Joe Davidson writes in The Washington Post: “When it comes to denying federal employees in same-sex marriages fringe benefits for their spouses, the Defense of Marriage Act is indefensible. That’s the basic message in a ruling issued last week by a feder…
The battle over same-sex marriage intensified this week after a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled unconstitutional the 1996 law that forbids the federal government to recognize gay marriages, a decision that could have repercussions in the District an…
Associated Press’ Jennifer Peltz interviews NOW President Terry O’Neill about the firing of a Wall Street banker and whether her sexual harassment lawsuit reveals that there is still no equality in the work place — especially on corporate America: “Bu…
Listen to Dr. LeRoy Carhart on Boston’s WBUR Morning Edition program: “One of the country’s last remaining providers of late-term abortion is in town this weekend to speak at the annual conference of the National Organization for Women, NOW, the largest…
Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, talks with Chris Hayes about issues of mistreating women that plague Republican Senator David Vitter.