by Margie Thompson | November 11, 2016 | Immigration, Independent journalism, Resistance, United States | 0 Comments

It is shocking. It is appalling. It is despicable. It is scary. But it is most terrifying to the millions of people who face threats to their lives with promises to deport them all, to build a wall, to block them from entering the fortress of the US. It was working...

by Margie Thompson | August 1, 2018 | Health & reproductive rights, Independent journalism, Life lessions | 0 Comments

  By Nadia Kaneva Nadia is a woman, author and scholar who has written a series of blogs entitled "The Endometriosis Diaries" about  her own painful and frustrating experiences of diagnosis and treatment.  We present Part One of the series here, and the rest can...

by Margie Thompson | November 9, 2017 | Immigration, Independent journalism, Puerto Rico, Violence Against Women | 0 Comments

María Suárez Toro ESCRIBANA November 1, 2017   The contagious sound of the women who came to meet at the Dominican Woman's Center on Monday, October 30 filled the air. They met with hugs, kisses, laughter and hundreds of anecdotes about the ups and downs of daily...

by Margie Thompson | August 12, 2018 | Eastern Europe, Independent journalism, Resistance, Ukraine | 0 Comments

And how FEMEN cleared the way for #MeToo   By Nadia Kaneva This has been the summer of celebrity suicides. When the tragic passing of fashion designer Kate Spade hit the news, she was lauded for having created a brand that helped women be “both feminine and...