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July 06, 2018 | Kalli Jackson | Politics
What Justice Kennedy’s resignations means for reproductive rights

Often considered the “swing vote” on the Supreme Court, Justice Kennedy spent his 30-year career making arguably the most bipartisan decisions in the courtroom. Democrats and progressives had come to rely on him as a key figure in the fight to protect existing abortion rights at the federal level.

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June 18, 2018 | Lauren Davidson | LGBTQIA
What the Masterpiece Cakeshop case means for LGBTQ+ rights

On June 4, right at the beginning of Pride Month, SCOTUS released their decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission: the court sided with the baker.

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March 22, 2018 | Julie Zeilinger | Free Speech, Politics
Lizz Winstead on the new SCOTUS case taking on Crisis Pregnancy Centers

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard the first oral arguments in a crucial case targeting Crisis Pregnancy Centers. Lizz Winstead of Lady Parts Justice explains why this case is so important.

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December 26, 2017 | Julie Zeilinger | Free Speech, LGBTQIA
The Supreme Court is hearing a major case regarding LGBTQ+ rights

The Masterpiece Cakeshop case isn’t really about cake at all. It’s about discrimination. This case could potentially lead to legalizing discrimination against the LGBT+ community because a couple requested a wedding cake and was denied.

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June 26, 2016 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Politics
What The SCOTUS Abortion Decision Means — And Why It Matters
On March 2nd, the Supreme Court heard the case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which has been called the most important abortion case heard in this generation’s lifetime. Today, on June 27th, the...
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May 15, 2016 | Kristen Barton | Feminism, Politics
HB2: The Lone Star State's Biggest Failure
I enjoy plenty of things about living in West Texas. I love being a student at Texas Tech University and the traditions and beauty of my campus: West Texas has beautiful sunsets and plains that go on ...
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March 25, 2016 | Jennifer R. Scanlon, Emily L. Rice, Françoise Girard | Environment, Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #161: Emily Rice, Françoise Girard, Jennifer Scanlon. (Original Airdate 3/26/2016)
Robin on why young women deserve better sex, Cuba, Serena vs. sexism, job bias, and how pollution is killing us. Guests: Jennifer Scanlon's book on Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Emily Rice (astrophysicist and DJ!), IWHC's Françoise Girard on women's health.
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March 04, 2016 | Alessandra Gonzalez, Susan McClelland, Kavitha A. Davidson | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #158: Kavitha Davidson, Susan McClelland, Alessandra Gonzalez. (Original Airdate 3/5/2016)
Robin on Trump, Mussolini, and the KKK. Guests: Alessandra Gonzalez on Muslim elites; Susan McClelland on Lucia Jang's North Korean escape; Kavitha Davidson on women athletes (and male locker rooms). New features: We Told You So! and We Won This!
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February 28, 2016 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Health, Politics
What You Need To Know About the SCOTUS Abortion Case, According to Lizz Winstead of Lady Parts Justice
On March 2nd the Supreme Court will hear what is likely the most important abortion case in a generation. Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt could have huge implications for abortion in the United St...
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February 26, 2016 | Barbara Findlen, Judy Brooks, Erin McKean | Health, Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #157: Erin McKean, Judy Brooks, Barbara Findlen. (Original Airdate 2/27/2016)
Robin on Sanders' "honorary woman" claim, Pope vs. Zika virus, and SCOTUS deciding womb rights (again). Guests: Barbara Findlen, editor of WMC's Oscars-Gender Review; Judy Brooks' Healing Quest; Erin McKean's world's biggest dictionary, Wordnik.com.
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February 19, 2016 | Sarah Marquis, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Maria Klawe | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #156: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Sarah Marquis, Maria Klawe. (Original Airdate 2/20/2016)
Robin on Scalia's death, Mitch McConnell, and Sanders' half truths. Guests: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Short Documentary Oscar nominee; Maria Klawe's success drawing women and minorities to STEM; Sarah Marquis's 3-year walk alone in the wilderness.
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July 10, 2015 | Lauren Wolfe, Jessica Hopper, Rana el Kaliouby | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #133: Jessica Hopper, Lauren Wolfe, Rana el Kaliouby. (Original Airdate July 11, 2015)
Robin on the Constitution—and the Monarch butterfly. Guests: Rana el Kaliouby, who teaches computers to read our emotions; Lauren Wolfe on women refugees' plight in Italy; feminist rock critic Jessica Hopper's take on the current rock scene.
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July 03, 2015 | Naomi Oreskes, Negin Farsad, Sini Anderson | Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #132: Naomi Oreskes, Negin Farsad, Sini Anderson. (Original Airdate 7/4/2015)
Robin on SCOTUS rulings and domestic terrorism. Guests: climate science defender Naomi Oreskes; Muslim feminist comedian Negin Farsad; and documentary filmmaker Sini Anderson's new subject—women and Lyme Disease. Plus, Surrealism Corner.
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July 02, 2015 | Danielle Moodie-Mills | LGBTQIA
The Supreme Court’s marriage ruling was about rights—and about love

For author Danielle Moody-Mills, it was stories of love and commitment, not statistics and poll numbers, that changed hearts and minds.

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June 05, 2015 | Carmen Gonzalez, Jennifer Mieres, Fraidy Reiss | International, Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #128: Jennifer Mieres, Carmen Gonzalez, Fraidy Reiss. (Original Airdate: 6/6/2015)
Robin on SCOTUS's Elonis ruling and Tunisia's Truth Commission. Guests: Dr. Jennifer Mieres on women's cardiac health; Carmen Gonzalez on environmental justice and solutions; Fraidy Reiss on her safety net for women fleeing arranged marriages.
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May 01, 2015 | Jane Fonda., Brenda Feigen, Susan Ades Stone | Jane Fonda, Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #124: Jane Fonda, Brenda Feigen, Susan Ades Stone. (Original Airdate 5/2/2015)
Robin connects spam and world politics. Guests: Jane Fonda's account of the White House Correspondents' Dinner; Brenda Feigen's exclusive report inside the Supreme Court's marriage equality hearing; Susan Stone's "Women on 20s" currency campaign.
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July 11, 2014 | Rachel Preston Prinz, Molly Cantrell-Kraig, Meg Baldwin | Politics, Robin Morgan, Science and tech
WMC Live #91: Meg Baldwin, Molly Cantrell-Kraig, Rachel Preston Prinz. (Original Airdate 7/12/2014)
Robin on SCOTUS vs. repro rights, “Cosmos,” and plants that hear. Guests: “evolutionary architect” Rachel Preston Prinz; Molly Cantrell-Kraig on crucial mobility for abused women; Meg Baldwin on approaching shelters with a whole new attitude.
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July 04, 2014 | Azza Maghur, Maysoon Tughar, Sahar Madiha al-Naas, Cyma Shapiro | Politics, Robin Morgan, Violence against women
WMC Live #90: Libyan Women's Roundtable (Azza Maghur, Maysoon Tughar, Sahar Madiha al-Naas), Cyma Shapiro. (Original Airdate 7/5/2014)
Robin on the assassination of Libyan feminist Salwa Bugaighis, Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, and Hobby Lobby. Guests: Libyan Women’s roundtable with Azza Maghur, Maysoon Tughar, and Sahar Madiha al-Naas; Cyma Shapiro on midlife mothe
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October 31, 2011 | Shiuan Tsaso Butler | Feminism, Politics
Finding Home: Anita Hill 20 Years Later
The author, who wasn't around to experience the outrage that women felt at senators' reception of Anita Hill testifying at the Clarence Thomas hearings two decades ago, writes of some epiphanies of her own.
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April 05, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, LGBTQIA, Politics
An Interview with Zach Wahls
Zach Wahls is a nineteen-year-old Engineering student at the University of Iowa. He is also a staunch gay-rights advocate who bravely and eloquently testified before the Iowa House of Representatives ...
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August 23, 2010 | Nichola Gutgold | Politics
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Reminds: "Keep in Mind Your Mission"
As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prepares to welcome Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court bench this fall, she reflects on the value of civil discourse in an interview with Associate Professor Nichola D. Gutgold.
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August 16, 2010 | Janani B | Education, Feminism, LGBTQIA, Media
Queer Hair and Musings on Activism
I recently donated my hair for the 4th time. Locks of love requires that donations measure at least 10 inches, tip to tip. But while in the past my donations had left me with bobs at least chin-lengt...
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June 15, 2010 | Selam S | Feminism, Media, Politics
Kagan: The Right Woman for the Job?
I'm a first time FBomb writer (yay!) and I am addicted to legal news and ethics, so I chose to write about Elena Kagan, the pending Supreme Court Justice nominee. It has been a year since President Ob...
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May 14, 2010 | Betsy Wade | LGBTQIA, Politics
The Marriage Thing
That the sexual identity of the Supreme Court nominee might be regarded as anyone’s business but her own strikes the author, lead plaintiff in the 1974 women’s discrimination law suit against the New York Times, as a sad anachronism.
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May 11, 2010 | Debbie Hines | Politics
Elena Kagan—The President's Choice
For his second nomination to the high court, President Obama once more chooses a woman—one who lacks a paper trail of judicial opinions and has a history of pulling support from more than one ideological sector. And that, argues the author, is what makes some people nervous.
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