Model Crystal Renn: Anorexia Was Mental Torture

Paige Fegenbaum of Entertainment Tonight writes about NOW’s video campaign “Let’s Talk About It”.

Obama administration replaces controversial ‘conscience’ regulation for health-care workers

Robe Stein reports for The Washington Post: “The Obama administration rescinded most of a federal regulation Friday designed to protect health workers who refuse to provide care they find objectionable on personal or religious grounds.”

The Lack of Female Bylines in Magazines Is Old News

Katha Pollitt writes on Slate: “…VIDA, an organization for women writers, has released a tally of male and female bylines for the 2010 run of 14 high-end, literary-oriented magazines. Despite a couple of relatively bright spots . . . the numbers they f…

The Chance to Make History Again

Former NOW President Patricia Ireland writes on The Huffington Post: “My family on both sides hails from Chicago, and my Grandpa Shay followed the city’s politics with great enthusiasm. His prediction that a Black mayor would succeed Richard J. Daley was…

The military must take a harder line against sexual assault

Jessica Stern writes for The Washington Post Opinion page: “Forty percent of reported sexual assaults result in prosecution in civilian courts, according to the 2005 National Crime Victimization Study. But the analogous figure in the military is just 8 p…