women's rights
Women at DNC return fire in GOP “War on Women”
September 6, 2012Women speakers at the Democratic National Convention appealed for President Obama's reelection as the best answer to the GOP's "war on women."
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GOP stalls Violence Against Women Act renewal
August 23, 2012Renewal of the Violence Against Women Act is tied up in Congress. The reason: Republicans.
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Sandra Fluke campaigning hard for Obama
August 23, 2012Sandra Fluke, who has become a national figure in the fight for women's reproductive rights, is campaigning hard now for the re-election of President Obama.
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Akin just said out loud what fellow Republicans think
August 23, 2012U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin stirred up a storm when he said, "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
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Today in labor history: First woman joins the Marines
August 13, 2012The first to do so was Opha Mae Johnson.
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