Activists are using the hashtag #StandWithOhio on Twitter to bring attention to the issues going on in Ohio surrounding these last minute provisions that were tacked onto the state’s budget. If the recent events in Texas have shown us anything, it’s that, when it comes down to it, an assault on women’s reproductive rights will not be tolerated.
We’re #PissedAtPerry
We won in Texas Tuesday night, thanks to Sen. Davis and all of her strong supporters. But Gov. Perry is determined to make that victory short-lived. Let’s show him who he’s dealing with.
Let My People In: What Women Have at Stake in the Senate’s Current Immigration Reform Bill
The Senate’s current immigration bill does a lot for women.
SNAP Chat: Farm Bill Prompts Food Stamps Discussion
House debate over the Farm Bill aside, the SNAP Challenge provided an opportunity for a much-needed discussion on the reality of poverty and nutrition in this country.
E.W. Jackson Maintains Controversial Stances on Abortion, LGBTQ Rights
I have a little advice for you, Mr. Jackson.
House Passes Abortion Restriction Bill
The bill is an attack on Roe v. Wade and is in conflict with the commonly upheld 24 week limit, at which point the fetus is generally considered viable, that exists in most states
Violence Erased Between the Lines
I am a queer woman. Just because I enter into relationships with other women doesn’t mean that the threat of violence disappears. Men aren’t inherently abusers, and women aren’t inherently abused. No one hits someone for the sake of hitting a woman or hitting a man. Violence is rarely about the gender or sexuality of […]
The Women of the New House and New Senate
The women have truly landed at the Capitol and, fortunately, it will never be the same. I confess to having many “pinch me” moments as I walked with Feminist Majority President Eleanor Smeal and Political Director Alice Cohan on Capitol Hill yesterday, the opening day of the 113th Congress. The twenty women sworn in to […]
Urgent: Tell Congress to Extend Tax Cuts to the Middle Class Now!
If Congress does not act by the end of this year, all Americans will see their taxes automatically increase. The Senate has already voted to extend tax cuts to the 98% of Americans making less than $250,000 a year. Despite the election results, Republicans are holding middle class and lower income earners hostage to tax […]
Governor Romney, Drop Your Ad
Stand with us and demand that Governor Mitt Romney pull his television ad in Indiana endorsing Richard Mourdock for U.S. Senate from Indiana. It is intolerable that a presidential candidate would continue running such an ad in light of the Murdock’s extreme position on rape. This is the only ad Romney has released endorsing a […]