Michael D. Ahear writes for The New York Times: “President Obama charged that Mitt Romney’s policies are economically threatening to women, as the candidates in their second presidential debate on Tuesday night clashed repeatedly over who would best serv…
Emma Axelrod writes for Poynter: “The last 12 debate moderators were all men. Twenty years went by without a woman on that stage, and that makes it a trend that started before I was even born.”
The editors of The New York Times write: “It is no secret that Mitt Romney and his running-mate, Representative Paul Ryan, are opponents of abortion rights. When Mr. Ryan was asked at last week’s debate whether voters who support abortion rights should b…
Irin Carmon writes on Salon.com: “When the subject came up, we heard about religion and science. But what about women’s rights?”
Lisa Rein writes for The Washington Post: “Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the South African anti-apartheid activist . . . met with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the eve of the inaugural International Day of the Girl Child at the United Nations.…
