When I briefly heard a report on television about the shootings that took place last week at three spa locations in Atlanta with no detail about who the victims were, I was first angry about the persistent gun violence plaguing this country.
Rachel Reads: The More You Know, Black History Month Edition
These Black women are mothers of movements, icons, and leaders with their own rich history of defiance that young Black people, like me, are able to benefit from.
The COVID-19 vaccine is here, but what does this mean for pregnant people?
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in nearly 50,000 cases and more than 60 deaths among pregnant people across the United States. And these numbers will surely increase as infections continue to surge over the winter months.
Polling shows rural women support permanent paid leave and paid sick days legislation
As the United States sees an increase in COVID-19 cases across the country, millions of people are set to lose the critical benefits that Congress enacted — including emergency paid sick days and paid family leave. Three out of four rural voters support permanent legislation mandating paid sick and paid family leave programs.
What This Historic Day Means to Me
Kamala Harris is the first woman, Black, Asian American vice president-elect! I have chills.
It is Latinx Heritage Month and WE have Demands!
“Poderosos” is a Spanish word often used in the Latinx community to describe our power and strength. It is a word that characterizes our resilience in a country where we often experience discrimination and alienation.
When Calling the Police Doesn’t Help: The Criminalization of Survivors and Pregnant People
Most sexual assault is never reported,often because survivors distrust or fear the police, or believe that the police can’t or won’t do anything to help.
Join us in the Strike For Black Lives
Today is the Strike For Black Lives, a historic day where we unite to fight for a world where Black lives are valued and Black workers can build economic power. Thousands of workers are striking and demanding justice today.
Coming Out, Chosen Family and Celebrating Pride
When I came out as queer, as a freshman in high school, I did not understand how diverse, complex, and historical the LGBTQ+ community was. I came out in the months in which Obergefell v. Hodges was argued in front of the Supreme Court, and LGBTQ+ equality was becoming a mainstream discussion in the United States.
Juneteenth: A Symbolic Day Representing Black Emancipation
What is Juneteenth and why should you celebrate?
Back to Our Roots: Pride, Protest, and Black History
This year’s Pride Month comes at a time of national and global unrest. In April and May, Pride parades, festivals and other celebrations nationwide set for June were cancelled due to COVID-19 social distancing measures.
#BlackLivesMatter = #DefundThePolice
Earlier this month, the National Partnership participated in #BlackoutTuesday, interrupting our business as usual to amplify other voices instead of our own. We believed it was a good and important thing to do. And we did it with sincerity and humility. In hindsight, we also did it without fully understanding the meaning of our words.
It’s Past Time to Protect Our Nation’s Marginalized Communities
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month presents an opportunity to reflect on the rich history and contributions that my community has made to our country and consider what kind of a world we are creating for future generations
From Title X to the Coronavirus, the Trump Administration Is Degrading Our Health Care Safety Net
Trump administration actions have degraded the country’s health care safety net placing vulnerable communities at risk.
“Impeachment Earthquake”
Quite simply, the Trump administration is the most regressive, heartless, corrupt administration we’ve ever seen. Donald Trump’s views, his priorities, his agenda put everything on the line. Our nation deserves better. You and I deserve better. Our children and our children’s children deserve better.
Latinx Heritage Month: Latinxs Standing in Resistance!
We want to elevate Latinx Heritage Month to recognize the effects that compounding factors, such as barriers to health services, income inequality, limitation to public transportation, environmental exposures, and immigration status have on reproductive health access.
Racial Inequities in Care and Outcomes of Endometrial Cancer
Did you know that endometrial cancer is four times more common than cervical cancer or that it’s responsible for one of the largest racial disparities among cancers in the U.S.? Probably not.
We Must Show Up For Black Women and Families
As we begin 2019 Black History Month, we must renew our commitment to fighting for Black women and families and remember the reality that people of color are uniquely harmed by race discrimination and this harm is exacerbated for women of color by gender discrimination. We must commit to centering our work on people and families of color in order to address all aspects of the racism that permeate our society.
We March …
For every immigrant child who finds herself in a strange place, without the parents she loves and needs …
A Moment, a March and a Movement Poised to Win the Policies Women and Families Need
Many of us — including women, people of color, immigrants, the LGBTQ community and people with special needs, disabilities and chronic illness — recognize that Trump’s federal government is putting all of us last.