Is this Komen's fall from grace? Or is this the the beginning of the fall of the Komen Empire?
AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 03.23.2012
DALLAS -- At least five high-ranking executives with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity have resigned in the aftermath of the organ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 03.20.2012
Two top executives at Susan G. Komen for the Cure have announced their resignation, amid reports that the breast cancer charity is struggling to raise...
Amanda Guinzburg | Posted 05.19.2012
If invisible Children and Mike Daisey did nothing else, they woke the vast majority of the planet up to the fact that we need to pay attention to the human rights of everyone.
The New York Times | Posted 03.10.2012
President Obama’s re-election campaign is beginning an intensified effort this week to build support among women, using the debate over the new heal...
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 03.08.2012
WASHINGTON -- Thursday, March 8 is International Women's Day, and Republicans in Congress are celebrating by debating a new bill that would restrict a...
Penny C. Sansevieri | Posted 04.29.2012
At one time or another it could happen to all of us. We're attacked online. Whether it's an errant blog post, a misunderstood tweet, or something more...
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.23.2012
After Susan G. Komen for the Cure's controversial decision several weeks ago to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, and the subsequent reversal of that...
Fran Visco | Posted 04.15.2012
Are we talking about the breast cancer issues that really matter?
Jennifer Hamady | Posted 04.14.2012
Villainizing the entire organization is a mistake. It ignores, and dismisses, the services Planned Parenthood provides that we all -- regardless of our political views -- can agree are important.
Kelly Kleiman | Posted 04.11.2012
Republican rhetoric suggests that this is the equivalent of requiring churches to distribute RU-486 instead of communion wafers; but that's complete nonsense. Actual religious organizations are exempt.
Posted 02.08.2012
Linda Burger, a 56-year-old breast cancer survivor from Las Vegas, Nevada, filmed an emotionally charged message earlier this month, expressing her pe...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.08.2012
WASHINGTON -- Inspired by the backlash over the brief attempt by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, a group of senator...
Jeffrey Campagna | Posted 04.09.2012
Eve Ellis, the former board member of Komen NYC who last week urged progressives to stay "far away" from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is not ready to put the Planned Parenthood fiasco behind her.
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 04.08.2012
Karen Handel, vice president for public affairs at Susan G. Komen for the Cure, resigned on Tuesday following public outcry over the announcement Kome...
Amanda Crumley | Posted 04.07.2012
Advances in the diagnosis of breast cancer through ultrasound, mammography and breast MRI have helped reduce mortality rates by 25 percent, according to the American Cancer Society. But not for the poor.
The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.05.2012
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum sounded off on the Susan G. Komen for the Cure decision to cut off funds to Planned Parenthood for bre...
Posted 02.03.2012
After facing enormous backlash to its controversial plan to stop funding Planned Parenthood breast cancer screenings, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 04.04.2012
Following a massive public backlash over its decision to pull funding for breast cancer screenings from Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen for the Cur...
Mother Jones | Adam Serwer | Posted 02.02.2012
The Susan G. Komen Foundation, which recently announced that it is ending grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening because of a contro...
The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.02.2012
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation's website appeared to be hacked briefly early Thursday morning. A banner on the website was changed from...
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.03.2012
Dr. Kathy Plesser, a Manhattan radiologist on the medical advisory board of Susan G. Komen for the Cure's New York chapter, said she plans to resign f...
Dan Dubno | Posted 04.02.2012
Instead of "Racing For a Cure" and helping women in need get adequate health care, women are being treated as political pawns in the business-as-usual election mud fight. Shame!
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.02.2012
Stacey Tillman, a 47-year-old woman from Sandusky, Ohio, says she has donated over $300 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure each year for the past nine yea...
Posted 02.01.2012
BY DAVID CRARY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partners...
Nancy Davis | Posted 04.02.2012