Ann Romney, Working Woman?

Katha Pollitt writes for The Nation: “[T]he difference between a stay-home mother and a welfare mother is money and a wedding ring. Unlike any other kind of labor I can think of, domestic labor is productive or not, depending on who performs it.”

Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act

The Editorial Board of The Washington Post writes: “The impact of this landmark law, as Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said last week in urging its passage, has been ‘remarkable,’ with the annual incidence of d…

Sara Ganim, 24, wins Pulitzer for coverage of Penn State sex abuse scandal

Mallary Jean Tenore writes for Poynter: “[Sara] Ganim started covering Penn State’s sex abuse scandal as a 22-year-old, long before it became a national story. She broke the story that a grand jury was investigating Penn State Assistant Football Coach Je…

Republican rhetoric over the top

Eugene Robinson writes in The Washington Post: “Not all overheated political rhetoric is alike. Delusional right-wing crazy talk — the kind of ranting we’ve heard recently from washed-up rock star Ted Nugent and Tea Party-backed Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.)…

The secret service prostitution scandal: it’s about more than national security

Janice Raymond writes for The Guardian: “Those working against the commercial sexual exploitation of women and children know that ‘tolerance zones’ in countries that have legalized prostitution — which is actually legalization of brothels and pimping –…