Opinions

By Heather Leslie, Guest Contributor – I realize I’m not going to win friends or influence people with this post but, whatever, I’m going to say it anyway. For those who say Hillary is a corrupt, crooked liar– you’re probably right. Welcome to politics. Show me an honest politician and I’ll show you a unicorn. They…

By Kathy Groob, Founder ElectWomen – Just when New Yorkers had begun to think Anthony Weiner had rehabilitated himself, enter Carlos Danger. Carlos Danger is an alias being used by New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner when Tweeting naked photos of his private parts to young women. Seriously? Come on voters of New York. You…

Not to be outdone by male elected officials who have made it their mission to restrict women’s reproductive freedom and rights, the boys club  (aka The Vatican) has gotten into the act.  A directive has been issued to crack down on American nuns who are spending more time on social justice issues and helping the…

By Paula Xanthopoulou – President Barack Obama is the the de facto head of the Democratic Party — he calls the shots, and picked Debbie Wasserman Schultz to chair the Democratic National Committee. It is allegedly against Democratic Party rules for the party to support/endorse one Democrat over another in a primary. And any time the…

By Kathy Groob, ElectWomen Magazine – Clearly the religious right doesn’t care about the sanctity of marriage as long as it’s between a man and a woman.  When South Carolina Republicans voted overwhelmingly for Newt Gingrich on Saturday, they proved that infidelity and divorce, even multiple times, isn’t enough to keep a candidate out of…

Editorial by Kimberly Ellis – If you were to compare the percentage of women serving on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors (just 27 percent, or three of 11 seats) with the percentage of women serving in office in other nations, San Francisco’s government would fall somewhere behind Rwanda, Angola and Ecuador. As District Five Supervisor…