Join us tonight for a special one-hour show with Filipina writer, feminist and activist Ninotchka Rosca. An organizer and award-winning novelist, she joins us live in the studio for an extended conversation about...
Nail salon workers have been working in hazardous environments for years with very few resources for dealing with the health threats related to those toxic exposures. Earlier this year we talked to some community...
When Savita Halappanavar sought medical care after experiencing pregnancy complications in Ireland, she was refused care due to a draconian abortion law that prevents women from terminating pregnancies except when the...
If you’ve ever gotten your nails done in the city, you know that the one of the costs of a beautiful manicure is having to breathe noxious fumes for half an hour or so. But what if you had to spend all day breathing...
"Thao’s Vietnamese parents keep pushing her to marry – a man. Her other family – her Queer activist friends, coworkers, and community – wants her to come out. Thao doesn't want to do either!" What's a queer...
Apparently inspired by the political controversy surrounding "son preference" in some Asian countries, anti-choice lawmakers say female fetuses in the U.S. face similar threats. Recently they tried, unsuccessfully, to...
Organizers and activists across the country were overjoyed last week to learn that Ai-Jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance was included amongst TIME's 100 most influential list. Poo,...
Last week, survivors of Japanese military sexual slavery during WWII - also known as "comfort women" - staged their 1000th protest outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul. The women, now in their 80's and 90's,...
We often hear about sex selective abortion as an issue that is confined to India and China. New research suggests that with 163 "missing girls" lost to "son preference," the problem is not only persisting in Asia but...
