Tonight on ABC: Selling American Girls Into Sexual Slavery
Tonight's ABC News Primetime Live will air a domestic trafficking story about American girls sold into sexual slavery here in the United States. The piece features Norma Hotaling, founder of SAGE, a...
View ArticleHow America Lost Iraq
Cross posted at Stories in America:How America Lost Iraq is a compelling book written by Aaron Glantz, a reporter covering the war for KPFA, a lefty radio station in San Francisco. Glantz, one of the...
View ArticleSunday Talk Shows: Liberal or Conservative?
For photos of all your favorite liberal talk show hosts, visit: StoriesinAmerica."I admit it -- the liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by...
View ArticleIraqi Women Denied Visas to Enter the US
On March 8th, International Women's Day and March 20th, the three-year anniversary of the Iraq war, Global Exchange and CODEPINK plan to highlight the issue of women and war:
View ArticleWomen's Issues News Roundup
With all eyes still on Dick and his gun, a lot of stories are falling thru the cracks. Unfortunately, stories about women's issues (I know they aren't just women's issues) are often ignored altogether....
View ArticleInnocent Casualties of the Iraq War - Where's the Intervention, Mr. Bush?
The following articles illustrate the woefully inadequate treatment of returning veterans. With all the money being spent on the war, surely the government has the funds to hire more than one...
View ArticleOutlawing Abortion Does Not End Abortion
Cross-posted at StoriesinAmerica: South Dakota's governor is expected to sign a law banning all abortion, even in cases of rape or incest. Abortion is also illegal in Ghana, except for cases involving...
View ArticleTuesday's Undercovered Stories (Mostly Women's Issues)
Cross posted at StoriesinAmerica and BooMan Grab a drink, this compilation is depressing...
View ArticleAbortion Ban in MS: No Exceptions for Rape or Incest
Cross posted at StoriesinAmerica and BooMan Anti-women, anti-life lawmakers in Mississippi are upset that they will no longer go down in history as the first state in the country to force women who are...
View ArticleNew Abortion Bills in Georgia (they're on a rampage)
And other undercovered news (mostly women's issues) of the day. I compile this list daily at StoriesinAmerica
View ArticleThis Weekend's Undercovered News
I compile this list daily at StoriesinAmerica:"As a Pennsylvanian, I am particularly appalled that local and national Democrats would hand our Senate nomination to someone who openly supports giving...
View ArticleIraqi Women Visit US to Discuss Realities of War
(Cross posted at StoriesinAmerica, where women's issues receive attention) Five Iraqi women arrived in New York City over the weekend to tell Americans what life is like under occupation and to meet...
View ArticleBush's Anti-Choice Policies Are KILLING Women
Happy International Women's Day. I wish there was more to celebrate. At today's White House International Women's Day 'celebration,' Laura Bush said, "There are encouraging signs for progress for women...
View ArticleTime to Raise Minimum Wage & Make it An Issue
Forty years ago, CEOs earned $24 for each $1 workers got; in 2004, CEOs got $431 for every worker dollar. In 2004, total CEO compensation averaged $12 million, according to the Institute for Policy...
View ArticleA Conversation With a Progressive South Dakotan
The entire interview is at StoriesinAmerica Their numbers may be small, but South Dakota, like every so-called "red state" state in this country, has a strong progressive community and they're outraged...
View ArticleUndercovered News (Mostly Women's Issues)
There's a lot going on in the world of women's issues...I compile this list daily at StoriesinAmericaRemember, 20 million single women didn't vote in 2004
View ArticleQ&A with Afghan Activist Visiting the U.S.
The original Q&A is at StoriesinAmerica At the ripe age of 25, Afghan activist Malalai Joya received international attention and acclaim for speaking out at the December 2003 Loya Jirga (Grand...
View ArticleBush's Budget is Screwing the Poor - Real Stories
I just wrote a piece for AlterNet focusing on how Bush's budget is impacting organizations serving the elderly, children, poor, mothers, etc... The point of the story was to get past the numbers (how...
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Protesting Bush's Budget (offline)
MoveOn.org members filled the offices of over 100 swing vote Republican members of Congress yesterday to express their concerns about Bush's budget and tell real stories about how the cuts have...
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Life on American Bases in Iraq (Burger King, Anyone?)
U.S. soldiers eat meals from Burger King, in al-Asad air base, 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, March 4, 2006. As the construction work goes on in full scale in Balad U.S. air base and...
View ArticleQ&A with President Cecilia Fire Thunder
My recent interview with Cecilia Fire Thunder, president of the Oglala Sioux tribe in South Dakota, ran today on AlterNet.org. President Fire Thunder recently announced plans to open a clinic on her...
View ArticlePro-Choice South Dakotans Making Excellent Progress
Pro-choice South Dakotans have until June 19 to collect 16,728 signatures to put the state's abortion ban with no exceptions for rape and incest on the November ballot. According to a report in the LA...
View ArticleWomen Advocate for Peace Between the U.S. and Iran
Leave it to women to promote a peaceful solution between growing U.S. and Iran tensions. The effort is being spearheaded by Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian human rights activist and winner of the Nobel Peace...
View ArticleHawaii Lawmakers Vote to ALWAYS Keep Abortion Legal
This is great news. Hawaii became the first state in the country to legalize abortion in 1970 and the state's lawmakers have voted to protect that right even if Roe v. Wade is overturned:
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Iran Should Teach Bush How to Use Condoms
I always thought it was strange that Americans would favor bombing a country without knowing anything about it. That's why the timing of this story is all the more interesting. It sounds like Iran, a...
View ArticleConservative Calls the Six Generals A**wipes
It's been humorous and pathetic to watch the right-wing spin the story about the six generals who have 'come out' (literally) over the past two weeks to criticize Rumsfeld and call for his resignation....
View ArticleLouisiana Democrats Back Extreme Abortion Ban
A Louisiana Senate committee voted 7-0 to ban all abortions with an exception to save the life of a mother. The bill, which was authored by Democratic Senator Ben Nevers, will go into effect only if...
View ArticleMust See Film: Why We Fight
"We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will...
View ArticleFemale Soldier's Mom: She Was Propositioned for Sex Daily
Here's another outcome of the war that gets little to no attention. Think about it. Tens of thousands of men are serving their second or third years in Iraq. They haven't had sex in a very long time...
View ArticleSexually Harassed Soldier's Mom Speaks Out
The story about 21-year-old Suzanne Swift, the female soldier who was arrested in Eugene, Oregon for refusing to return to Iraq, is now getting a lot of attention. On Monday, Suzanne's mother, Sara...
View ArticleEx-Bush Supporter Asks: Why Wasn't My Son Properly Equipped in Iraq?
The Washington Post Magazine ran a lengthy piece in yesterday's magazine about the pro-war Hart family, whose son John wasn't provided the proper armor to avoid major injuries and in this case, death....
View ArticleWhy Are Republicans Dodging Questions re: Roe v. Wade?
This November, South Dakotans will send a strong message to the rest of the country after they vote on the nation's most restrictive state abortion ban, which offers no exceptions for rape and incest....
View ArticleA Conversation with a Black Voter
Many of you followed parts of my six-month road trip through the so-called "red states" where I interviewed people about why they vote the way they do. The goal of the trip was to steer clear of...
View ArticleQ&A with Former Democrat Who No Longer Votes
*This is part of my ongoing series of interviews with average voters and non-voters: I met Brenda, a 50-something former Democrat at last week's Juneteenth festival in San Francisco. Corruption is...
View ArticleQ&As: Reaching Out to Low-Income Black Communities
*This is part of my ongoing series with the voters and non-voters we rarely hear from in the traditional media. Whenever I approached a young African American at the Juneteenth festival in San...
View ArticleFemale Soldiers Treated 'Lower Than Dirt'
Here are excerpts from my latest AlterNet.org article about Suzanne Swift and sexual assault in the military. Tomorrow marks a national day of action to call for Swift's honorable discharge. Protests...
View ArticleAn Update on U.S. Army Specialist Suzanne Swift
The following is an update on Suzanne Swift, the young woman who is awaiting the outcome of an investigation into allegations that she was sexually harassed and assaulted by three American sergeants in...
View ArticleMilitary Families in DC - Where's the Coverage?
Here are excerpts from a story I recently wrote for AlterNet about Operation House Call, a summer campaign to highlight the ongoing human toll of the Iraq war. Other than a newspaper in Southern...
View ArticleWho Paid for Those Boots?
The following was written by Stacy Bannerman, member of Military Families Speak Out. Stacy flew from Seattle, WA., to Washington DC, on June 22 to launch Operation House Call, a campaign to highlight...
View ArticleRadio Show: How the Media Covered the Week's News
Hi all, I recently got a new job hosting Your Call, a daily public affairs call-in show airing on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco. Every Friday, we have three reporters on the show to discuss how the...
View ArticleToday's Radio Show: Credit Card Debt
On today's radio show, we'll be talking about credit card debt. A few facts:The average American salary is in the low 30s. The average credit card debt is $9000.There are about 690 million credit cards...
View ArticleWomen's (In)equality
Why are statistics about women still so sobering? Will women's equality become an issue in the 2008 presidential election or will candidates continue to treat women as an "interest group?"I post info...
View Articlemcjoan on the Radio Today Talking About the Media
mcjoan will be on Your Call today talking about how the media covered the week's news. She'll be on with Jamal Dajani, producer of Mosaic on LinkTV (world news from the Middle East - a great program),...
View ArticleHealth Effects & True Cost of Iraq Invasion
*I host a radio show in San Francisco called Your Call and post info about it when relevant.Today we’re revisiting a show we recently did about the true financial costs and health effects of the Iraq...
View ArticleOn the Record: Senator Clinton
*I host a radio show in San Francisco called Your Call and post about it when relevant.Senator Hillary Rodhman Clinton is in California on a two-day trip raising money for her presidential bid and...
View ArticleMike Gravel on KALW Today
*I host a radio show in San Francisco and post info about relevant topicsA few weeks ago, we began our 'On the Record' series. What are the voting records of presidential candidates? Where are they...
View ArticleCraig Unger on KALW Today
I'm trying to get into the habit of posting info about the guests on Your Call on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco. It's a call-in show and we'd love to hear from those of you who have the luxury of...
View ArticleGov. Palin, Women Want to Know...
Dear Gwen Ifill,It’s hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, the national media were fixated on lipstick. What a difference a Wall Street crash makes. It’s been remarkable to hear conservatives on...
View ArticleIraq Vet: A Month Without Ammunition
After the past few elections, I, like many, wanted to know if the United States is as divided as we are led to believe. Are the media stereotypes about people living in the so-called “red states”...
View Article'We have 90 Saddam Husseins...people need a reality check'
In the run-up to the March 20, 2003 invasion of Iraq, then President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, and Condoleeza Rice took to the airwaves to assure the world that their main goal was "liberation,"...
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