Free contraceptives reduce abortions, unintended pregnancies. Full stop.

Sarah Kliff writes for Ezra Klein’s Wonkblog on The Washington Post website: “About half of all unintended pregnancies are the result of contraceptive failure, where a condom breaks or birth control pills aren’t taken at the right time. The least expensi…

CBS WKBT News Anchor’s On-Air Response to Viewer Calling Her Fat

News anchor Jennifer Livingston, of WKBT in La Crosse, Wisc., took a moment during her morning newscast on Tuesday, Oct. 2 to directly address a recent email she received from a viewer complaining about her weight.

Devaluing care work — and women

“Protections for care workers and paid sick days are off the political agenda, and women are paying the price.” NOW Action VP Erin Matson is quoted in this piece by Irin Carmon for Salon.com.

Redistributing wealth upward

Harold Meyerson writes in The Washington Post: “Which is the more redistributionist of our two parties? In recent decades, as Republicans have devoted themselves with laser-like intensity to redistributing America’s wealth and income upward, the evidence…

A voting issue that isn’t

Eugene Robinson writes in The Washington Post: “Let’s be clear: Voter ID laws are not a solution to the ‘problem’ of voter fraud. There is no problem, or at least no problem that would be solved by voter ID.”