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NPR Identifies Congressional Candidate by Relationship to Brother
TweetSeriously, NPR? This headline made its way onto NPR’s website this morning. In the headline, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, who just won her party’s nomination in the primary election to fill South Carolina’s 1st congressional district seat, is referred to as “Stephen Colbert’s Sister”. NPR, you know language is powerful. We have to be careful how [...]
How the pro-life movement is winning the war on women
TweetThe debate over abortion needs to change. The pro-life movement has painted pro-choice activists as pro-abortion murderers for decades. This isn’t new. What is new is the tactics. In the 1990s, pro-lifers picketed abortion clinics and threatened to assassinate doctors. Now, they’re using the political process to pass legislation that will effectively destroy women’s reproductive [...]
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Hillary Clinton’s last day, but not last act
TweetBy Kathy Groob, Founder ElectWomen.com The other day was the final day of Hillary Clinton’s tenure as United States Secretary of State. She steps down as the President’s chief foreign affairs advisor with high praise and respect. Hoping to catch up on much needed rest and sleep, Secretary Clinton did not completely close the door to [...]
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My rapist offered to buy me dinner
Tweet*Trigger warning* On April 8, 2012, I was raped by a man I didn’t know well, but had invited into my home–for the second time. He held a job that caused him to travel a lot. I’d met him in October 2011. We talked for a while. We made out. Because it was a chilly [...]
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Reflections from a queer attorney on gay marriage Supreme Court oral arguments: How I learned to stop worrying about why we’re talking about gay marriage and admit that we are in fact talking about gay marriage