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Cruelty on the Border

A hidden camera shows Border Patrol agents destroying water jugs left for migrants, and the abuse just gets worse The bodies have been turning up for years, thousands of them, scattered across the borderlands in the American Southwest. Ever-stricter border enforcement...
Egypt Rising Up

Egypt Rising Up

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK Egypt’s military rulers and the Muslim Brotherhood escalated their confrontation on Friday as the generals threatened to use “the utmost firmness” to preserve their authority and the Islamists presented a reunited front with some of their...
Negotiating Sex

Negotiating Sex

This is an excellent piece about our need for rape law reform and the importance of discussions prior, during and after sexual encounters. Thanks to Michelle J. Anderson, Dean of CUNY Law School for this document. NegotiatingSex

More Than National Security. . .

The secret service prostitution scandal: it’s about more than national security Given what we know about the sex trade in Colombia, the US has a responsibility to investigate possible trafficking of women Janice Raymond guardian.co.uk Secret service agents walk...

U.S. Republicans Are Nuts

10 Reasons The Rest Of The World Thinks The U.S. Is Nuts by Soraya Chemaly Feminist, Satirist, and Media Critic This week the Georgia State Legislature debated a bill in the House that would make it necessary for some women to carry stillborn or dying fetuses until...