Despite enormous pressure from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Obama Administration recently decided not to broaden the religious exemption for contraceptive coverage under the Preventive Care package of the Affordable Care Act. The Bishops are now leading a backlash against this decision, and women are speaking out.
Day: January 31, 2012
“Girl in a Coma” Rocks to Its Own Beat (and Causes)
The impact of homegrown, San Antonio-based, all-woman band Girl in a Coma stretches far beyond the borders of Texas. Their fourth album Exits and All the Rest, recently named to NPR’s 50 best of 2011, shows the band’s range of talents.
VAWA Is a Queer Issue
This year VAWA is up for re-authorization. It is time for VAWA to explicitly include LGBTQ people. We must support a bill that reaches and supports all victims of violence.
White Women’s Rage: Five Reasons Jan Brewer Should Keep Her Fingers to Herself
When we do think of white rage, usually we think of it in masculine terms. Gender stereotypes condition us not to see white women as being capable of this kind of dangerous emotional output. But unchecked white rage has always been dangerous for Brown and Black folk in America.
It’s Time to Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act
This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will consider legislation that would reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the largest policy effort aimed at responding to and preventing domestic violence. First passed in 1994, VAWA supports comprehensive, cost-saving responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.