Huffington Post’s Amanda Terkel interviewed NOW President Terry O’Neill about why women should be recognized in combat units: “A high-level military advisory panel is set to recommend that the armed services overturn its policy barring women from servin…
Jodi Jacobson writes on RH Reality Check: “Last March, following passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, a rock was thrown through the window of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ (D-AZ) office in Tuscon, Arizona. The gas line wa…
“NOW condemns the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) that stole six lives and seriously injured 12 today. We condemn, equally, the culture of hate and violence increasingly reflected in [the] extreme right-wing,” said NOW President Terry O’Neill.
Congresswoman Maloney is the second-ranking Democrat on the committee after Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Towns (D-N.Y.), who is giving up his post, and has given his support to Maloney. NOW, with a coalition of women’s groups, has signed on to a letter of support for Congresswoman Maloney, strongly urging the Democratic leadership to honor seniority and appoint Maloney as the next Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Feminist blogger and author Jessica Valenti opines for the Washington Post about what the Julian Assange rape case reveals about how the American media and people really view rape and its victims: “Now, we don’t know if Assange is guilty or innocent – b…