At a House subcommittee meeting last Thursday, Tea Party favorite Rep. Steve King “mocked an expert who testified, accurately, that paying out of pocket for an abortion could cost a low-income woman more than a month’s rent,” as reported by Right Wing Watch. Speaking before the all-male subcommittee, Professor Susan Wood of George Washington University […]
“Fifty years after the War on Poverty began, millions of women are still struggling to get by.” ~Maria Shriver Maria Shriver reported in a recent article in Atlantic that: Women are nearly two-thirds of minimum-wage workers in the country. More than 70 percent of low-wage workers get no paid sick days at all. Forty percent […]
Here is the latest press release regarding the Marissa Alexander from the Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign. According to their Free Marissa Now Facebook page, “Marissa Alexander is a Florida survivor of domestic violence who is being prosecuted for defending her life.” You can read the statement below, and for more articles on this ongoing […]
CNN’s Dana Bash reports on the rise of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and why 2013 shows she’s a rising democratic star. Gillibrand has led the charge to change the way the military approaches harassment and rape within the service. She has worked to encourage women to run for political office in 2014, and she is […]
A study published in the Journal of Psychological Science suggests women feel better about sexual imagery in ads for luxury products than they do for similar imagery in ads for cheap products. According to the study: “Using sex to promote and expensive product does just that, by associating sex with high value.” Regarding men, the […]