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National Organization for Women to Rally Outside D.C. Radio Station Airing Rush Limbaugh Show
On Friday, May 18, the National Organization for Women (NOW) will hold a picket outside WMAL 630 AM, the Washington, D.C., radio station that carries Rush Limbaugh’s show. The picket is a part of NOW’s “Enough Rush” campaign, aimed at targeting local radio stations that broadcast The Rush Limbaugh Show and local businesses that continue to…
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Today in the Senate, 31 Republican men voted AGAINST the Violence Against Women Act. All 5 Republican women voted FOR it. See for yourself!
Read MoreVatican Sends in Man to Rein in the Nuns
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN for The New York Times – The Vatican has appointed an American bishop to rein in the largest and most influential group of Catholic nuns in the United States, saying that an investigation found that the group had “serious doctrinal problems.” The Vatican’s assessment, issued on Wednesday, said that members of the group,…
Read MoreHillary Clinton Describes Tense 30-35 Mins. When U.S. Captured Osama Bin Laden
Watch the video of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton describing the tense 30-35 minutes during the time when Navy Seals were capturing Osama Bin Laden. http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c1#/video/politics/2012/04/11/bts-hillary-clinton-obl-raid.cnn
Read MoreEight Emerge Wisconsin Candidates Win Primary Elections
Eight graduates of the Emerge Wisconsin program won their primary elections Tuesday, April 3rd. Emerge Wisconsin is a recruitment and training program for Democratic women, an affiliate of Emerge America. Tuesday’s winners are: Carousel Andrea Bayrd (Class of 2009) – Dane Co. Supervisor Dist 8 Carol Beals (Class of 2010) – Grant Co. Supervisor Dist…
Read More14 Emerge Wisconsin Alums Running in Tuesday’s Spring Election
April 3rd is the Spring General Election in Wisconsin and Emerge Wisconsin has FOURTEEN Emerge Alumnae running for elected office. Emerge Wisconsin is a recruitment and training program for Democratic women. The list of Emerge candidates are listed below: Emerge Alumnae Spring Candidates: Carousel Andrea Bayrd (Class of 2009) – Dane Co. Supervisor Dist 8 Susan Bailey (Class…
Read MoreSuu Kyi wins parliament seat in historic Myanmar election
NBC’s Ian Williams reports on the run-up to Sunday’s elections By msnbc.com staff and news services – Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who spent 15 years under house arrest in Myanmar, won a seat in the country’s lower house of parliament on Sunday, her party said. The opposition National League for Democracy (NLD)…
Read MoreIdaho: Ultrasounds Are Conducted at Capitol in Support of Abortion Bill
The New York Times – An anti-abortion advocate secured a basement room in the Idaho Capitol to conduct ultrasound procedures Wednesday on six women before an audience of 150. State troopers ejected some people from the room after they interrupted the activist, Brandi Swindell, during descriptions of the ultrasound images shown on three screens. She was…
Read MoreIn honor of Gloria Steinem’s birthday, author Paula Xanthopoulou makes her ebook available for free
Sunday is Gloria Steinem’s 78th birthday — and no Equal Rights on the U.S. Constitution or Equal Representation in Congress yet, 236 years after independence from the British Empire! Meanwhile, the U.S.A is now 78th in the world for electing women (tied with Turkmenistan) or #95 on the list if you count the ties! In her…
Read MoreMixed Night for Democratic Women in Illinois – Duckworth & Bustos Win, Halvorson Falls
Tuesday’s primary saw both victory and defeat for Democratic women running for Congress in Illinois. From The Chicago Tribune –“Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth won the Democratic primary tonight in the 8th Congressional District. Duckworth had 66 percent of the vote to 34 percent for Raja Krishnamoorthi, a former deputy state treasurer with about 60…
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