GOP seeks Planned Parenthood study with hope to strip funding

Pete Kasperowicz writes at The Hill: “Dozens of Republicans in the House and Senate have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine how Planned Parenthood and other groups that provide abortion services are using taxpayer money.”

Why I Support Universal Health Care: A Right, Not a Privilege

National NOW board member Joanne Tosti-Vasey, on her personal blog, writes: “My life was threatened by the multi-company, private health insurance system we currently have. I received a bone marrow transplant in 1989 from my identical twin sister. Althou…

Debating the Semantics of ‘Rape’

Ginia Bellafante at The New York Times writes: “‘Makers: Women Who Make America,’ an expansive, multipart documentary beginning Tuesday on PBS that chronicles the modern feminist movement, illustrates, among other things, how much of the ethos of the 195…

How could The Onion’s Quvenzhané Wallis tweet go so wrong?

Prachi Gupta at Salon writes: “Most likely–The Onion has not yet responded to Salon for comment–whoever tweeted that was trying to bring America’s fawning obsession with the child-star down a notch with a dose of schadenfreude. But that’s not how most of…

Obama’s Paycheck Fairness Act Push Could Revolutionize Walmart, Retail Sector

Maxwell Strachan at The Huffington Post writes: “Passing such legislation would revolutionize the retail sector and, possibly, bring big changes to the country’s largest retailer: Walmart. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics retail sales jobs hav…