Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis writes in The Washington Post: “Triangle outraged the public and offered a grisly example of how powerless workers were without collective bargaining, because unionized garment workers received better pay and had safer c…
Abigail Collazo writes on Fem 2.0: “Something as subtle but as powerful as language is a window into how we perceive half of our population, and also an indicator for the value we place on gender in our society, leading to real life consequences for thos…
Rep. Jackie Speier talks with NPR’s Michel Martin on “Tell Me More.” Listen to the interview about the House’s vote to cut family planning funding and Speier’s own abortion.
Pauline Jelinek reports for the Associated Press (via The Washington Post): “The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat, an independent report for Congr…
Adam Markovitz from Entertainment Weekly interviews NOW President Terry O’Neill about what former Governor Mike Huckabee said about Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman’s pregnancy: “Less than a week after her Best Actress win at the Oscars, Natalie Po…