by Press | Jun 7, 2019 | Blog
June 28, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, commonly referred to as the birth of the LGBT+ rights movement in the United States. At the forefront of the riots and the early movement were transgender and gender non-conforming women of color, like...
by Press | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog
Standing on the victory podium with his fist defiantly held in the air in the Black Power salute, African-American sprinter John Carlos knew his action would spark outrage around the world. But as an athlete who just won a bronze medal in track and field at the 1968...
by Press | Apr 26, 2019 | Blog
Written by: Jon Deauna Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, over 15 million women of color have gained health insurance with coverage for preventive services, including no-cost contraceptives. Affordable access to contraception is critical and allows women of...
by Press | Apr 4, 2019 | Blog
By: Sarah Gibson Today marks 51 years since the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was supporting a strike by African-American sanitation workers who were paid significantly less than their white...
by Press | Apr 3, 2019 | Blog
By Tamara Cesaretti Although Equal Pay Day focuses on the gender pay gap, the racial pay gap is even more pervasive and impacts both men and women. Women working full-time, year-round are typically paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts....
by Press | Mar 21, 2019 | Blog
By The Criminal Justice Project When 33-year old Amanda Ackerson Feenstra—a working wife and mother of seven from Claremore, Oklahoma—pleaded guilty to false personation, forgery, identity theft, and conspiracy charges in 2015, the presiding judge ordered her to pay...
