Renowned feminist Gloria Steinem sits down with “Say Anything!” host Joy Behar to share her thoughts on whether Hillary Clinton will run for president in 2016 and how the Republican Party platform has grown more extreme in terms of women’s rights, noting that women didn’t leave the Republican Party, “the party left them”.
“This week, the United States signed a new Declaration on Women’s Participation. Next year, we should each announce the steps we are taking to break down economic and political barriers that stand in the way of women and girls. That is what our commitment to human progress demands.” President Obama’s Address to the United Nations […]
At the Values Voters Summit on Friday, Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp made the absurd accusation that abortion is akin to slavery, Planned Parenthood is a racist organization that targets minorities, and President Obama is complicit in genocide against “minorities.” “Perhaps the biggest war against our liberties is the war that is being waged against […]
Rep. Joe Walsh spoke to a crowd in Addison, IL, on Sept. 8th and leveled an attack on Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown Law student who has been an outspoken advocate for no-cost birth control for women. Walsh even said that it’s “embarrassing” that women like Fluke feel “entitled” to no-cost birth control. Transcript: How about […]
Lilly Ledbetter, women’s equality leader and namesake of the ‘Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act’, spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention about her experience fighting for equal pay, her eventual defeat in court, and the passage of her namesake act, which was the first bill signed into law by President Obama. You can watch the […]