women's rights

“Historic victory”: Insurance companies must cover birth control

August 3, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Starting next year, insurers will be required to fully cover, with no copays, contraception and other preventive health services for women.

Budget must “respect, protect” women, coalition says

July 15, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

National Council of Womens' Organizations launched the Respect, Protect, Reject Campaign, and is calling on lawmakers to uphold Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and emphasize women's concerns in the talks.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal has international repercussions

May 23, 2011 By Emile Schepers

The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn is widely seen as another case of powerful and wealthy men thinking they have the right to sexually exploit women in subordinate positions.

Poem of the week: Nizar Qabbani’s “The Old World is Dead”

February 24, 2011 By John Case

This unnamed verse, written in 1970, seems as if it could have been written yesterday in half a dozen nations - and in some U.S. states as well.

World Notes: Cuba, Afghanistan, Italy and more

February 16, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

The U.S. military is bringing contraband to Argentina and, apparently, planning to stay forever in Afghanistan. Read this and more!