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Does Facebook have a problem with women?

Laura Balc writes for The Guardian: “Does Facebook have a problem with women? The question has been around since 2011 when Eve Ensler and Ms Magazine drew attention to the social networking site’s failure to remove misogynistic images that seemed to glor…

Democratic lawmakers: Getting birth control should be as easy as “ABC”

Katie McDonough at Salon writes: “While the White House and the Catholic Church continue to slug it out over whether private, for-profit companies like Hobby Lobby should have to provide their employees with federally mandated birth control, two Democrat…

New York City Joins One Billion Rising To Stop Violence Against Women: “We Want Power, We Want Love”

A video at Democracy Now! one the New York City chapter of NOW and their One Billion Rising events: “New Yorkers joined the global movement of ‘One Billion Rising’ to gather and dance on Valentine’s Day in order to call attention to violence against wome…

Sequestration Would Slash VAWA Programs By $20 Million: DOJ

Laura Bassett at The Huffington Post writes: “If Congress does not take steps to avert the automatic spending cuts that will go into effect on March 1, domestic violence programs funded by the Violence Against Women Act would lose more than $20 million,…

As Sequester Threatens Entitlement Programs, Progressive Coalition Warns Democrats Against Cuts

Sabrina Siddiqui writes at The Huffington Post: “As Congress continues to debate a possible replacement to the $1.2 trillion in sequestration-related cuts set to kick in on March 1, a coalition of progressive organizations on Wednesday launched an effort…