Weekly Column: WRighteous – We Are More Than One Page
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They were massacred by, yes, yet another white male terrorist. No doubt…no doubt…they each had a story; a life worth telling and living.
Mass Shooters and Men’s Will to Change
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The NRA considers most men tacit supporters, and unless they hear otherwise, they have us right where they want us—silent!
LGBT Pride Month
LGBT Pride Month 2016: Split in Two by Massacre in Orlando
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The Orlando shooting at the Pulse nightclub this month raised issues ranging from terrorism and Islamophobia to gun control and who is allowed to donate blood.
Politics
Wages, Guns, Student Debt: See How Sanders and Clinton Stack Up
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These three issues of particular concern to women are still up for consideration by Democratic voters in the June 7 primaries in California, New Jersey and four other states.
Teen Voices
Right to Bear Arms Hits Home for Teen Girl Hunters
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These hunters in New Jersey are too young to make a point about gun control in the primaries but that doesn’t mean they’re not invested in the election.
Crime & Law
N.H. Women Handle Gun Politics with Caution
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The hot-button national issue has not come up much in recent campaign events in this rural state with a wide libertarian streak. But in recent interviews, female voters from both major parties favored a mix of gun access and regulation.
Crime & Law
Need to Know: 2 Gaps in Federal Gun Law on Domestic Abuse
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The U.S. already has a federal law called the Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, better known as the Lautenberg Amendment. So why isn’t that enough? Here are two big reasons.
Abortion
Seattle Ups Min Wage; Barbarous Attacks in India
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Seattle’s City Council has approved an increase in the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also this week, more horrific assaults against women and girls in India.
Elliot Rodger
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California Slayings Trigger Outcry at Misogyny
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Since the May 23 attack over a million people have written about their own experiences of everyday misogyny using the hashtag #YesAllWomen. A new Tumblr page, “When Women Refuse,” is collecting examples of violence that women suffer for rejecting sexual advances.
Carolyn McCarthy
1.5 Million Anti-Gun Moms Put Weight into Midterms
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“Congress must become more afraid of the moms than the NRA,” says leading gun-control proponent Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who likes the looks of this group modeling itself on MADD, the impassioned mother’s lobby against drunk driving.