A Child’s Holiday Wish
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A troop of children visited Congress yesterday to deliver messages to lawmakers: "Please let my family stay together." More »
Voters Reject GOP State Initiatives—What's the Message for 2012?
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In a week when voters shot down anti-union and anti-reproductive choice measures, President Obama took pride in initiatives to advance women's equality. More »
Domestic Abuse Fears Grow in Immigrant Communities
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Alabama has passed the most extreme of the new state immigration laws copying Arizona's statute. Laura Tillman explores how they threaten victims of domestic violence. More »
An Obama Report Card: State of the Union for Women and Children
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In the wake of President Obama's State of the Union Address, the WMC looks at his record on a series of essential issues. Overall grade? Pass, but with ample room for improvement. More »
Women Need Immigration Reform: What You Can Do About It
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Women immigrants in the United States are a positive force in their communities. Rather than criminalizing them, argues the author, we must let them take care of their families. More »
Surprise! Immigration Is A Woman’s Issue!
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In the wake of the recent passing of the harsh anti-immigrant law in Arizona, Gloria Steinem, writer, feminist organizer and cofounder of the Women’s Media Center, and Pramila Jayapal, an immigrant herself, and founder and executive director of OneAmerica, a national organization that works for civil and human rights for immigrants, consider the unique impact of immigration on women. More »
Women’s Stake in Fighting Arizona’s New Law
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The author, a Women’s Media Center Progressive Women’s Voices alumna, reports back from a Mother’s Day delegation in Phoenix to protest the state’s treatment of immigrant women. More »
On a Border Near Arizona: How Police Can Protect Immigrant Women
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As the Arizona governor tries to push back criticism of the new immigration law, other Southwest communities concentrate on fighting actual criminal behavior. The author describes a case in point in Brownsville, Texas. More »
