Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

The responses by presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley to the #BlackLivesMatter action at Netroots “laid bare a massive divide between a significant movement in American politics and those who would lead the country and theoretically carry their mantle.” 

“True political inclusion of black voters in the progressive movement will reveal racial justice and economic progress as inextricably linked, and that there is no need to forsake one for the other (or to solve one first and fix the other later).”

Netroots attendees also took Elizabeth Warren to task for neglecting to mention reproductive rights in her keynote speech about progressive values.

Democrats in Congress are introducing legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.

Ashley Diamond, a trans woman inmate who is suing the Georgia prison system for safe housing and hormone treatment, says she was sexually assaulted again.

A chat with Brianna Scurry about how to get more Black girls playing soccer.

More details emerge from his 2005 deposition showing Bill Cosby’s predatory relationships with young women.

#BlackLivesMatter doesn’t mean other lives don’t. Like people who say “Save The Rainforests” aren’t saying “Fuck All Other Types of Forests”

— Matt McGorry (@MattMcGorry) July 18, 2015

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