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New Cuban Families Code a chance to advance gender and LGBTQ equality

March 4, 2020 By Helen Kennedy

The Code will be presented to the National Assembly of People’s Power in March 2021. Following that, there will be public consultations before a final referendum.

Katherine Johnson, pioneering NASA mathematician, dies

February 25, 2020 By Ben Finley

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement that Katherine Johnson “helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of space even as she made huge strides that also opened doors for women and people of color.”

Pioneering Black journalist Gwen Ifill honored on a U.S. stamp

February 3, 2020 By Special to People’s World

Gwendolyn (Gwen) L. Ifill, born on September 29, 1955, was a trailblazer American journalist, television newscaster, and author.

WNBA and players strike 8-year deal hiking revenue share to 50-50

January 14, 2020 By Al Neal

"It always baffles me when people come out of the woodwork to protest us making more — this money doesn’t come from their pocket."

Canadian Labour Congress to elect second woman president

January 13, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

The AFL-CIO may see an all-woman race to succeed President Richard Trumka if – or when – he steps down, but the Canadian Labour Congress will probably beat them to it.