The Violence Against Women Act: Why Most Republicans In The House Say It’s Ok To Rape, Idle No More And Gun Rights
Introduction: Of Gun Rights And Politics There is a fundamental difference between “leadership”/“helping people,” and “politics.” Yet, most folks tend to conflate the 3 terms and pretend that they’re inextricably linked or even synonymous. They’re not the same. “Leadership” is when a person steps out on a limb, rightly or wrongly, to take a stance [...]
By @BalancingJane, A tragedy has unfolded in my city. Last week, a six-month-old baby (who was black) was found in the hallway of an apartment complex, strapped into his car seat, healthy but alone. The media reported that the baby was found there with no clues to his identity or how he came to be alone in [...]
Continue reading …I think I might be a 47-percenter. Or at least, maybe, honorary. I went to college, work every day, and pay taxes, but I am by no means anywhere close to ever being rich. I generally think a lot of basic things in life—healthy food, high quality housing, good healthcare—are pretty expensive. I don’t believe [...]
Continue reading …“Holding it Down for Women.”: Nicki Minaj and the Problem of Gender Inequity in Hip Hop
July 17, 2012 Comments Off
By Austin C. McCoy, On June 3, 2012, Hot97 DJ Peter Rosenberg took to the stage at MetLife Stadium to address the crowd at the radio station’s annual hip hop concert, Summer Jam. While warming up the crowd, Rosenberg says, “I see the real hip hop heads sprinkled in here…I see them. I know there [...]
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Women With a Vision (WWAV), a New Orleans advocacy and service organization that provides health care and other support for poor women of color, was the victim of a break-in and arson late Thursday night. A small organization that has won a national reputation for their work, WWAV was founded in 1991 by a collective [...]
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During the March 2012 Women in the World summit at New York’s Lincoln Center, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered these candid remarks on patriarchy and women’s rights: “Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me. But they all seem to. It doesn’t matter what country they’re in or what religion they [...]
Continue reading …What can we learn from the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual violence case?
September 16, 2011 Comments Off
Sexual violence and the criminal justice system Co-authored by Melissa Sontag Broudo, Esq. attorney for the Sex Workers Project, This past August, over the span of a few days, the Manhattan Criminal Court issued two decisions in cases centered on sexual violence. One is the now-notorious case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK). The other, which [...]
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Originally posted by our friends at Indian Country Today, TORONTO – When they walked out of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on June 21, Gladys Radek and Bernie Williams prepared themselves for raw memories and painful moments on their fourth Walk4Justice across Canada. Survivors themselves, Radek and Williams share the grief experienced by too many First [...]
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Originally published by our friends at Indian Country Today, In honor of Women’s History Month and the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8th, ICTMN debuts Navajo writer Valerie Taliman’s new series on the growing human rights crisis in Canada where more than 600 Native women are missing or have been murdered. [...]
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I sat before the room dumbfounded. Surrounding me were brilliant, beautiful, driven, and successful young women. Each high achievers in their own right. Each on the verge of certain success. Yet, these young women who had originally come to my office to discuss transversing that critical, but sometimes scary path of transitioning from undergraduate [...]
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