After a head-shaving party last weekend, about 90 freshman cadets at the Virginia Military Institute have been punished, including two women. All have been confined to campus until their hair grows back to “regulation length,” said officials. Each year, freshmen usually do something together as a sign of bonding, such as wearing t-shirts one day […]
Feminist Majority President, Eleanor Smeal, warned: Don’t be fooled by their ‘touchy-feely’ outward appearances; The Promise Keepers are preaching that men are ordained to lead – women to submit or follow. We have been there, done that. These out-moded attitudes have led time and time again to low pay, low status, and the abuse of […]
A study published in Nature Medicine reports that the drug RU-486 could be helpful in treating people with HIV. The researchers found that RU-486, which is also used as a method of early abortion, weakens the HIV-produced proteins and glucocorticoids that suppress the immune system. Vpr, one of the proteins, kills infection-fighting cells and inhibits […]
Despite Promise Keepers claims that their organization is not political, more and more evidence reveals their far-right religious agenda to control U.S. politics and impose their Christian views on the nation. Founder Bill McCartney has told followers to “take this nation for Jesus Christ!” and said that they would contend for “truth” in the schools […]
Catalyst, a non-profit group that studies women in business, reported that the number of Fortune 500 companies with more than one woman on their board increased from 146 in 1994 to 181 this year, a smaller increase than in previous years. The number of women directors also slowed, rising only 3%. Women make up under […]
By a 16-0 vote, a Senate comittee yesterday found no grounds to overturn Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-La.) 1996 election. Her Republican rival, Louis Jenkins, made allegations of electoral fraud, but the committee found that Landrieu had not violated any laws. Committee Chairman John Warner (R-Va.) said that despite finding a few “isolated instances” of fraud, […]
After a head-shaving party last weekend, about 90 freshman cadets at the Virginia Military Institute have been punished, including two women. All have been confined to campus until their hair grows back to “regulation length,” said officials. Each year, freshmen usually do something together as a sign of bonding, such as wearing t-shirts one day […]
On Tuesday, September 30, a federal jury convicted Brian Ratigan on five counts for his involvement in a bank robbery and Planned Parenthood clinic bombing in Spokane, Wash. last year. Ratigan, a militia member and white supremacist, was a member of the “Phineas Priests” who were anti-government and used the Bible to justify deadly violence […]
High school junior Luke Woodham was arrested yesterday for slashing his mother’s throat and his shooting rampage which left two dead and at least six wounded. Woodham opened fire in the school’s commons area with a rifle, “shooting anybody he could find,” said freshman Mark Wilkerson. Officials closed the school immediately after the shooting, and […]
In a press release yesterday, Focus on the Family (FOTF), who has contributed money and volunteers to Promise Keepers, called the National Organization for Women an “extremist organization that advocates polygamy” and “anti-woman.” FOTF criticized the tongue-in-cheek bumper stickers sold by NOW, which include “Sorry I missed church, I’ve been practicing withcraft and becoming a […]
The European Court of Justice upheld the right of homosexuals to the same employment perks as heterosexuals. Yesterday’s preliminary ruling will have “wide wide implications” for British companies if it is approved by the full court next year, said employment lawyers. “Lesbians and gay men will for the first time feel confidentabout coming out at […]
Lt. Gov. Elizabeth McCaughey Ross of New York announced publicly that after multiple disagreements with Republican Gov. George Pataki, that she was now a Democrat. McCaughey Ross said she had received a “welcoming” phone call from President Clinton, despite her harsh criticism of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s health care plan in a 1994 New Republic article. […]
Ambassador Bill Richardson said Monday that conservative Congressmen were responsible for the delay in U.S. paying the U.N. one billion dollars in arrears. Anti-abortion Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., was partially responsible for withholding the funds to the entire U.N. because he claimed three U.N. agencies performed or promoted abortion. Despite the fact that the agencies […]
Hillary Clinton said Tuesday night that she would use an Oct. 23 White House dinner to propose a national registry to trace child-care workers’ employment histories, so that working parents could know more about their child’s caregivers. Clinton, a long-time advocate of government-subsidized child care, said it was important to “provide the kind of quality […]
On Tuesday, September 30, a federal jury convicted Brian Ratigan on five counts for his involvement in a bank robbery and Planned Parenthood clinic bombing in Spokane, Wash. last year. Ratigan, a militia member and white supremacist, was a member of the “Phineas Priests” who were anti-government and used the Bible to justify deadly violence […]
High school junior Luke Woodham was arrested yesterday for slashing his mother’s throat and his shooting rampage which left two dead and at least six wounded. Woodham opened fire in the school’s commons area with a rifle, “shooting anybody he could find,” said freshman Mark Wilkerson. Officials closed the school immediately after the shooting, and […]
In a press release yesterday, Focus on the Family (FOTF), who has contributed money and volunteers to Promise Keepers, called the National Organization for Women an “extremist organization that advocates polygamy” and “anti-woman.” FOTF criticized the tongue-in-cheek bumper stickers sold by NOW, which include “Sorry I missed church, I’ve been practicing withcraft and becoming a […]
The European Court of Justice upheld the right of homosexuals to the same employment perks as heterosexuals. Yesterday’s preliminary ruling will have “wide wide implications” for British companies if it is approved by the full court next year, said employment lawyers. “Lesbians and gay men will for the first time feel confidentabout coming out at […]
Lt. Gov. Elizabeth McCaughey Ross of New York announced publicly that after multiple disagreements with Republican Gov. George Pataki, that she was now a Democrat. McCaughey Ross said she had received a “welcoming” phone call from President Clinton, despite her harsh criticism of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s health care plan in a 1994 New Republic article. […]
Ambassador Bill Richardson said Monday that conservative Congressmen were responsible for the delay in U.S. paying the U.N. one billion dollars in arrears. Anti-abortion Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., was partially responsible for withholding the funds to the entire U.N. because he claimed three U.N. agencies performed or promoted abortion. Despite the fact that the agencies […]
