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Failure to Reauthorize VAWA is an Outrage
At the beginning of this year, the U.S. House of Representatives let the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) expire without reauthorization. The last time this happened was… never. This is the first time...
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Public Comment on VA TRAP Laws Opens!
On Monday, the sixty day public comment period began for a set of outrageous TRAP laws in the state of Virginia. TRAP laws, or Target Regulations of Abortion Providers, require abortion clinics to meet...
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March Mayhem – The Road to NYFLC 2013!
As February comes to a close and we wind down from the victory of passing an inclusive Violence Against Women Act and the frustration that such a debate had to happen in the first place, we can’t just...
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Banging My Head Against a Brick Wall, or, What the Arkansas?
In case you haven’t heard, abortion rights were dealt a major blow this week when the Arkansas state legislature voted to override the governor’s veto and pass a bill into law that bans abortion at...
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The End of the Fiscal Year for Women
Today marks the end of the fiscal year for women. Women still only make 77 percent of what our male counterparts make. So we have to work an extra 23% to break even with men. In calendar terms, that...
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Mississippi Personhood: A blast from the past, now if only it had stayed there
I didn’t think I was going to wake up this morning and feel like I was back in 2011. I had just graduated college. I was wrapping up an internship with Organizing for America – the election was so far...
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Ag Gag: What you need to know and why you should freak out
Let me say for the record that I’m that vegan everyone teases/hates when I go out with people to a party or even when we order lunch in the office. I can tell you 10 different ways a burger is bad for...
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You’ve Graduated! So What Comes Next?
You’ve flipped your tassel and thrown your cap! You’ve moved out of your dorm and never again have to answer to Residence Life! You have a big fancy degree that says you’re an educated adult! Now what?...
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#PissedAtPerry: Why I’m Mad About SB 5 and You Should Be, Too
I am #PissedAtPerry. And before we begin, I’d like to share with you my ode to him: Oh Rick Perry, thou art a right cad When you thought it wise to add A second special legislative session To restrict...
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Join the Demonstrations Next Week to #StandWithNCWomen
If I learned one thing in college, it was: you don’t mess with North Carolina. I went to a small all-women’s liberal arts college in Winston-Salem, NC, and despite picturesque colonial brick buildings,...
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