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The Merits of a Plas-Tax Over a Bo-Tax

Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Plastic Bottles, Health Care, Gay Marriage, Botox, Judith Warner, National Organization for Marriage, Bo-Tax, Health Care Bill Cosmetic Surgery, National Organization for Women, Stupak Amendment, Now, Cosmetic Surgery Tax, Cosmetic Surgery, Joy Behar, Bottled Water, Politics News
Annabelle Gurwitch

The Bo-Tax is being touted as a way to help solve the health care budget crisis, presumably because a very small percentage of cosmetic procedures are covered under some insurance plans (unfortunately, not mine).

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Could Michael Moore Know Why Women Are Unhappy?

Kamala Lopez | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equal Rights Amendment, Gender Equality, Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore, Era, Equal Rights, Women's Unhappiness, Now, Kim Gandy, Alice Paul, Fourteenth Amendment, Congresswoman-Carolyn-Maloney-Senate, Linda Wharton, Feminist Majority, Politics News
Kamala Lopez

Simply put -- are women, should women be equal or not? Not implicitly equal. Not equal in New York state but not so much in Georgia. Not equal in every area as compared to men. Just equal, plain and simple?

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Emma Thompson, Featured in Fatal Promises, Speaks Out on Human Trafficking

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sexual Trafficking, Equalilty Now, Emma Thompson, Nomi Network, U.N. Global Initiative to Fight Trafficking, United Nations, Gloria Steinem, Tier 2 Watrch List, Documentary Film, Now, Ngo, Psa, Eliot Spitzer, US State Department, United Arab Emirates, Human Trafficking, Fatal Promises, Prostitution, Kat Rohrer, Helen Bamber Foundation, Journey, Art Installation, History Starts Now, New York State Anit-Trafficking Law, Catw, Entertainment News
Marcia G. Yerman

A new documentary examines the various facets of human trafficking. The film, four years in the making, follows the stories of five people -- three women and two men.

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Rwanda's President on Past Horror and Present Hope

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Kagame, David-Brancaccio, Paul-Kagame, Pbs, Paul Kagame, Now, Rwanda, World News
Joel B. Schwartzberg

OW on PBS host David Brancaccio interviews Rwandan President Paul Kagame about why he believes universal health care in Rwanda is crucial for the country's social, political, and economic advancement.

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Abortion Is New Front in Health Care Battle

Wall Street Journal | FAWN JOHNSON and LAURA MECKLER | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, National Organization for Women, Naral, Death Panels, Reproductive Health, Pro-Life, Now, Planned Parenthood, Town Hall, Roe v. Wade, Health Care Reform, Birth Control, National Right to Life Committee, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life Democrats, The Family Research Council, Health Care, Politics News

Most versions of the Democratic health plan would create subsidies for lower-income people to buy private health insurance. If that insurance includes...

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The Morality Police and the Divine Feminine

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Morality Police, Governor Mark Sanford, Divine Feminine, Mistakes, Morals, Now, Cheating, Atonement, Cable News, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford, Forgiveness, Patriarchy, Reconciliation, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

I am appalled at the coverage of Governor Mark Sanford's infidelity to his wife and sons. I am appalled at the moral posturing. I am appalled that we think we have the right.

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After a Coup d'Etat at NOW, the Future of "Feminism"

Amy Siskind | Posted 07.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Lynette Long, Feminist, Amy Siskind, The New Agenda, Next Wave, Now, Feminism, David Letterman, Politics News
Amy Siskind

In 2008 we reached a nadir. For Wall Street it was the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. For the women's movement, it was the sexist treatment of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin.

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"Student Loan Sinkhole?" Garners Huge Response

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Pbs, College Loans and Debt, Debt, Debt Collectors, Bankruptcy, Eviction, Now, Student Loans, Now on PBS, Sexual Assault, Media News
Joel B. Schwartzberg

What would you do if -- as a college-educated young mother -- you lost your job, had debt collectors calling you incessantly, and were just evicted from your home?

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What Now? Terry O'Neill for NOW President

Patricia Ireland | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Now Election, Women's Rights, National Organization for Women, Latifa Lyles, Now, Women's Issues, Now President, Terry O'neill, Politics News
Patricia Ireland

Only one of the leaders vying to become the new NOW president is running on the promise of restoring NOW's prominence and rebuilding NOW's activism.

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Top 10 Reasons Sarah Palin's "Outrage" is Misplaced and A Little Late...

Shannyn Moore | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Craig Feruson, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, John Edwards, Snl, N.O.W., Seth Myers, Bill O'Reilly, Willow, Sarah Palin, Yankees Game, David Letterman, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

The Palin children have been fodder for comedians since they were brought to the national stage -- I exhausted the top 10 list before I ran out of outrageous instances previously ignored by the Palins.

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Like, Three Bridesmaids

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Here, Like, Television, New York Times, Now, Language, Virtual Reality, Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

I don't know about you, but I've had enough of "like." So where does this linguistic fixation with "like" come from?

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Jeff Muskus

Right-Wing Protesters: Birth Control Will Kill You

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Life League, National Organization for Women, Birth Control, Health, Thepillkills, Contraception, Now, Planned Parenthood, Kim Gandy, Birth-Control Protests, All, Politics News

Unable to turn the public against sex, the pro-life movement will be on the march Saturday trying to convince women that birth-control pills will kill...

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The Moment is Now

Lisa Guest | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Emotions, Trauma, General Motors, Jewish, Choices, Architecture, Healing, Reticence, Now, Michael Moore, Artistic Output, Fashion, Spirituality, Living News
Lisa Guest

My life has been one sacrifice after another. It would have been simpler to lower my ideals, to set my sights on something easier, more mainstream. I couldn't do that.

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Mother's Day Special: Can Obama Deliver What Women Want?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, National Organization for Women, Women's Rights, Wanda Sykes, Blaise Nutter, Carrie Prejean, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Wilshire and Washington, President Obama, Ted Johnson, Ms. California, Now, White House Correspondents Dinner, Teresa Valdez Klein, Maegan Carberry, Kim Gandy, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

With Supreme Court buzz dominating DC, gender issues are suddenly back in style despite the President's recent declaration that protecting abortion rights was not a high priority on his agenda.

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Are Rape Survivors Being Victimized Twice?

Maria Hinojosa | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pbs, Rapist, Rape Surviors, Rape, Rape Kit, Rape Kits, Crime, Now, Hinojosa, Lapd, Politics News
Maria Hinojosa

There is an underreported backlog in the processing of rape kits which is delaying and sometimes denying justice for tens of thousands of American women.

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What Went Wrong With Feminists?

Pius Kamau | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Black Women, Women, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Arab Women, Women's Health, Now, Politics News
Pius Kamau

As armies of men all across this world aim their guns and sharp knives, having declared war on girls and women, the Western feminist movement seems to slip deeper into a strange torpor.

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Teen Sexual Harassment at Work -- An Underreported Scandal

Maria Hinojosa | Posted 03.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Teenager, Child Abuse, Workplace Abuse, Girl, Sex, Job, Teen, Sexual, Teenage, Now, Sexual Abuse, Now on PBS, Harassment, Video, Media News
Maria Hinojosa

The response to my latest NOW on PBS report -- about sexual harassment of teenage girls in the workplace, airing this Friday -- has been like no other.

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Feminism Online

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 03.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Women's Advocacy, Blogosphere, Aauw, Shireen Mitchell, Women's Issues, Bloggers, Culturekitchen, Bush Era, Pop Culture, Now, Womanist, Human Infrastructure, Feminism, Women and Body Image, Carolyn Maloney, Web 2.0, Technorati, Linkfluence, Stimulus Package, Women and Hollywood, Women's Health, New Media, Feminist Majority, Progressive Community, Technology, National Women's History Museum, Momsrising, Fem2.0, Blogher, Feministe, Racialicious, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

To me, the key to the Fem2.0 conference on February 2 was to mashup, interact, and expand the dialogue.

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Carolyn Maloney Garners Endorsement for Clinton's Senate Seat

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Patterson, NY Senate Seat, US Senate, Feminist Majority, Breaking Politics News, Hillary Clinton, Congress, Now, Carolyn B. Maloney, Feminism, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

The conversation on who would replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate was ratcheted up a notch on Thursday (12/4). The National Organization for W...

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Larry Summers: The Country Needs Him

Beth Dozoretz | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Larry Summers, Treasury, Now, Obama, Obama Cabinet, Barack Obama, Larry Summers Treasury Secretary?, Obama's Cabinet, Larry Summers Treasury Secretary, Politics News
Beth Dozoretz

NOW is insisting that the mistake Summers made four years ago should disqualify him from Treasury Secretary. I strenuously disagree.

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Seth Colter Walls

NOW President Questions Summers As Treasury Secretary

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, Larry Summers Comments on Women, Larry Summers Treasury Secretary?, Larry Summers, Obama Transition, Now, Barack Obama, Kim Gandy, National Organization of Women, President Obama, Obama Cabinet, Politics News

Since Barack Obama has signaled that his transition team will move quickly, it shouldn't come as a surprise that advocacy organizations are acting jus...

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Down the Ballot -- Women Fight for Change

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Christine Jennings, Barbra Streisand, Now, Emily's List, Kim Gandy, Vern Buchanan, John Sununu, LIFETIME Television, Jeanne Shaheen, Hillary Clinton, Sam Bennett, Charlie Dent, Every Woman Counts, Women's Voices Women's Vote, Barbara Mikulski, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

More women have entered into the political fray, successfully gotten into the pipeline, and may now be poised for victory.

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Women Leaders Hold Press Conference on the Presidential Election

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, John McCain, Violence Against Women, Paycheck Fairness Act, Reproductive Rights, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Joe Biden, Now, Pay Equity, Sarah Palin, Women's Rights, Sexism, The Prevention First Act, Feminist Majority, Security and Financial Empowerment Act, Hillary Clinton, Violence Against Women Act, Barack Obama 2008, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

Washington - Top leaders from women's rights groups gathered to announce their support of the Barack Obama - Joe Biden ticket at an emotionally charg...

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Sam Stein

NOW Head Described Treatment Of Clinton A "Gang Bang"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Crying Moment, Women's Issues, Kerry, Democratic Primary, Kennedy, Obama, Now, Endorsement, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Marcia Pappas, Clinton, New Hampshire Primary, Gang Rape, John Kerry, 2008 Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Betrayal, Politics News

Marcia Pappas, the President of the New York State chapter of the National Organization of Women, gained a bit of notoriety on Monday when she called ...

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Sam Stein

Women's Rights Head Accuses Kennedy Of Betrayal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Policy, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Marcia Pappas, Now, Politics News

In a rant that was described as greater-than-scathing, the head of the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women ripped into Sen. Ted Ke...

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