Karalen Morthole, a 23-year-old Washington, D.C. woman claims she was raped by a Marine at his barracks just blocks from the U.S. Capitol. Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. is located at the corner of 8th and I Streets and has been the official residence of the Commandant of the Marine Corps since 1806. It is the main ceremonial grounds of […]
Claiming his comments were taken out of context, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) became the next Republican to stir up controversy regarding rape and pregnancies. Franks talked about pregnancies due to rape at a House markup of an unborn child protection act Wednesday stating that “incidents of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low.” When are […]
Ms. Blog reported in March that a newly released voter poll found “feminists, not just women in general, were key to the 2012 election results. Fully 55 percent of women voters self-identified as feminists–an increase of 9 percent since the last presidential election in 2008.” It’s time to end the silly notion that feminists hate […]
Republican state senators in Wisconsin practiced a dictator style senate session Wednesday. They effectively silenced Democrats while passing a bill shaming requiring women to endure a transvaginal ultrasound probe before an abortion. The session started with Sen. Kathleen Vinehout (D) reading well articulated letters from constituents who oppose the bill. “The idea of “small government” […]
For several weeks now, Portland State University’s College Republicans student group have ignited debate regarding free speech due to two events the group sponsored in May – a talk by activist Nonie Darwish, who has been widely described as a vocal critic of Islam, and a screening of the documentary Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against […]