Jeremy Herb writes for The Hill: “Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) placed a hold Thursday on the President Obama’s nominee to be undersecretary of the Navy over the nominee’s comments on prosecuting military sexual assault cases. Gillibrand placed the ho…
Steven Rosenfeld: “The next drama shaping up in Washington is one almost all Americans don’t want—cutting retirement benefits earned over a lifetime. At least nine Democratic senators are lining up with Republicans looking for big spending and tax cuts.”
Ben Hubbard writes for The New York Times: “Hackers defaced their Web site. Delegations of clerics appealed to the king to block their movement. And men claiming to be security agents called their cellphones to leave a clear message: O, women of the king…
Darina Naidu writes for Women’s E-News: “Four women’s advocacy groups were ready to use a U.N. forum this month to press the U.S. government for stronger legal protections for women and children. But the shutdown has forced them to wait until the spring.…
Annie-Rose Strasser writes for ThinkProgress: “Halloween is a holiday with pitfalls for feminists: We want to simultaneously encourage the rejection of outfits that reduce women to nothing more than sex objects, while also respecting the women who may ch…