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Video: Michelle Obama calls on men to promote women’s rights

First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to a group of young Africans in the Mandela Washington Fellows on Wednesday, telling the men in the audience that they are vitally important to … Continue reading

August 6, 2014 · Leave a comment

Video: Violence against women—it’s a men’s issue: Jackson Katz

Jackson Katz is an anti-sexist activist and expert on violence, media and masculinities. An author, filmmaker, educator and social theorist, Katz has worked in gender violence prevention work with diverse … Continue reading

August 6, 2014 · Leave a comment

Looking Back At The Trial That Made Rape A War Crime

After the Rwandan genocide, in which an estimated 800,000 people were slaughtered over a hundred days in 1994, the U.N. created the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda with the goal … Continue reading

August 3, 2014 · Leave a comment

Judiciary Committee Examines the Effect of Gun Violence on Women in America

Washington, DC – Today the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing entitled “VAWA Next Steps: Protecting Women from Gun Violence.”  With American women more than ten times more likely to … Continue reading

August 1, 2014 · Leave a comment

The GOP’s Long-term Problem: Millennials Hate Conservatives

Republicans were already destined for piecemeal decimation due to the declining numbers of their core constituency. But they don’t just have a demographic problem anymore; they have a stylistic one. … Continue reading

July 22, 2014 · Leave a comment

Michael Simms: Good Golly, Miss Molly

I’m a fifth generation Texan, and I’d like to offer an apology to the people of the United States for all the crooks and nitwits we’ve sent to Washington. On … Continue reading

July 16, 2014 · Leave a comment

Is the Supreme Court Out of Order?

The latest session of the US Supreme Court was especially contentious, with important decisions on the separation of church and state, organized labor, campaign finance reform, birth control and women’s … Continue reading

July 12, 2014 · Leave a comment

Federal Judge tells Supreme Court to STFU

Richard Kopf, a Federal judge in Nebraska appointed by George W. Bush, claims that the recent Hobby Lobby decision by the United States Supreme Court looks stupid, misogynistic, partisan, and … Continue reading

July 8, 2014 · Leave a comment

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