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Higher gun ownership rates in US states lead to more gun homicides of pregnant women, new study says
Public domain image By Nada Hassanein, Michigan Advance Homicide rates among pregnant women increase with the rate of firearm ownership, according to a state-by-state study published this week in the medical journal JAMA Network Open. Researchers found the firearm homicide rate for pregnant women was 37% higher than the rate for nonpregnant women. Suspected perpetrators were most often male for both pregnant and nonpregnant women. The study builds on previous research showi

The Left Chapter
Nov 173 min read


Progress and challenges in the fight for equality: Cuba at the Beijing Global Leaders' Meeting on Women
Cuba's involvement in this international forum not only showcased its accomplishments in gender equality but also reaffirmed the island's dedication to the comprehensive advancement of women and girls in today's global context. Image via the PCC By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish Beijing – In the context of the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women, held in the Chinese capital with the slogan "One Shared Future: New and Accelerated Process for Women's All-Round

The Left Chapter
Oct 153 min read


Xi Jinping opens Global Leaders' Meeting on Women in Beijing
In his speech, Xi recalled the historic Beijing World Conference on Women in 1995, which adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, key documents to promote gender equality. By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish Beijing -- "Women play an important role in the creation, promotion and advancement of human civilization. The international community has a shared responsibility to advance the cause of women," Xi Jinping said, stressing the importance

The Left Chapter
Oct 133 min read


The Enclosure of the Commons and the War Economy: A Feminist and Anti-Colonial Critique
The war economy relies on the enclosure of the commons. By reclaiming the commons, we can build a world based on cooperation, ecological...

The Left Chapter
Jul 317 min read


Ten Years After Ni Una Menos: Feminism, Resistance, and the Future
Ni Una Menos rally in Argentina in 2017 - TitiNicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Maisa Bascuas The Cry That Fuelled the...

The Left Chapter
Jun 136 min read


Communist-Led Kerala Is Eradicating Extreme Poverty
A Communist flag flies in Kerala -- Praveenp, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Atul Chandra In a region too often consumed by the...

The Left Chapter
May 267 min read


Workers in India Are on the March
ASHA workers convention, April 2025 -- image via CITU on Facebook By Vijay Prashad Ninety percent of Indian workers are in the...

The Left Chapter
May 64 min read


To Stop Coups in South Korea, Expand Democracy
Mass protest calling for the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, December 2024 -- image via X By Dae-Han Song On 4 April, 122 days after...

The Left Chapter
Apr 295 min read


Trump’s Address to Congress Highlights the Absence of Opposition
The relentless resistance that defined Trump’s first term has faded into an unsettling quiet. A perfect storm of factors has granted him...
Michael Laxer
Mar 116 min read


The Women's Bill of Rights, 1988
The Women's Bill of Rights was a call to action and program issued by the organization Women for Racial and Economic Equality in the...
Michael Laxer
Feb 11 min read


'Enough Is Enough': Indian Doctors Stage Nationwide Strike After Rape, Murder of Trainee
"This is both about the Kolkata doctor who was brutalized and every woman who has faced sexual violence or harassment in the country,"...
Michael Laxer
Aug 18, 20243 min read


Anti-abortion centers in the US deceive patients. Here is how we fight back.
“Crisis pregnancy centers” deceive patients, putting their health at risk. Education can help patients avoid these dangerous centers. By...
Michael Laxer
Aug 10, 20243 min read


Community in Motion
Bike co-ops uphold a tradition of self-empowerment through cycling. Vegasjon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4....
Michael Laxer
Aug 3, 20246 min read


Telling the ‘Untold’ Stories of Palestinian Lives, Dreams, and Hopes—in Gaza and Beyond
The media collective Untold Palestine gathers the stories mainstream media doesn’t tell about Palestinians—videos, photographs, and...
Michael Laxer
Apr 19, 202410 min read


Do Grandmothers Hold the Key to Understanding Human Evolution?
By Brenna R. Hassett Of the innumerable species on the planet, just a bare handful have evolved to have one of the most counterintuitive...
Michael Laxer
Dec 10, 20236 min read


POOR Magazine Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement
A mother and daughter in and out of homelessness founded a grassroots magazine in 1996, by and for people experiencing poverty. It grew...
Michael Laxer
Oct 28, 202320 min read
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