Equal Rights

BREAKING ECONOMIC NEWS: GOP to Sponsor Innovative Women's Program

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Equal Rights, Economic Growth and Development, Pregancy, Right to Privacy, War on Women, Health Care, Mitt Romney, Reproductive Rights, Contraception, Sponsor a Uterus, Barack Obama, Video, Comedy News

Anonymous sources think that the GOP is seriously considering officially adopting the Sponsor a Uterus program as part of their economic stimulus agenda.

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Obama's "Bend Toward Justice"

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Presidential Election, Equal Rights, Democratic Coalition, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Personally, I salute President Obama for his statement, for speaking out for equality. Now he needs to be the defender of Social Security and Medicare and not the advocate of a "grand bargain." He needs to champion making it in America, not peddle more corporate trade pacts.

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To Bridge the Gap Between Dogma and Progress, We're Going to Have to Talk About Values

Jane Devin | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Religion, Dogma, Values, Politics, Ethics, Equal Rights, Gay, Social Mores, Religious Tolerance, Culture, Politics News

How many people do you know who are extremists on either side? My guess is not many. Yet these are the types of conversations that dominate politics and the media today. They take away from the truth and heart of human matters while fanning flames of antagonism and disunity.

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Discrimination Against LGBT Jurors Remains Legal

Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Legal Discrimination, Video, Gay Rights, Lgbt Juror Discrimination, LGBT Discrimination, Bv-Politics, Jurors Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Equal Rights, Discrimination, Politics News

By Andy Birkey MINNEAPOLIS, M.N. -- “I believe that people who are either transsexuals or transvestites -- I don't know what the proper term ...

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Women are Wimps

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Workplace Flexibilty, Meet the Press, Working Mother, Alex Castellanos, Flexible Work, War on Women, Lilly Ledbetter, Rachel Maddow, Gop, Family Leave, Women's Rights, Equality, Working Women, Equal Pay, Equal Rights, Women in Business, Politics News

Is the GOP saying that women should expect to earn less because they default to parenting over work? Is this the party line? Because I know a lot of pretty ambitious Republican women who would disagree.

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Dear Michelle: An Open Letter to the First Lady About Same-Sex Military Families

Shawn DeBarge Goodin | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, LGBT Rights, Gay Rights, Michelle Obama, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Military Families, Same-Sex Military Families, Equal Rights, Defense of Marriage Act, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

Although Brandon and I live in Washington State, which now has marriage equality, if we were to marry the certificate would carry no value when presented at my post. Simply because of our sexual orientation, my marriage would go unrecognized.

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Equal Pay Day: It's Time to Close the Earnings Gap

Kirsten Swinth | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Taxes, Equal Pay Day, Income Gap, Equal Rights, Equality, Tax Day, Equal Pay, Income Inequality, Politics News

The old-fashioned kind of income inequality that still keeps women earning less than men on average holds families back, and perpetuates the gulf between the 1 percent and the 99 percent

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unEqual Pay Day

Rep. Jackie Speier | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Equal Pay Day, Gender Gap, Gender, Taxes, Tax Day, Equality, Income Inequality, Lilly Ledbetter, Paycheck Fairness Act, Tax Day 2012, Equal Pay, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Equal Rights, Women News

There is cruel irony in having Equal Pay Day fall on Tax Day. Women and men share the responsibility of paying taxes, but there is no sharing when it comes to receiving equal pay for comparable work.

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Constitution Is Clearly a Living Document

Byron Williams | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Equality, Gay Rights, Same Sex Marriage, LGBT Rights, Founding Fathers, Equal Rights, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

The Constitution must be a living document if it is to represent those living today. The flaw in its inception would be its original intent excluded so many people.

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The Equal Rights Amendment Finally Arrives

Roy Speckhardt | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Equal Rights, Gender Equality, Women, Income Inequality, Era, Religious Right, Humanism, Politics News

If America wishes to serve as an international example of liberty and just governance, we must ensure that all citizens are afforded the same rights and that institutionalized discrimination is made illegal.

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What Do You Get When You Cross Gloria Steinem with a Call for Aspirin Between the Knees?

Joyce McFadden | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Ms. Magazine, Feminism, The New Yorker, The Paley Center for Media, Gloria Steinem, Kathy Najimy, Equal Rights, Mothers and Daughters, Women and Girls, The New York Times, Feminist.com, Carol Gilligan, Jeffrey Toobin, Pat Mitchell, Women News

I wondered what must it be like to have devoted your entire adult life to a cause continually under fire. And I wondered how she remains optimistic in spite of recent challenges to her life's work.

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Why Gay Marriage Is Not the Issue for Obama This November

Todd Fernandez | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Equal Rights, Obama Amendment Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality Amendment, Obama Gay Marriage, Obama Non Discrimination, Marriage Equality, Same Sex Marriage, Politics News

Getting the president to say "marriage equality" may feel good, but it's bad politics and misleading to the LGBT community. Democrats have simply not yet made same-sex marriage equality a federal issue.

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Watching Gay Marriage Opponents Evolve

Ty Alper | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Equality, Gay Rights, Ban on Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Equal Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

I'm a sucker for YouTube videos of politicians who once opposed gay marriage explaining why they have changed their minds. It's a little genre that, happily, is growing.

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Conservatives Really Do Hate Markets

James Peron | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: LGBT Rights, Rick Santorum, Religious Right, Birth Control, F.A. Hayek, Conservatives, Same-Sex Marriage, Women's Health, Affordable Care Act, Equal Rights, Contraception, Gay Marriage, Politics News

The religious right may talk about "markets," but in the end they get their way through regulations, controls and legislation. Whether they like to admit it or not, the religious right is really the regulating right. They do hate markets.

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A Slut Manifesto

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 05.09.2012

Every woman, even one simply speaking intelligently in her own interest, is a potential slut. A slut is also any woman who wants to control her reproduction, build a life, earn a living of her own, dress how she wants, and take care of her health and her family.

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Cities That Pay Women The Least

24/7 Wall St. | Ashley C. Allen, Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Women's History Month, Equal Pay Act of 1963, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Catalyst, Department of Labor, Equal Rights, The Institute for Women?S Policy Research, March, Wage Inequality, u.s. Census Bureau, International Women's Day, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: March is Women’s History Month, and March 8th is International Women’s Day. First observed in the U.S. on February 28, 1909, t...

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Racism in the Heartland

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Diane Dimond, Burleigh County State?S Attorney, Jesse Kleinsasser, Ella Davis-Bowen, Civil Rights in North Dakota, ?Racism in the Heartland?, Burleigh County State?S Attorney Richard Riha, Gary Bowen, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, Jason Hammes, Mandan North Dakota School District, Equal Rights, Bismarck City Attorney Paul Fraaze, Crime News

It's time for North Dakota -- and the handful of other states without meaningful anti-discrimination laws -- to pass legislation with teeth in it to protect the constitutional rights of every American citizen.

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A Defense of Affirmative Action

Ediberto Roman | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Equal Rights, Miami News

It appears that the Supreme Court of the United States may once and for all end affirmative action programs, and with it, society's ongoing debate concerning the propriety of such efforts.

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Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964), Only Woman Quoted in Current U.S. Passport

Kate Kelly | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Equal Rights, Education, Feminism, Black History Month, African Americans, Anna Julia Cooper, Black Voices News

Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) is not a household name, nor is she someone encountered in most U.S. history books. Yet throughout her life, she fervently pushed for progress, particularly for education and progress for African-American women

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Miley Cyrus: Why I Got My Gay Marriage Tattoo

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Miley Cyrus Politics, Miley Cyrus, Miley Cyrus Gay Marriage Tattoo, Equal Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Miley-Cyrus, Video, Gay Rights, Miley Cyrus Positive Role Model, Miley Cyrus Equal Rights, Miley Cyrus Equal Sign Tattoo, Miley Cyrus Glamour Article Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, Celebrity News

Last August, singer and actress Miley Cyrus added some new ink to her body: a small "equals" sign on her middle finger, in support of same-sex marriag...

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WATCH: A Message to Women From Rick Santorum

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Comedy, Equal Rights, Women's Rights, Lgbt, Satire, Women, Jobs, Gay Rights, Homeless, Rick Santorum, Parody, Poor, Equality, Economy, Catholic Church, Video, Comedy News

The following is a message to women from Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. ...

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Renewing America's Promise: Fired Up for Philanthropy and Democracy in 2012

Maxim Thorne | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Steve Jobs, Prometheus, Human Rights, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, Philanthropy, Equal Rights, Occupy Wall Street, Marriage Equality, Ben Franklin, Impact News

Let 2012 also be about philanthropy in action, about getting fire and getting fired up for our national movement for more equality, more human rights, more justice, more opportunity.

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'Welcome Christmas Present' For Agency Workers Over Equality

PA | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Equal Rights, UK News, Trade Unions, UK Politics, Employment, Employment Rights, Home News

Agency workers across the UK were set to receive a pay and conditions boost when new rights come into force today. The Agency Workers Directive was...

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The Fight for Equal Rights Is So Far From Over

Amelia | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Equal Rights, Gay Rights, Hate Groups, Anti-Gay Bullying, Marriage Equality, LGBT Rights, LGBT Equality, Gay Voices News

More people are acting like it's just not all that important. Glee and Modern Family are on television, a handful of states allow equal marriage, gay people can have families. It's done and the struggle is over.

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Protest time: Support the Occupy Wall Street Movement and a New American Spring

Brent Budowsky | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Financial Crash, Labor, Women's Movement, Civil Rights, Occupy Wall Street, Environment, Equal Rights, Liberal, Pay Equity, Politics News

It is time for change; real change. It is time for protest; strong protest. It is time for patriotism; real patriotism where the many Americans are no long ripped off by the few. It is time to mobilize, organize, rally, to stand in the streets with signs and register to vote.

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