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If there is anything women should be informed about is the Supreme Court or SCOTUS decisions that could potential impact or threaten our quality of life. For women of color, the threat is deeper especially when access to reproductive health care, fair pay, workplace protections and union benefits, can be
Step aside, women of color aren’t waiting ‘for our turn’ to take over the archaic, ‘grey suited’ seats that are no longer working for the United States. The political courage to step up and take over are definitely within our reach and trailblazers like Shirley Chrisholm, the first African
By now you have seen the photograph of a two-year old immigrant, Honduran asylum seeker crying hysterically as the toddler and her mother were taken into custody at the US-Mexico border. The heart-wrenching image taken by John Moore, a special correspondent and senior staff photographer for Getty
The U.S. government is separating immigrant kids from their parents – legally. This is following the Trump administration’s announcement that they would be prosecuting anyone who crossed the border illegally. As immigrant parents crossed the border to escape political turmoil, high rates of violent crimes, poverty, and low-wages
When I read about the murder of Claudia Patricia Gómez González, I felt a chilling mix of anger and numbness. A young woman seeking a better life, killed by our government. Nothing new. But somehow this story caught the media’s attention. So what are we going to do with
Earlier this year, the Why We Wear Black movement stirred up awareness and conversation around sexual harassment in Hollywood by bringing it into an elite platform. The ladies, and some gentlemen, of the Golden Globes, took part in the TIME’s Up organized efforts by dressing in all black to
This year nearly 2 million marchers showed up included Latinx/women of color combined. BoldLatina asked many of you to tag us, #boldlatinasmarch and you showed up for us! The above gallery is a sampling of those who marched with some of the most unapologetic messages geared toward women of
2017 was definitely the year of much needed call outs of sexual harassment and abuse by ‘too many high power men’ in the Hollywood, media and technology industries, and the reckoning shall continue. It’s no secret, that women have been at the forefront of many movements in the past
It’s not Trump, that’s for sure! Apparently, there had been rumors circulating it would be him…again. Sadly, he was runner up of which Demi Lovato has been trending due to her disapproval. Remember that infamous past Time magazine cover that had us shaking our heads in disapproval?
Do sanctuary cities “breed crime” and does a disconnect exist with the Fed and police forces? Thirty-eight years ago, the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Daryl Gates signed off on Special Order 40, which separated the responsibilities of local law enforcement from federal immigration enforcement. The
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