“Made in the USA” means that “all or virtually all” the product was, indeed, made in America according to the Federal Trade Commission. The agency enforces the standard to ensure commercial compliance and confirm consumer confidence. For a “Made in the USA” claim to be accurate, all significant parts, processing and labor that go into […]Read Post ›
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women The United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women The premise of the day is to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the aims of […]Read Post ›
Originally posted on Drifting Through:
image: Shutterstock There’s this thing that happens whenever I speak about or write about women’s issues. Things like dress codes, rape culture and sexism. I get the comments: Aren’t there more important things to worry about? Is this really that big of a deal? Aren’t you being overly sensitive? Are…
An illustration of immigrants on the steerage deck of an ocean steamer passing the Statue of Liberty from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, July 2, 1887. National Park Service, Statue of Liberty NM Between 1886 and 1924, almost 14 million immigrants entered the United States through New York. The Statue of Liberty was a reassuring sign that […]Read Post ›
Originally posted on Becoming Human:
“Orgasm is the body’s natural call to feminist politics” – Naomi Wolf (*). Many feminists take a dim view of the use made of images of women in advertising and in pornography. They argue that such images almost invariably involve an objectification of women, a reduction of them to little…
The Democratic National Party For more than 200 years, our party has led the fight for civil rights, health care, Social Security, workers’ rights, and women’s rights. We are the party of Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, FDR, and the countless everyday Americans who work each day to build a more perfect union. 1920’s 19TH […]Read Post ›
History of Veterans Day World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation […]Read Post ›
President Obama hosts the 7th White House Tribal Nations Conference President Obama hosts the 2015 White House Tribal Nations Conference on Thursday, November 5th in Washington, DC. The conference providse leaders from the 567 federally recognized tribes the opportunity to interact directly with high-level federal government officials and members of the White House Council on […]Read Post ›
Chekhov’s gun is a dramatic principle that requires every element in a narrative to be irreplaceable, with anything else removed: Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go […]Read Post ›
Vote Every Election “Let’s be very clear, while we’re tuning out and staying home on Election Day, other folks are tuning in. Other folks are taking politics very seriously. And they’re engaged on every level. They’re raising money. They’re making their voices heard –- and their issues known –- from City Hall to Washington, DC. […]Read Post ›
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