Posts Tagged incarceration

Street sign reading: "Gentrification in progress. There will be cupcakes!"
By Brianna Suslovic • 9 years ago

Housing Justice is a Feminist Issue Too

Last week, I was struck by a headline about Washington D.C.’s Shaw/U Street neighborhood. According to American University researcher Derek S. Hyra, white millennials seek out the “authenticity” that comes with living in predominantly black neighborhoods.

Last week, I was struck by a headline about Washington D.C.’s Shaw/U Street neighborhood. According to American University researcher Derek S. Hyra, white millennials seek out the “authenticity” that comes with living in predominantly black ...
By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

A new UN report finds that if companies internalized the environmental costs of their work, almost no industry would be profitable. As we’ve covered here before, it’s marginalized women and communities who pay that price. 

A new UN report finds that if companies internalized the environmental costs of their work, almost no industry would be profitable. As we’ve covered here before, it’s marginalized women

By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 10 years ago

Salvadoran women fight back against criminalization of pregnancy 

El Salvador has one of the harshest laws against abortion in the world, and is notorious for criminalizing pregnant women. In El Salvador, abortion is criminalized even in cases of rape or threat to a woman’s life, and even women who experience miscarriages have been sent to prison for “aggravated homicide.”

El Salvador has one of the harshest laws against abortion in the world, and is notorious for criminalizing pregnant women. In El Salvador, abortion is criminalized even in cases of rape or threat to a woman’s life, ...

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