was sexually assaulted by Cesar Chavez.

Mar 18, 2026 / Dolores Huerta

Woman, Life, Freedom

Woman, Life, Freedom Woman, Life, Freedom

Women’s history month: standing with Iranian women — street mural, Barcelona.

Mar 18, 2026 / OppArt / Anonymous and Andrea Arroyo

Gisele Pelicot

Gisèle Pelicot Shows Us Why “Shame Must Change Sides” Gisèle Pelicot Shows Us Why “Shame Must Change Sides”

Fifty-one ordinary men raped an unconscious woman. Her case reveals the limits of anti-carceral feminism.

Mar 18, 2026 / Katha Pollitt

Women

Women Women

Living history.

Mar 16, 2026 / OppArt / Anita Kunz

The Iranian Public Is Threatened From All Sides

The Iranian Public Is Threatened From All Sides The Iranian Public Is Threatened From All Sides

Trapped between a US war and a murdering regime.

Mar 13, 2026 / OppArt / Dara Herman Zierlein

How Misogyny Fuels Fascism

How Misogyny Fuels Fascism How Misogyny Fuels Fascism

Nina Burleigh, the Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart, and Annie Wilkinson speak to Laura Flanders about the sexism at the heart of Trumpism.

Mar 12, 2026 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

Reproductive justice advocates rallied on the day that Representative Barbara Lee introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act on July 8, 2015.

How the Abortion Rights Activists Found Their Radical Imagination How the Abortion Rights Activists Found Their Radical Imagination

A long-shot campaign to restore public funding for abortion turned into the movement’s biggest success in a generation.

Mar 9, 2026 / Amy Littlefield

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends the New York City Pride March on June 29, 2025, in New York City.

New York City Hospitals Fold to Trump. Will Zohran Mamdani Defend Trans Care? New York City Hospitals Fold to Trump. Will Zohran Mamdani Defend Trans Care?

As a candidate, Zohran Mamdani made promises to New York City’s trans community. With two hospital systems ending trans youth care, he’s now facing his first test.

Mar 2, 2026 / Sophie Hurwitz

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