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Obamacare Advances the Fight for Transgender Rights

Posted by Duncan Stewart on 08/27/2014

The passage of the Affordable Care Act—colloquially known as Obamacare—marked a victory in providing comprehensive, accessible health coverage to low-wage women. Read more...

The Vote – A Right Worth Fighting For

Posted by Terry O'Neill on 08/26/2014

Today, August 26th marks Women’s Equality Day. It is also a little more than two months from the 2014 midterm elections. In my mind, these two things are inextricably linked. Read more...

Sexuality, Birth Control and Hobby Lobby

Posted by National Organization for Women on 08/25/2014

While plenty of my online nearest and dearest were just as outraged as I was, a certain kind of anti-sex positivity fueled many of the most heated posts I discovered. Behind every “Why should your boss pay for your birth control?” question, there was an implicit “Why are you even bringing up your sexuality right now? Put that away!” Read more...

What Does the Crisis in Ferguson Have to Do With Reproductive Justice?

Posted by Terry O'Neill on 08/22/2014

The central tenet of reproductive justice is that every woman has the right to have children, not have children, and to parent the children we have in safe and healthy environments. Read more...

A Full Day’s Work, a Zero Dollar Paycheck

Posted by Kate Starr on 08/20/2014

In 1966, Congress adopted a federal minimum wage for tipped workers, but it was only 50 percent of the minimum wage for other workers. The federal standard is just above two dollars an hour, and it has remained this low since 1991. Sounds out of this world, right? $2.13 an hour is less than 30 percent of the standard minimum wage, which is $7.25. Read more...