Irin Carmon writes on Salon: “We are at a political moment that yields headlines like Politico’s recent ‘GOP scrambles to assuage women’s groups.’ Such copy must have delighted Democrats on the Hill: It means they had managed to back Republicans into a c…
Leticia Miranda reports for Colorlines: “When Martha Wright’s grandson was moved to a prison outside of her hometown of Washington, D.C., she didn’t expect that a short 5-minute conversation with him could cost up to $18. . . . Prisoners can usually call…
The editors of The New York Times write: “In an all-too-rare show of bipartisanship, 15 Senate Republicans joined with the Democratic majority last month to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, the landmark 1994 law that is key to efforts against…
Democracy Now! interviewed Sister Simone Campbell, head of the Catholic social justice group NETWORK, a group that was harshly criticized in the recent Vatican report for focusing too heavily on issues of social justice, while failing to speak out enough…
Barbara Hannah Grufferman writes on The Huffington Post: “On Saturday, April 28th, the Unite Women March, will take place in every state across America. This incredible event is happening because two extraordinarily ordinary working women got mad about a…
