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Showing videos filed under: amanda marcotte
Monika Kalra Varma, Egypt, National Nurses United, and Amanda Marcotte
February 11, 2011Peaceful protest brought down Mubarak in Egypt, but while the world is watching, other countries across the world are fighting their own struggles for freedom. In Western Sahara, the Sahrawi people have been leading nonviolent protests for their own right to self-determination, as they remain occupied by Morocco. Aminatou Haidar, referred to as the "Sahrawi Gandhi", has been honored by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights, who are supporting her work as well as the work of human rights activists in Mexico and across the world.Amanda Marcotte: Sexism Boehner's Top Priority
February 11, 2011Congrats, John Boehner and Chris Smith. You took out the word “forcible” in the phrase “forcible rape” in HR 3, misnamed the “No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act”, and you think this somehow means that it’s not as misogynist as it was before.Sady Doyle & Eesha Pandit: On the Offensive over Abortion
February 4, 2011"We've been playing defense too long," says Sady Doyle, founder of Tigerbeatdown.com and one of the architects of a new Twitter campaign to pressure Congress to shut down a new bill in the House that would further limit women's access to abortion. The #dearjohn campaign, along with other actions, helped convince Republican Chris Smith that he should take controversial language around "forcible" rape out of the bill, but the activists aren't backing down.Raina Fahmy, #DearJohn & Abortion Law, and Thomas Frank
February 3, 2011"I want my kids to be proud of their country," says Raina Fahmy, of Egypt. "I don't want them feeling that living here is at best a compromise and at worst a sacrifice." Images of violence from today's protests were all over the news, but Raina, on the phone from Cairo, tells us that she felt very safe at the protests, and explains to us why it matters for her to go out and join them, and to bring her family along.Justice on Trial, Microlending, and John Boehner's Tears
January 7, 2011"The new face of American racism is in the prison system," says Johanna Fernandez, producer of the film Justice On Trial, about Mumia Abu-Jamal and the American justice system. Adds reporter Linn Washington, "The issue is not hiding what has been hidden in plain sight. The issue is doing something about it."Amanda Marcotte: Why So Sad, John Boehner?
January 7, 2011There are many unknown factors about the incoming Republican House majority. How indebted to the Tea Party will they be? Will they shut down the government out of spite? Will the renege all responsibility to govern, or will they at least manage to get a couple things right? But one thing is certain: John Boehner will be dropping some big ol’ crocodile tears when he’s sworn in as Speaker of the House.Amanda Marcotte: Olivia Munn, Sarah Palin, and Choice
July 14, 2010What's up with all these arguments over feminism these days, anyway? The Daily Show and Gawker blog Jezebel have an argument over its representation of women; meanwhile, Sarah Palin is a feminist! Except when she's not! And the Atlantic has declared The End of Men. What's it all about?Amanda Marcotte, Drones, Haiti, Baseball, and New Orleans
July 14, 2010What's up with all these arguments over feminism these days, anyway? The Daily Show and Gawker blog Jezebel have an argument over its representation of women; meanwhile, Sarah Palin is a feminist! Except when she's not! And the Atlantic has declared The End of Men. What's it all about?Jay Smooth: The Hyde Amendment
January 26, 2010Jay Smooth of Ill Doctrine teamed up with the Center for Reproductive Rights and several of our favorite bloggers and activists to bring you this video on the Hyde Amendment, its restrictions for women's rights, and how Stupak and Nelson would restruct those rights even further. Think about it: if they don't want their tax dollars spent on abortion, what don't YOU want your tax dollars spent on?Adoptions from Haiti, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, and Afghanistan
January 25, 2010In the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, we've seen many solutions posed around the world (and even suggested a few of our own). One option that has been raised is allowing more adoptions from Haiti; Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell even got involved in bringing orphans into the U.S., managing to land a plane when relief planes were unable to get in.
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