Texas groups protest banks, sonogram law
Women from Code Pink, along with a few male allies, recently picketed the Bank of America on Inwood and Lemmon.
Bread and Roses in 1912, Hyatt and Hotels in 2012
When it comes to oppression of women it sometimes seems like "the more things change, the more they stay the same."
Women tackle pay gap all around the world
"Frozen in Time: Gender Pay Gap Unchanged for 10 Years" examines women's wages in 43 countries.
After “slut” diatribe, can Limbaugh show survive, and should it?
Is it OK for a major radio host, Rush Limbaugh, to use the public airwaves for character assassination?
Virginia Republicans go berserk with far-right bills
The Republicans have hit the ground running, with an extremist program of anti-labor, anti-immigrant and anti-choice bills.
Women's leader warns that everyone's health care is under attack
Right-wingers are waging an assault on the rights not just of women, but of all workers.
Black History Month: Happy birthday Nina Simone
Legendary artist and civil rights activist Nina Simone was born 79 years ago today, Feb. 21, in Tryon, North Carolina.
Today is 75th anniversary of Rep. Barbara Jordan's birth (with video)
The daughter of a minister and domestic worker, Barbara Jordan was the first black woman elected to the Texas Senate and the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress from the deep South.
Republican “Mad Men” infuriate women yet again
Foster Friess, the billionaire backer of Rick Santorum's campaign, stunned MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell yesterday.
Desperate measures? Bishops and Republicans continue fight against birth control
One would have thought that the Obama administration last week put a solid end to the fight over women's access to birth control.
