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Why Would You Sell Your Food Stamps? [GRITtv]23 February 2010

In a recent article for ColorLines, Seth Wessler reported on one woman's struggle to support her family when cash benefits from the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) program--the one that re ...

SisterSong Denounces Georgia's Misleading Anti-Abortion Bill [New York Times; WABE]19 February 2010

The New York Times Anti-Abortion Ads Split Atlanta 05 February 2010 By Shaila Dewan ATLANTA — Anti-abortion groups have erected scores of billboards here with an alarming message: “Black child ...

Controversy Over Super Bowl Ad [Fox News]28 January 2010

Young football star is at center of debate over political statement that will be made on the biggest sports day of the year. Watch Video Transcript (with errors) Bret Baier:     Fo ...

Swearing Off Sex: Can Bristol Palin Stick by Abstinence Pledge? [ABC - Good Morning America]25 January 2010

By Russell Goldman and Sarah Netter If Bristol Palin is truly going to abstain from sex until she's married, as she promised in front of millions of viewers last week on the "Oprah Winfrey Show," sh ...

Reproductive Rights as Human Rights [GRITtv]15 January 2010

January 22nd is the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that finally recognized a woman’s right to her own reproductive choices. With the election of a prochoice Democrat l ...

Alleged abuses at L.A. carwashes detailed at hearing [Los Angeles Times]14 January 2010

By Patrick McDonnell A City Hall panel including Cardinal Roger Mahony heard from witnesses today about alleged abuses in the Los Angeles carwash industry, which has been targeted by the U.S. labor ...

A Peril in War Zones: Sexual Abuse by Fellow G.I.’s [The New York Times]27 December 2009

By Steven Lee Myers BAGHDAD — Capt. Margaret H. White began a relationship with a warrant officer while both were training to be deployed to Iraq. By the time they arrived this year at Camp Taji, n ...

Eliminating HPV Vaccine Mandate For Immigrant Women [RH Reality Check Blog] 14 December 2009

This article is co-authored by Miriam Yeung, Executive Director, and Amanda Allen, Reproductive Justice Fellow/Georgetown Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellow at National Asian Pacific American Wome ...

Opinion: Latinas Need Voice in Abortion Debate [CNN] 11 December 2009

By Silvia Henriquez, Special to CNN Editor's note: Silvia Henriquez is the executive director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, a nonprofit policy and advocacy organization b ...

Health Care and Immigrant Women's Rights [The New York Times]08 December 2009

Ms. Foundation grantees like the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health are connecting health care reform to key issues like immigrants' rights. Yesterday, NLIRH Executive Director Sylvia ...

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