Dr. Takeisha Davis, CEO of New Orleans East Hospital received national recognition on Monday. Dr. Davis was named by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “143 Women Leaders of Hospital and Health Systems to Know.” According to the New Orleans Hospital East’s website, Dr. Davis is a New Orleans native who has spent the last decade […]
Category: Gender
Rising Women Poets in New Orleans
January 1, 2019A profile of five rising women poets in New Orleans that includes their work, links to their sites, headshots and interviews.
Paul Ehrlich’s Lament: Revisiting overpopulation, family planning and climate change
January 1, 2019The population clock has hit 7.54 billion people, and the atmospheric carbon count has topped 400 parts of carbon dioxide per million.
Study Finds Rampant Inequality in New Orleans Hotel Industry Wages
December 29, 2018According to new figures released by The Data Center on Friday, people of color are disproportionately hired for positions that pay less than $15/hr.
Mayor Cantrell Calls to Protect Sex Workers
December 18, 2018On the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, Mayor Latoya Cantrell issued a statement saying that the “stigma and shame” of sex work “put lives at risk.”
New Orleans’ Transgender Community and the Fight Against Fascism
December 18, 2018“I don’t have any faith in the whites in power responding in the right way … they’ll treat us like they did our Japanese brothers and sisters in World War II. They’ll throw us into concentration camps. The Wallaces and the Birchites will take over. The sick people and the fascists will be strengthened. They’ll […]
Kotex Tampons Recalled After Reports of Unravelling
December 12, 2018The company states that tampons have been reported to be unraveling when people remove them, potentially leaving material inside the body.
SCOTUS Won’t Hear Planned Parenthood Medicaid Case
December 10, 2018The Supreme Court has rebuffed efforts by Louisiana and several other states to block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
Art Fundraiser for Reproductive Justice
December 6, 2018While art, booze, music and neon lights were a part of the event, the main focus for me was the New Orleans Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Socialist Feminist Caucus’s Fundraiser for Reproductive Justice.
White Women: We Need To Talk About Race
November 30, 2018Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner calls on white women to engage in difficult conversations with one another and to become change agents to dismantle racism in America.
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