Only three in ten women believe there is currently a broad-based campaign to limit their access to reproductive health care, a new poll shows. The...
Taylor Leake | Posted 05.25.2012
Governor Howard Dean, former Presidential candidate and past head of the Democratic National Committee, was in San Diego this past Tuesday to throw hi...
Politico | Posted 05.08.2012
Rush Limbaugh is fighting back against the National Organization for Women, the progressive women's group that has been targeting local advertisers an...
Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.06.2012
"Personhood" for zygotes cruelly subverts the very idea of a culture of life and potentially criminalizes every pregnant woman. Are you really cool with that? Even if you personally would not chose an abortion?
The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 03.21.2012
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is using a new weapon in the fight against a bust of Rush Limbaugh slated for display in the Missouri capito...
HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.14.2012
The president of the National Organization for Women described a Wisconsin bill, based on the idea that single parenting could lead to child abuse, as...
Pearl Korn | Posted 05.13.2012
Who will pick up the mantle of this unabashed progressive voice in the House? Who will stand in Dennis Kucinich's place and demand that our government do the right thing by the People and the other nations of the world?
Jeffrey Campagna | Posted 04.16.2012
Handel was only a symptom. The real problem at Komen is the board and CEO that hired her in the first place.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 01.24.2012
The Roe v. Wade decision protecting the right to have an abortion was handed down from the Supreme Court on Jan. 22, 1973. On Monday night, 39 years l...
Terry O'Neill | Posted 02.22.2012
The thought of a tween girl having unprotected sex and then purchasing a medication to prevent pregnancy makes many people uncomfortable. No matter how well-meaning their concern might be, it is absolutely beside the point.
Erin Matson | Posted 12.18.2011
So much of what continues to hold women back politically are those invisible fences installed in each of us, zapping us whenever we pass yet another billboard with airbrushed body parts.
Terry O'Neill | Posted 11.04.2011
Workers who make less than a livable wage can't set aside savings for a rainy day, let alone a rainy year and counting. This problem is compounded for women by the fact that they work their whole lives at unequal pay.
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.11.2011
WASHINGTON -- Women comprise more than half of the population of the United States. Yet Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) will be the only woman sitting on ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.09.2011
Hey, everyone! Do you enjoy hockey? Probably lots of you do! Now, do you enjoy Tim Pawlenty? Okay, well, for the two of three of you who find yourselv...
Democracy Now! | Posted 10.05.2011
The debt ceiling agreement reached this week by the White House and Congress could deal a serious blow to women's well-being, according to leading women's rights groups.
HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Becker | Posted 08.17.2011
WASHINGTON -- Social Security advocates are furious with AARP for signaling it might support reducing benefits as part of a deal to maintain the solve...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- Who's missing from the list of lawmakers and administration officials involved in budget negotiations? Women. Vice President Joe Bide...
Diana Mao | Posted 05.25.2011
V-Day is a global, activist movement to stop violence against women and girls and the catalyst behind creative events that revitalize the spirit of anti-violence against women organizations.
AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 05.25.2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rush Limbaugh's imitation of the Chinese language during a recent speech made by Chinese President Hu Jintao has stirred a back...
Jenna Henry Hansen | Posted 05.25.2011
I live in a country where it is OK to distribute "WANTED" posters that not only display photos of abortion service medical providers, but include their names and addresses.
Terry O'Neill | Posted 05.25.2011
It takes resolute determination and abiding faith in our democracy to put yourself on the line. These are some of the qualities I most admire about U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun.
Terry O'Neill | Posted 05.25.2011
The harsh reality is that men like Antonin Scalia, John Boehner and other right-wing ideologues are determined to use their power to keep women down. That is why we need an explicit guarantee of equality for women in the Constitution.
sfgate.com | Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer | Posted 05.25.2011
The National Organization for Women filed complaints against local Hooters restaurants Thursday, but not for exploiting its scantily clad waitresses b...
Chelsea-Lyn Rudder | Posted 05.25.2011
Anti-human trafficking advocates say that explicit advertisements in many of New York City's local publications fuel brothels.
Terry O'Neill | Posted 05.25.2011
At least eight candidates currently on today's ballot are on record saying that if elected, they will work to eliminate abortion rights, even in cases of rape, incest or to protect a woman's health.
HuffingtonPost.com | Greg Rosalsky | Posted 05.31.2012