Mayer’s move also comes amid a broader debate in America about the country’s commitment to family leave. The United States, which hasn’t updated its Family and Medical Leave Act in 20 years, ranks among the worst of all developed countries. Sweden, Denmark Russian mothers get at least a year off paid and Canadian mothers get [...]
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It’s Gabriel Gomez Against Ed Markey
THE contest is set between Ed Markey and Gabriel Gomez to replace John Kerry in the Senate. It’s not a race like when Scott Brown was running, with Gomez against reproductive rights, but also says he’s against overturning Roe v. Wade, and for Social Security cuts. It’s more like Mitt Romney’s resurrection. The question is [...]
Colbert Busch Calls Sanford Out on Cheating
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “I want to be very clear, Mark. Nobody tells me what to do. I am a fiscally conservative independent tough businesswoman.” – Elizabeth Colbert Busch THE ONLY debate that will likely occur between Elizabeth Colbert Busch and Mark Sanford happened last night. Colbert [...]
Mary Thom, Feminist Icon, Killed in Motorcycle Crash
THERE IS something just a tiny bit romantic about a feminist icon like Mary Thom going out in a motorcycle crash. It’s an unhappy occasion, sad to see her go at 68, when she obviously had a lot of living left to do, but at least she went out enjoying what she did every day, [...]
Hard News, Buzzfeed, and Girlie Shots
WHAT makes Buzzfeed work? There’s an interesting story in the May/June issue of Foreign Policy. Written by Ben Smith, he explains why he went to Buzzfeed in 2011, opting out of Politico for a site that lives on trending topics. It’s basically the story of how the world is reported and digested today. Here’s an [...]
Obama Slams Antiabortion State Laws [Video -Full Remarks]
Obama — the first sitting president to address the group in its nearly 100-year history – took aim at North Dakota’s law, which bans abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected, at around six weeks. “A woman may not even know that she’s pregnant at six weeks,” he said. As long as [...]
Bush Legacy and Library in Torture’s Shadow
But there is another building, far from Dallas on land leased from Cuba, that symbolizes Mr. Bush’s legacy in a darker, truer way: the military penal complex at Guantánamo Bay where Mr. Bush imprisoned hundreds of men after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a vast majority guilty of no crime. [New York Times] A LIBRARY [...]
Queer Talk: Grassroots Leadership Electeds, and LGBTs, Should Follow
Both Electeds, and LGBTs, maybe especially at national levels, could learn a lot from grassroots leadership. I read a post on Facebook last night that made me think about this again. It was written by someone I know, and on behalf of an organization I’ve known – as a then resident of Nashville – since [...]
Queer Talk: Log Cabin Republicans ad says “Reagan’s Big Tent Isn’t What it Used to Be”
The ad by the Log Cabin Republicans, “Reagan’s Big Tent Isn’t What it Used to Be,” won’t make them popular with the further Right and Tea Party Republican types, but of course, that’s not going to happen anyway. What it does is add to the pressure being applied to the GOP to recognize growing support [...]
Republican “Benghazi Report” is a Joke
“In 2011 they [GOP controlled House] came in and passed a continuing resolution for the remainder of that fiscal year. The House proposed $70 million cut in the WSP [Worldwide Security Program for the State Department] and they proposed a $204 million cut in Embassy security,” says Mr. Lilly. “Then the next year, fiscal 2012, [...]
Stop the Presses! Jill Abramson is “Brusque”
“The Times is leaderless right now,” one staffer said. “Jill is very, very unpopular.” – Turbulence at the Times, by Dylan Byers THE New York Times managing editor admits to having a “tantrum” after talking to his boss, but it’s Executive Editor Jill Abramson who is the problem. Calling Sheryl Sandberg, chick etiquette on leadership [...]
Why is Politico Citing Jeff Gerth on Hillary Clinton?
DISGRACED after his Whitewater conspiracy theories, Maggie Haberman chooses none other than Jeff Gerth to analyze Clinton’s launch onto the public speaking circuit. Jeff Gerth also appeared in David Bossie’s hit piece “Hillary the Movie.” It gives you an idea of the coverage Politico intends to offer if Clinton decides to run in 2016. Jeff [...]
Hillary’s Strong Rhetoric Resonates After Boston
Though currently she is — at least temporarily — out of political life, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to enjoy a strong favorability rating, now 64%.. – Hillary Clinton Is Still Popular, More So Than Obama, Biden [Gallup] HILLARY Clinton’s comfortable front row seat just got a lot cozier. The conversations that [...]
HBO’s “VEEP” Gets Funnier, But It’s Still Annoying
On the plus side, unlike some pay-cable programs, nobody can accuse “Veep” of taking itself too seriously. It’s just that based on the tepid approval ratings the series earns, nobody else should, either. [Variety] SOMEBODY NEEDS to tell Frank Rich and the writers of “VEEP” that making Julia Louis-Dreyfus the first female in the executive [...]
Queer Talk: Bill Clinton at GLAAD Awards
At the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) annual Media Awards event on Saturday night, Bill Clinton received the Advocate for Change Award, and spoke to the gathering. See the speech in its entirety (about 15 minutes) in the video below. Bill Clinton gives much credit to daughter Chelsea, and her husband, for his [...]
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