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 […]
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 […]
Although nothing about Israel is ever certain, one could certainly make a compelling case that their ongoing battle with Hamas is really a test run for war with Iran. As reported in the new edition of Der Spiegel, many Israelis believe that the current strikes against Gaza are a trial run for an attack on […]
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 […]
Outgoing Maine GOP chairman Charlie Webster plans to investigate claims that “dozens of black people” voted in rural Maine towns on November 6th. Webster first mentioned his suspicions during a lengthy interview last week with Dan Carrigan of WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine. “In some parts of the state, there were dozens of black people who […]