White Women’s Rage: 5 Thoughts on Why Jan Brewer Should Keep Her Fingers to Herself

What is wrong with this picture (the now-infamous AP photo of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer shaking a finger in Barack Obama’s face)? 1.) He is the President. She is being disrespectful. As hell. ...Read More

Abstinence-Only: It’s Baaack

Reproductive-health experts breathed a sigh of relief in 2009 when President Barack Obama did away with over a decade of funding for abstinence-only funding under previous administrations (which ...Read More

House Considers “Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act,” I.e. the We-Don’t-Trust-Women-Of-Color Act

I’m writing today to ask my fellow women of color reproductive justice activists and our allies to take a united stand against the Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination ...Read More

Net Neutrality Attack Would Stifle Women’s Voices (UPDATE: Victory!)

Net Neutrality—the principle ensuring that all users are able to access the Internet without interference—is in trouble. This Thursday the Senate is slated to vote on a measure that could hand ...Read More

Money for Nukes, No; For People, Yes

I need to get this out of the way immediately: I attended an event at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. I know, I know. You’d sooner walk on hot coals barefoot than set a well-covered foot ...Read More

Complementary Loin? The Latest Argument (and Bill) Against Gay Marriage

At just the time that the national tide seems to be turning in favor of same-sex marriage, North Carolina wants to make doubly sure that it’s banned in the state. Yesterday, the North Carolina ...Read More

Super Committee: Don’t Leave Older Women and Their Families Behind!

Times are tough for hardworking Americans of all ages. But while it’s imperative that Congress look for a balanced approach (including revenues) to deficit reduction, it also needs to protect low- ...Read More

HERVotes: Why Women Must Vote in 2012

By Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation and Publisher of Ms. Magazine This blog is part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. The Feminist Majority Foundation and Ms. magazine are ...Read More

New Voter ID Laws Threaten Women’s Right To Vote

This week marks two landmark anniversaries in the history of American voting rights. Ninety-one years ago tomorrow, U.S. women won the legal right to vote. Forty-eight years ago this Sunday, Americans ...Read More

The Wrong Crisis, The Wrong Solution

After ginning up a debt crisis, political leaders have built the budgetary equivalent of a Rube Goldberg machine. The debt ceiling has been raised at the political price of $900 billion in spending ...Read More

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