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"Banging Little Body" and "Tight Little Butt"- Must Women Running for Office Put Up With This?

Wonder why we’ll likely have fewer women in Congress after the November elections than we’ve had in the last three decades? [1] Well, one reason might just be because the current women running for office are too often subjected to outrageous sexist comments from media pundits and commentators--...

Swap for Good: Come for the Clothes, Stay for the Cause

When my friend Brianna Cayo Cotter and I started a project called Swap for Good last spring, the idea was to raise both awareness and money for the underfunded and critical services provided by domestic violence shelters around the country. The idea behind Swap for Good is simple – encourage people...

For Now.

We're outraged that, mere weeks before flu season starts, NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced she won't support the New York City paid sick days bill, effectively "killing" it. For now. Why “for now?” Because we know how important paid sick days are to working moms and our families’...

A Mom Fights Coal Ash's Health Effects

My colleague Bruce Nilles, the Deputy Conservation Director of the Sierra Club, has been sharing community coal ash profiles in his columns lately . This week's column (which I've shared below) features a mom fighting back against coal ash , the toxic by-product of burning coal for electricity...