Anita Hill, Sandra Fluke and Garry Trudeau Speak before NWLC

Anita Hill, Sandra Fluke and Garry Trudeau Speak before NWLC

Law professor Anita Hill, women’s rights activist Sandra Fluke and cartoonist Garry Trudeau spoke to journalist Michel Martin at the National Women’s Law Center annual dinner on November 14, 2012. They talked about their various experiences in the media spotlight on women’s rights issues, and how far we’ve come (and not come) since the Clarence […]

Heated Exchange During Israel Briefing (VIDEO)

Heated Exchange During Israel Briefing (VIDEO)

There was a exchange this week between an Associated Press reporter, Matt Lee,  and spokesperson Victoria Nuland during  the U.S. State Department’s daily briefing Monday on the continued violence between Israel and Hamas. The exchange was centered around Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan who on Monday referred to Israel as “a terrorist state“. So […]

Hands off Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

Hands off Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hosted a summit meeting November 15th on Capitol Hill with seniors, the disabled, labor and other grassroots groups united to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from budget cuts. The summit was held one day before President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are to meet at the White House on ways […]