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Gloria Steinem lived to see a backlash against the strides she helped make for feminism

Fatima Goss Graves, CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, said progressive proposals — such as expanded and longer paid family leave and better access to affordable child care — are in fact about championing...

Gloria Steinem wasn’t in the fight just for White women

“Early on, she understood that the legal and political fights, the policy fights, that we were having, they were really cultural conversations around who we were as a country, and she leaned in,” said Fatima...

Education Department’s latest civil rights data redacts hundreds of LGBTQ+ entries

“The Trump administration should not be purposefully withholding data from the public, especially data that could be used to help and support students,” said Brian Dittmeier, director of LGBTQI+ equality at the National Women’s Law Center, in an...

These women were laid off while on maternity leave. Yes, it’s legal, and probably more common than you thought

Recent data shows women are bearing the brunt of job losses. Some 845,000 women have left the workforce since the beginning of the year, more than double the amount of men, according to a National Women’s...

Federal Judge Rules Trump Cannot Force Schools To Exclude Trans Athletes In California

Brian Dittmeier, Director of LGBTQI+ Equality at the National Women’s Law Center, said that while the case focused on the Spending Clause instead of other Constitutional provisions, like Equal Protection, it still sends a powerful...

This data has helped fight workplace discrimination for 60 years. The Trump administration plans to delete it

“Getting rid of this data collection is part of a larger effort to weaponize civil rights enforcement and flip the laws that we have on their head,” said Katie Sandson, senior counsel on the education...

Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Doubles Impact To $20m

That makes for quite an upgrade from the $10 million figure Rodrigo announced the day before the festival. As previously reported, 100% of Daisy Chain Fields’ net proceeds were earmarked for Baby2Baby, Black Mamas Matter...

Festival de Olivia Rodrigo une a mujeres y niñas en apoyo a ONGs de bienestar femenino

Al evocar el mismo feminismo pop-rock de “hazlo tú misma” de sus influencias musicales de los años 90, Olivia Rodrigo recaudó 20 millones de dólares para el bienestar de las mujeres con un concierto benéfico...

Dolly Parton Honored in Emotional Tribute by Sarah McLachlan and Olivia Rodrigo at First-Ever Daisy Chain Fields Festival

The first-ever Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival included performances by Chappell Roan, Garbage, Mitski, Doechii, Bikini Kill, Eli, Santigold, Quiet Light, Rachel Chinouriri, Die Spitz, The Breeders and Not For Radio. Rodrigo’s modern effort turned...

Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival Proves There Is Hope For Us All: 13 Best Moments

The day before fans flocked to Irvine, Calif. for the one-day festival (on Friday, Aug. 28), Rodrigo held a press conference to share a sizeable piece of news: Ticket sales alone brought in $10 million for the...

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