"Contraceptives do not solve every problem. But women...want access to voluntary family planning for the same reasons as women elsewhere: to avoid hi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.18.2011
Top White House officials held a private call with lawmakers of the Pro Choice Caucus on Friday for advice on how to deal with the religious exemption...
Rep. Nita Lowey | Posted 01.04.2012
At a time when the federal government should be focused like a laser beam on job-creating investments and targeted tax relief, the majority takes a pass. They choose instead to rehash standard attacks on women's health.
HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.26.2011
House Republicans' proposed cuts to international family planning programs could result in 1.3 million more unsafe abortions around the world, 9.4 mil...
Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011
If the Kabul government can't be trusted to run a legitimate election, they certainly can't be trusted with U.S.-bought weapons and a massive U.S. taxpayer-funded military force.
Rajeev Goyal | Posted 05.25.2011
Peace Corps provides a strong return on the dollar. Congress should continue to invest in it and shore up the volunteer number as Rep. Lowey has done today.
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A key House panel voted Wednesday to cut off almost $4 billion in aid to the government of Afghanistan pending an investigation int...
Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011
Rep. Lowey's statement that she would not support foreign aid until there was an end to corruption is understandable. But cutting off foreign aid now is absolutely the wrong approach for the US to take in Afghanistan.
Rajeev Goyal | Posted 05.25.2011
Starved for resources, the Peace Corps is a remnant of its once vibrant presence across the world. But on the eve of its 50th anniversary, there is a special opportunity to revive and strengthen it.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011
The House Democrat who oversees funding for Afghanistan's redevelopment and reconstruction said on Monday that she is stripping money from her foreign...
David Harris | Posted 05.25.2011
In the censure of public officials on Israel, there's a whiff of McCarthyism in the air, and it doesn't smell any better today than it did 60 years ago.
Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011
As I thought about how to feel more optimistic about the country my thoughts turned to my experiences of the last few months. I began to see that if I "thought local," there was cheering news.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The father of "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi (KEHR'-uh dee-oh-GWAHR'-dee), former Republican congressman Joe DioGuardi, is set t...
Rajeev Goyal | Posted 05.25.2011
At a time when the job market is difficult and people are struggling to find jobs or even internships or volunteer opportunities, why is the Peace Corps now half the size it was in 1966?
Jessica Alba | Posted 05.25.2011
Education is the most effective way to fight poverty. Every year a child is out of school is a year they lose in literacy, in health, in opportunity. 2010 is the year for a breakthrough on global education.
Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011
In a democracy, change does not come quickly but when it happens it's because citizens persist in voicing their desires. Those of us who are in favor of health care reform need to speak up.
Laurence Leamer | Posted 05.25.2011
For the past few months, I have been involved with a small band of sisters and brothers leading tens of thousands in one of the most inspiring political dramas of our time.
Peter Yarrow | Posted 05.25.2011
Whatever programs lose their priority due to the current fiscal downturn/crisis, the Peace Corps simply must, be prioritized and fully funded. It's our most powerful message to the world.
Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011
It would be an exaggeration to say that Congress has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this week to reform the policies of the International Monetary F...
Global Campaign for Education | Posted 05.25.2011
Washington, DC--Today Queen Rania of Jordan joined other leading education advocates Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Counselor to the Secretary of the Tr...
Alec Baldwin | Posted 05.25.2011
Most of the names thrown around now for senator are smart, caring New Yorkers. But only one is both fair and makes real sense for our state.
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
Let me play the contrarian here. We need as many members out seeing the world as possible -- and if they are at a forum debating political Islam...well, fantastic!
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
One of the big problems with the fact that the Democratic primary process continues to grind on and on and on and on with nothing new on the horizon u...
Rep. Nita Lowey | Posted 04.01.2012