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Thinking After C’ville

A meditation on more of the same

January 12, 2018 • by Marcus Toure B. McCullough

Reverend Marcus Toure B. McCullough is a pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a graduate Morehouse College, and has earned masters degrees in divinity and sacred theology from Harvard Divinity School and Boston University School of Theology.

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Looking Back 40 Years at the National Women’s Conference

Reviewing two recent books on the 1977 National Women’s Conference

January 6, 2018 • by Jo Freeman

Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the National Women's Conference in Houston in 1977, are two recently published books about that conference. They are: Shelah Leader and Patricia Hyatt American Women on the Move: The Inside Story of the National Women’s Conference Published by Lexington Books, Paperback 2017, xxi, 169 pp, photos Marjorie Spruill Divided We ...

Looking Back 40 Years at the National Women’s Conference

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The Feminist Eagles

How High School Activism Is On The Rise

January 4, 2018 • by Sari Rosenberg

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary recently announced that “feminism” was the most searched for word in 2017. Several key historical moments last year prompted this spike, including the January 21st Women’s March and the recent #MeToo campaign. Our societal reckoning with the deeply entrenched patriarchal structure and institutional racism has been a long time ...

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Women Rule?

We’re Getting Closer

December 31, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

We may be in for another Year of the Woman. The last year to get that designation was 1992, which saw a great leap upward in the number of women elected to Congress, from 29 to 47 in the House and from 2 to 7 in the Senate. This followed ...

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DREAMers and Unions Rally at the Capital

Activists take to DC streets

December 14, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

On December 6, about two thousand union members and immigrants rallied at the nation's capitol to demand that young immigrants be allowed to stay in the US without fear of deportation. They want a DREAM Act which will provide a pathway to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants. In September, Donald Trump announced ...