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Gloria Steinem To Be Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that writer and feminist activist Gloria Steinem, cofounder of Ms. magazine, will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor...
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NEWSFLASH: DOD Releases Weak Sexual Assault Reform Measures
Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel officially released seven measures Thursday, aimed at preventing sexual assault in the military. The measures have been anticipated amidst the growing pressure on the...
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Brava, Diana Nyad!!!
110 miles 53 hours 64 years old Fifth try in 35 years Today, distance swimmer Diana Nyad finally completed her long-held dream to swim nonstop from Cuba to the U.S. without a shark cage!!!! Amazing,...
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NEWSFLASH: Texas Clinics Attempt to Block Anti-Abortion Law
Backed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, a group of women’s health clinics in Texas are suing the state to overturn parts of a recent law cutting abortion access....
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NEWSFLASH: Hundreds March in Ohio: “We Won’t Go Back!”
As state legislators returned from their summer recess and prepared to debate even more anti-woman bills, hundreds of demonstrators from more than 50 women’s, labor and other groups marched on the Ohio...
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NEWSFLASH: California Governor Expands Abortion Access
At a time when most states are pushing legislation to cut abortion access (we’re looking at you, Texas), the Golden State has set a shining example for women’s rights. Yesterday, California Governor...
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NEWSFLASH: California Governor Vetoes Child Victims Act
Over the weekend, California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed Senate Bill 131. The veto comes as a disappointment to many who, despite the fact that Gov. Brown is a former Jesuit seminarian, felt that he would...
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NEWSFLASH: Bureaucracy Shows Its Baby Bump
Dependence on government assistance is the norm for most couples who unintentionally become pregnant. A recent study from the Guttmacher Institute shows two-thirds of them turn to public insurance...
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NEWSFLASH: Texas Abortion Restrictions Ruled Unconstitutional
At the eleventh hour–a day before dozens of abortion clinics were going to be forced to close in Texas–a federal judge ruled that some of the state’s harsh new abortion restrictions were...
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NEWSFLASH: Supreme Court Dismisses Oklahoma Abortion Case
Without much explanation, the U.S. Supreme Court took a major abortion case off of its docket yesterday, providing relief for abortion rights supporters concerned about how the conservative court may...
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NEWSFLASH: 15 Down, 35 to Go!
Illinois is just Gov. Pat Quinn’s signature away from becoming the 15th state in the U.S. (plus Washington, D.C.) to legalize same-sex marriage. The state’s General Assembly passed the marriage...
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NEWSFLASH: A New Beginning for ENDA?
UPDATE!! After 19 years of trying, the U.S. Senate has finally passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) by a vote of 64-32. All Democratic Senators voted for it, joined by 10 Republicans....
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NEWSFLASH: Wisconsin Postpones Anti-Abortion Bills to Avoid “All Out Hell”
Wisconsin Republicans seem to be balking on their recent push for additional abortion restrictions after a pro-choice Democratic Senator promised he would raise “an all-out hell” if two controversial...
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NEWSFLASH: Filibuster Busted For Most Presidential Appointees
For years, lawmakers have used filibusters, and merely the threat of them, to block presidential nominees from taking office. But the U.S. Senate decided Thursday in a 52-48 vote to require a simple...
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U.S. Supreme Court Abandons Texas Women
It looks like the women of Texas won’t be getting an 11th-hour reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court. The country’s highest court decided this week, on a 5-4 vote, that it will not block a recently...
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NEWSFLASH: Yes, Virginia!
In a recount of the too-close-to-call November 5 state election, Democrat Mark Herring has come out the victor in the race for Attorney General against Republican Mark Obenshein. Democrats also won for...
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NEWSFLASH: Freedom for Pussy Riot? UPDATE: Yes!!!
UPDATE: A prisoner amnesty bill passed in the lower house of the Russian Parliament yesterday, and today Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the two jailed members of Pussy Riot would be...
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80,000 March in North Carolina Against Radical Right Agenda
It was a proud day for this Raleigh native. On Saturday, a crowd of riled-up citizens estimated by the North Carolina NAACP to be upwards of 80,000—the largest such gathering in the South since the...
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NEWSFLASH: Facebook Offers Gender Options and Neutrality
Facebook released 50 new gender choices for users last week. Users can now express their gender from male or female to pan-sexual, androgynous, trans*, gender-fluid, etc. On Facebook’s Diversity page,...
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NEWSFLASH: Texas Abortion Restrictions Close Down Three More Women’s Health...
Since Texas passed House Bill 2 last summer, which placed new restrictions on abortion services, women’s health centers have been closing down across the state. Only 19 of the 44 clinics that provided...
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