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Criticisms of Obama Cabinet's Lack of Diversity are Rooted in Inaccurate Identity Politics

Brian Jencunas | Posted 05.07.2013 | College
Brian Jencunas

The president's cabinet should be judged for their ideology, experience, and character, not because of what boxes they check off on their census form.

Obama: FDA Decision On Plan B Leaves Me Feeling 'Very Comfortable'

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 05.03.2013 | Politics

President Barack Obama extended support on Thursday for the FDA's decision to institute age 15 as the new limit for over-the-counter sales of Plan B. ...

Speak Up, Speak Out Against Rick Ross and Date Rape

Morris W. O'Kelly | Posted 04.04.2013 | Black Voices
Morris W. O'Kelly

Rick Ross has the right to be an idiot and express himself as such in his music. Conversely, we also have the right to not allow it in our homes, or in our lives.

John Celock

Lawmakers Advance More Abortion Restrictions

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.19.2013 | Politics

The Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives voted to advance legislation adding new restrictions to abortions in the state Tuesday. T...

John Celock

GOP Lawmakers Advance Sweeping Anti-Abortion Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.07.2013 | Politics

A Kansas legislative committee advanced a sweeping anti-abortion bill Thursday after removing a provision that would have banned abortion clinic worke...

The Feminine Mystique and Women's Equality -- 50 Years Later

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.20.2013 | Books
Peter Dreier

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique -- published 50 years ago this week -- catalyzed the modern feminist movement and catapulted its author into becoming an influential and controversial public figure.

N. Jerin Arifa: Islamophobia Encourages Violence Against Women

V-Day | Posted 04.13.2013 | World
V-Day

There is significant and well-justified concern within the feminist community and beyond about Muslim women's rights. Just look at what is happening in countries like Afghanistan.

Laura Bassett

Women's Groups Take On NRA 'Stranglehold' On Gun Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.18.2012 | Politics

Gun control has not traditionally been considered a "women's issue." But in the wake of one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history, women...

Why I'm Fighting For Divorce Reform

Beverly Willett | Posted 01.13.2013 | Divorce
Beverly Willett

The election is over, but our nation remains as divided as ever. In my view, however, the number one problem facing America today is not the deficit or unemployment or health care. It's family instability.

The Gender Gap Rules 2012 Election

Eleanor Smeal | Posted 01.01.2013 | Politics
Eleanor Smeal

Don't be fooled that the gender gap -- the measurable difference in the way women and men vote for candidates and in the way they view political issues -- is disappearing. To the contrary, it is driving the 2012 election.

Women Voters Want to Know Candidates' Records, Not Slogans

Linda Hallman | Posted 12.04.2012 | Women
Linda Hallman

If women are powerful enough to determine the outcome of the election -- and we know that we are -- then we must use that power to hold all legislators accountable to the promises they've made.

Ms. Magazine, Wonder Woman and 40 Years of Change

Marlo Thomas | Posted 06.14.2012 | Fifty

You can’t judge a book by its cover. But you can absolutely judge a magazine that way -- because the cover is a good indication of what the magazine...

Greg Rosalsky

Is There A War On Women?

HuffingtonPost.com | Greg Rosalsky | Posted 05.31.2012 | Politics

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...

Howard Dean Endorses Lori Saldaña in Must-Watch Congressional Race

Taylor Leake | Posted 07.24.2012 | Politics
Taylor Leake

Governor Howard Dean, former Presidential candidate and past head of the Democratic National Committee, was in San Diego this past Tuesday to throw hi...

Rush Limbaugh Fights Pro-Women Group With 'Rush Babes' Campaign

Politico | Posted 05.08.2012 | Politics

Rush Limbaugh is fighting back against the National Organization for Women, the progressive women's group that has been targeting local advertisers an...

Three Videos Everyone Should See Before Voting

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 06.05.2012 | Politics
Soraya Chemaly

"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?

Women's Group Uses Toilet Paper To Protest Rush Limbaugh Bust

The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 03.21.2012 | Politics

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...

John Celock

NOW President Calls Wisconsin Single Parent Bill 'Astonishing New Front'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.14.2012 | Politics

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...

As the Old Guard Liberals Exit Congress, a New Breed Must Take Their Place

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.13.2012 | Chicago
Pearl Korn

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?

For Komen To Survive, Brinker Family Must Give Up Control

Jeffrey Campagna | Posted 04.16.2012 | Politics
Jeffrey Campagna

Handel was only a symptom. The real problem at Komen is the board and CEO that hired her in the first place.

Ariel Edwards-Levy

Abortion Rights Stand-Off At Supreme Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 01.24.2012 | Politics

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...

Obama Administration Failing Women on Birth Control

Terry O'Neill | Posted 02.22.2012 | Politics
Terry O'Neill

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.

Love Your Body Day: A Woman's Body Politic

Erin Matson | Posted 12.18.2011 | Women
Erin Matson

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.

What's Good for Women Is Good for the Nation: Jobs, Livable Wages and Equal Pay

Terry O'Neill | Posted 11.04.2011 | Politics
Terry O'Neill

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.

Amanda Terkel

New 'Super Congress' Will Have Just One Woman Member

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.11.2011 | Politics

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 ...