House GOP Lets Violence Against Women Act Passed By Senate Die Without A Vote
Laura Bassett and Jennifer Bendery write on Huffington Post:
issue: Stopping Violence Against Women
Adam Lanza, and others who committed mass shootings, were white males
Paul Farhi writes for The Washington Post: “The racial and gender dynamics of such crimes are rarely discussed or probed in the aftermath of these crimes. More attention is paid when the perpetrator doesn’t fit the prevailing pattern.”
How feminism caused Sandy Hook, according to the right
Irin Carmon writes for Salon.com: “The dogged wish of many on the right to make the tragic Sandy Hook shooting about anything but guns means that it has to be about other things — ideally, things they already do not like. Things like feminism, abortion .…
Sympathy for Nancy Lanza
Amanda Marcotte writes for Slate: “As the bodies are buried and the victims of the Newtown, Conn. massacre are memorialized, I beg of people to spare a moment to include Nancy Lanza in the list of innocent victims.”
How abusers get away with targeting Indian women
Irin Carmon writes for Salon.com: “The House has delayed the Violence Against Women Act over a provision that would protect Native American women.”
