Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Ariana Kramer – Tao News – Thursday, 17 May 2012 (originally published 13 May) Since 2010, a group of women farmers have been meeting informally to share information and encourage one another in the arts of growing, preserving, seed saving, beekeeping, milking goats and related enterprises. They call themselves Taos County Women Farmers Group. Melissa [...]
Jefferson Keel – Hill – Tuesday, 15 May 2012 (originally published 10 May) There is a group of criminals, on Native American lands, who assault, rape, and abuse Native women and they can’t be arrested. These criminals are non-Native men. They don’t have to face a judge, spend any time behind bars, or be hounded [...]
Dorsey Griffith – Futurity – Wednesday, 09 May 2012 (originally published 03 May) UC DAVIS (US) — A recent survey finds nearly one-fourth of African-American breast cancer survivors were not satisfied with the information they received about treatment options from their doctors. “We know that one powerful factor in cancer outcomes is the extent to [...]
Rob Capriccioso – Indian Country – Friday, 04 May 2012 (originally published 26 Apr) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted 68 – 31 on April 26 to approve the Violence against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization. It included major tribal court jurisdiction and protection order provisions for tribes in the lower 48 states to help curb [...]
Karen Teegarden – Huffington Post – Friday, 20 April 2012 (originally published 18 Apr) Watch TV news coverage. Read news stories in your morning paper. The War on Women is a war on reproductive rights. The evidence is clear. Since January 2010, there have been over 400 bills introduced in the U.S. Congress and states [...]
