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Sexual Harassment
Breaking the Silence on Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment can happen in any workplace, but women who work alone are especially at risk.
The Trials and Trauma of Flying While Transgender
In many ways, airport security measures are built around surveilling and policing gender.
Veteran Survivors Fight Against Sexual Assault in the Military
The United States military is big, powerful and resistant to change, especially by outsiders.
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Female Migrant Farmworkers Push Back Against Sexism and Abuse in California’s Wine Country
In Sonoma County, women are coming together to support one another and advocate for the safety of undocumented fieldworkers who often work in isolation.
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The Not-So-Independent Women’s Forum Was Born in Defense of Clarence Thomas and the Far Right
“Confirmation” revisits the painful battle over the appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.
Can the German Government Get T-Mobile to Change Its Sexual Harassment Policy?
One of the most interesting US labor fights of 2016 might include putting pressure on a foreign government.
“Equality Is Far From at Hand”: A Conversation With the Authors of “Queer (In)Justice“
Truthout speaks with the authors of “Queer (In)Justice” about what, if anything, has changed in the years since its release.
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Military Sexual Assault Reform Stalls Again
This system clearly isn't working now, and there's no evidence that it will start to work simply because the Pentagon dreams it so.
Mexican Auto Workers Fired for Protesting Sexual Harassment
Twenty Mexican auto workers were fired for defending a co-worker from a harassing supervisor at the new Mazda assembly plant in Salamanca.
House Oversight Committee Expresses “No Confidence” in DEA Administrator Leonhart
The unprecedented move by a group of over twenty bipartisan lawmakers comes a day after her shambolic performance in Congress during a hearing focused on DEA agents.