Abrams’ reluctance to concede was not only about her determination to win, but also about preserving Georgia’s electoral integrity.
On Tuesday, in the run-up to the opening of the Indian legislature’s winter session on December 11, women’s groups came together to express frustration and outrage that the Women’s Reservation Bill, which aims to ensure Indian women’s equal representation in elected office, has not yet been passed.
In October, disabilities activist Mara Gabrilli was elected to the Brazilian Senate at the age of 51. Many saw her victory as a sign that although a lot of extremism and hatred has been expressed in Brazilian politics over the past few years, it’s possible for this nation to elect figures aligned with a progressive agenda.
At the end of September, the nation’s attention turned to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the now-infamous hearing regarding Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations of sexual assault against him. While that Supreme Court-related news was obviously worthy of attention, it caused many to overlook the fact that just days later, the Supreme Court began its October sitting on the first Monday of the month.
Robin on Sheryl Sandberg and the fall of Facebook, bionic Swedes, the new U.S. serial killer, child-friendly refurnishings of Congress, and making the Census "sexy." Guest: Linda Kay Klein, on escaping from and exposing evangelical "purity" culture.
While social media is helping to encourage young people to vote in record numbers, the actual process of voting is exceptionally digitally inept.
Robin on the Girl Scouts, "menstrual equity," post-midterms exhaustion and celebration, Earth's most massive organism—and sexualized violence as a hate crime. Guest: Cecile Richards—leaving Planned Parenthood to make even more (beautiful) trouble!
Robin on the overlooked glory of the election and the Everywoman who made it real, plus toxic sunscreens and Rupert Murdoch. Guest: Jessica Ladd, founder and CEO of Callisto, which puts powerful technology at the service of sexual assault survivors.
Tuesday’s midterm election brought mixed results for abortion rights. Democrats took control of the House, but anti-choice ballot measures passed in two states, leaving millions of women vulnerable to criminalization if Roe v. Wade is ultimately overturned.
Advocates warn that the expansion of religious refusals could open the door to more discrimination in other areas.
Robin on Saudi women fugitives, Trump's "executive time," microplastics, supremacists at large, and November 7. Guest: Rebecca Traister on her new best-seller, "Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger." Plus, "A Thought Experiment."
Robin on the Caravan, right-wing terrorist bombs, Elizabeth Warren, and the Puerto Rican rainforest. Guest: Michigan Democratic Congresswoman-to-be Rashida Tlaib, running unopposed, who will become the first Muslim-American woman in Congress.
Why women remain outside the doors of political power is more nuanced than simply attributing it to sexism.
Robin on anti-feminist women, Russian trolls' new targets, Iowa's corn-fed sex crimes, and the 6th Mass Extinction. Guests: Neha Madhira and Haley Stack, teenage Texas journalists who fought to free their high school newspaper from censorship.
A proposed reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act could close loopholes that have left Native women, who are most at risk of violence, unprotected under the law.
The stories of the silenced matter, even when the outcome of sharing them are not necessarily concrete.
Robin on women and climate change, murdered journalists, and male "rites of passage." Guests: Investigative journalist Susan Antilla on #MeToo vs. Wall St.; investigative journalist Kathryn Joyce on the religious adoption industry and migrant kids.
With the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, anti-abortion activists see a new opportunity to overturn or gut Roe v. Wade.
Robin’s Open Letter to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, plus new statistics on women, an update on rape and the Nobel Prize, Kuwait's banned books, and pet fish. Guest: Ana Maria Archila, on trapping Sen. Jeff Flake in the elevator and changing history.
Like Trump, the current front-runner in the Brazilian presidential election, Jair Bolsonaro, is white, far-right wing candidate who symbolizes a great threat to women and democracy in the country.
A bill mandating that every publicly traded company based in California include women on its boards of directors was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. Some experts are skeptical.
Dr. Blasey Ford herself has largely been seen as credible, which in turn appears to be a sign of cultural progress. Yet the public narrative that has been maintained about perpetrators has not progressed in tandem with this evolved view of survivors.
Robin on GOP suicide, MeToo's span from China to Antarctica, Cosby in handcuffs, and the rising of a global political force. Guest: Soraya Chemaly, on reclaiming social media and on her timely new book, Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger.
Robin on Dr. Ford v. Kavanaugh, lesbiphobia in retirement homes, Somalia's FGM deaths, and how the Koch Brothers miscalculated. Guests: Erica Gonzalez on Puerto Rico's hurricane anniversary; Maya Dusenbery on Doing Harm, her exposé of medicine today.
Season Premiere! Robin on Serena Williams, the mid-term elections, the Pennsylvania Catholic diocese coverup, killer whales—and two funerals. Guest AURN White House Correspondent April Ryan on her new book, Under Fire. Expanded Surrealism Corner!
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