Joan Walsh

Dear Rush Limbaugh: I Know You Are But What Am I?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Rush Limbaugh Slut, Rush Limbaugh, Rep. Darrell Issa, Feminazis, Billy Jean King, Mother Jones, Insurance-Coverage-for-Contraception, Battle of the Sexes, Sandra Fluke, New York Times, Contraception, Maureen Dowd, Gail Collins, Joan Walsh, Women News

Real progress will happen when grown-ups no longer choose to listen to grown men behaving like children, or defend grown men behaving like children on the grounds that it's "entertaining."

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Female Comedians Come Together To Support Planned Parenthood

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Video, Ambrosia Parsley, Ppnyc, Shivaree, Planned Parenthood Benefit, Planned Parenthood Funding, Sandra Bernhard, Lisa Lampanelli, Planned Parenthood, Judy Blume, Lizz Winstead, Joan Walsh, Comedy News

Comedian Lizz Winstead -- recently named HuffPost's "Greatest Person Of The Day" -- has spent her summer performing benefit shows all over the country...

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The Rule of Law and Fear-Based Politics

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa Supreme Court, Retaining Judges, Fear-Based-Politics, Health Care Reform Illinois Supreme Court, Gay Marriages, Caps on Non-Economic Damages, Joan Walsh, Politics News

In the past, we have relied on politicians to be truthful and honest. That, sadly, is no longer the case.

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I'm Not Leaving Salon!

Joan Walsh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joan Walsh Steps Down, Salon.com, Kerry Lauerman, Joan Walsh Salon, Joan Walsh Book, Open Salon, Salon, Joan Walsh, Media News

You've probably heard the news: I'm stepping down from editorial management at Salon. But I'm certainly not leaving -- too many headlines used that shorthand to say I'm giving up my editing job.

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Salon Editor Steps Down, Replaced By Top Deputy

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joan Walsh Steps Down, Kerry Lauerman, Joan Walsh Salon, Salon, Joan Walsh, Media News

*** UPDATE BELOW *** Joan Walsh, who has edited the web magazine Salon since 2005, announced Monday that she is stepping down from her post to write ...

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The Top Ten Good Men Politicians

Tom Matlack | Posted 05.25.2011

At the Good Men Project Magazine, we want to believe that there are a few good men in politics. We need to believe it. So we spent the last few months looking for them.

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Can Justin Coussoule Beat John Boehner?

Howie Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Schultz, Boehner, Wall Street Bailout, Blue America, Justin Coussoule, Joan Walsh, Politics News

A former captain in the Army and a West Point grad and small business owner, Justin has a much better grasp on leadership than the allegedly golfing/drinking/lazy Boehner. OH-8 can make history and make America better in November.

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'Game Change' Holds Out Women For Particular Contempt

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Heilemann, Media Criticism, Elizbeth Edwards, Sarah Palin, Joan Walsh, Cindy McCain, Game Change, Mark Halperin, Hillary Clinton, Haiti Earthquake, Eat the Press, Media News

I'll just note with sadness that maybe the political press is just better suited to grappling with gossip than with complex issues that affect the lives of millions of Americans.

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The UR1HTR Virus ("Hate Flu"): Stop the Epidemic!

Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Bag Parties, March 12 Rally, Hate, H1N1 Virus, Rachel Maddow, Swine Flu, Npr, Arianna Huffington, Michael Moore, The Nation, Keith Olbermann, Bigotry, Joan Walsh, Comedy News

The hate flu seems to thrive in the southern United States, with pockets found throughout the country, especially in rural areas.

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How Progressive Groupthink Hindered Health Reform

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ezra Klein, Rahm Emanuel, Max Baucus, Paul Krugman, Josh Marshall, Health Reform, Barack Obama, Joan Walsh, Mandates, Politics News

How could the president get the idea that an individual mandate, especially without a public option, was a "goody" for progressives?

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Women in the Media: A Night of Recognition

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salon.com, LGBT Issues, Women's Issues, Media New Media, Lynn Nottage, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Rebecca Traister, Gloria Steinem, Women in Journalism, Liberia, Women in Media and News, Women's Media Center, 2008 Election, Pam Spaulding, Ruined, Dr. George Tiller, Feminsim, Gina Reticker, Rachel Maddow, Abigail Disney, Judy Grahm, Christiane Amanpour, Candy Crowley, Bonnie Erbe, Hillary Clinton, Tina Fey, Bill O'Reilly, Helene Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Joan Walsh, Media News

The Women's Media Center was packed with women active in old and new media, advocacy, and culture.

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Note to O'Reilly: Women Deserve Protections -- Not Fetuses

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Pro-Choice Arguments, Women's Rights, Barack Obama Abortion, Abortion Debate, Fetal Rights, Late Term Abortion, Bill O'Reilly, Joan Walsh, Monty Python, Media News

Women deserve legal protection, and as long as a fetus is part of a woman's body, it has protections through her.

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O'Reilly Rages Against Joan Walsh Over Tiller Murder (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Joan Walsh went on the O'Reilly Factor Friday night having publicly vowed to be well-prepared to defend the reproductive rights of women and the legality of Dr. Tiller's clinical practice, and truly doled out some major ownage.

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Dick Armey To Joan Walsh: "I'm So Glad You Can Never Be My Wife" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hardball Banter, Hardball, Joan Walsh Hardball, Walsh Armey, Wife, Sexism Hardball, Never Be My Wife, Chris Matthews, Dick Armey, Joan Walsh, Media News

In a heated debate over the state of politics and the economy on Wednesday night, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey almost certainly crossed the...

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Dicks Cheney and Armey and Other Republicans

Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove, Dick Armey, Alberto Gonzalez, Rnc, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Barney Frank, Hardball, Obama, Stimulus Package, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Dick Cheney, Joan Walsh, Politics News

Without a full accounting, and justice applied, Dicks such as Cheney and Armey will continue sneering and laughing in the face of all of us.

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Christopher Hitchens Battles Joan Walsh Over Obama's Foreign Policy Team On Hardball (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hardball, Christopher Hitchens Video, Christopher Hitchens and Joan Walsh on Hardball, Christopher Hitchens, Video, Chris Matthews, Hardball Video, Joan Walsh, Christopher Hitchens and Joan Walsh, Eric Holder, Media News

President-elect Barack Obama announced his national security team today, and the confirmation of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, and Eric Holde...

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McCain Fails to Vanquish "That One" in Debate
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The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

McCain not only pointed his finger angrily at his opponent, but chose to refer to a black man in a way that omitted any reference to his humanity. Even if that was not his intention, it was not a particularly deft move.

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