No Insurance Company Left Behind
3-11-2010 – 4:18 pm | Comments

By Katie Robbins – | HealthCareNOW.org
On Tuesday, the Health Care for America Now (HCAN) coalition performed a “citizen’s arrest” of the insurance industry at a meeting of Americas Health Insurance Plans, the private health …

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Stand Up for Women’s Rights & Human Rights Activists in Iran
12-25-2008 – 9:58 am | Comments

from Code Pink
On Sunday December 21st, Iran shut down two human rights centers founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Shirin Ebadi without explanation or written justification. Ebadi was also taken into custody and …

Abortion: Government’s Choice?
10-27-2008 – 6:22 am | Comments

by William John Cox
Any government having the power to prohibit abortions also has the power to require abortions. Any government having the power to prohibit birth control also has the power to forcibly sterilize women …

Why I’d Be a Better VP than Sarah Palin (Or, The Bridge to New Zealand)
10-13-2008 – 8:29 am | Comments

by Roseanne Cash | The Nation Magazine
I’d like to formally submit myself to replace Sarah Palin on the GOP ticket. I feel confident that John McCain will see that the very attributes he desired in …

My Holiday with McCain
10-1-2008 – 1:47 pm | Comments

[McCain] said “if I was in charge, I would nuke Iraq to teach them a lesson”…. He went on to say that if it was up to him he would have dropped many more nuclear …

McCain-Palin lip-shtick won’t work
9-23-2008 – 7:12 pm | Comments
McCain-Palin lip-shtick won’t work

“No Way. No How. No McCain-Palin.”
by Kim Gandy, NOW President and NOW PACs Chair
John McCain and Sarah Palin pay lip service to women’s rights. But you and I know that having a woman on …

Sarah Palin’s 9 Most Disturbing Beliefs
9-8-2008 – 1:53 pm | Comments

Cross-posted from AlterNet
It’s time to shift the discussion about Palin to what really matters: her far-right views on the issues.
Let’s forget for a moment that Sarah Palin likes to kill moose, has lots of children …

Obama and Biden: Running Mates
9-4-2008 – 7:13 am | Comments

by Kim Gandy, NOW PAC Chair and National NOW President
Senator Hillary Clinton was our first choice, and that of 18 million primary voters, but presumptive nominee Senator Barack Obamas pick, Joe Biden, is a friend …

Extra-puritanical Conservative Policy Cuts to the Quick
7-24-2008 – 4:32 pm | Comments

David Work | North Carolina Board of Pharmacy
It has become fashionable in some circles, including radical right wing conservatives or fundamentalist Christians, to conjecture that life begins when the sperm of a man fertilizes a …