Texas says abortions ‘non-essential’ amid pandemic
Getty Images Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been accused of pushing “his ideological agenda” As US states ramp up restrictions to contain the coronavirus, Texas has joined Ohio in deeming nearly all abortions as non-essential procedures that must be delayed. The order against elective procedures is meant to keep valuable medical resources for those […]
Lewes FC: The football club with same budget for men’s & women’s teams
“Some people said: ‘If you do this, people are going to turn away from you.’” Lewes FC is a 100% fan-owned club, with all owners paying £30 a season to have a say in how the club is run. The stance on equality was not universally accepted, and Dobres says that “there are some people […]
Iran schoolgirls remove hijabs in protests against government
Twitter/@1500tasvir Protesting schoolgirls walked along a main road in Karaj, a city just to the west of Tehran, on Tuesday Schoolgirls in Iran have been waving their headscarves in the air and chanting against clerical authorities, in an unprecedented show of support for the protests engulfing the country. Videos verified by the BBC showed demonstrations […]
‘An inspiration to us all’
David Lee/Netflix Octavia Spencer stars in a new Netflix show about the life of Madam CJ Walker When American journalist A’Lelia Bundles published her first article about her great-great grandmother, Madam CJ Walker in 1982, it was in the “lost women” column of a women’s magazine. That marked quite a comedown for Mrs Walker, who […]
The Matrix’s real-world legacy – from red pill incels to conspiracies and deepfakes
Alamy Carrie-Anne Moss and Keanu Reeves star as Trinity and Neo in The Matrix films “I don’t know the future… I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to end, I came here to tell you how it’s going to begin.” The closing monologue of 1999’s The Matrix saw Keanu Reeves’ heroic […]
San Sebastian Film Festival defends honorary award
Getty Images Depp plays a real-life photographer in his latest film Minamata A film festival in Spain has defended its decision to give Johnny Depp an honorary award after being criticised by domestic abuse charities. Depp lost a libel case in 2020 over an article labelling him “a wife beater”. The San Sebastian Film Festival, […]
As South Korea abolishes its gender ministry, women fight back
BBC Women in Seoul protest against the government’s plans to abolish the gender equality ministry When Yuna turned up for her first day at work, as a clerk at a major bank, she was not expecting the tasks she would be assigned. First was to make lunch for her team. Later, she was ordered to […]
What we know about suspect Alek Minassian
Alek Minassian/LinkedIn Police arrested Alek Minassian within half an hour of the attack A picture is slowly building of Toronto van attack suspect Alek Minassian – a young man who had spent time in special needs programmes as a child and was something of a loner at college, but who had never drawn the attention […]
‘My job went abroad because of globalisation’
Jennifer Honn Jennifer Honn stands next to a poster detailing her success story at her local employment office When Jennifer Honn lost her job as a forklift truck driver in Kentland, Indiana, she knew where the blame lay. In 2005 her employer, food packaging company Viskase, moved its factory to Mexico. “A lot of factories […]
Ex-MP guilty of fraud and train services axed
The Metro is one of several papers which leads with a report that former SNP MP Natalie McGarry has been convicted of embezzling almost £25,000 following a six-week trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court. The paper says she will be sentenced next month. The Scottish Daily Mail reports that McGarry was convicted of two charges of […]