In Maine, Secretary of State Charlie Summers’ job it is to protect the voting rights of Maine residents, and yet he supports the legislation obviously suppressing that right. In June, upon Summers’ recommendation, Governor Paul LePage signed a bill into law repealing the state’s 38 year old law allowing same-day voter registration. This effectively strips […]
HERvotes Takes On the Jobs Crisis
Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Originally posted on the Ms. magazine blog. Our first #HERvotes blog carnival was so successful, we’re doing it again! On August 25-26, to mark the anniversaries of the passage of the 19th amendment and the March on Washington, Ms. joined with 21 women’s organizations to collectively publish 77 blog […]
We Need Jobs and a Voice on the Job
Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Originally published at MomsRising.org. When I was in high school and college, I worked in restaurants. I worked for minimum wage and I worked hard – cleaning, cooking, even counting money and making bank deposits. I remember my pay going from 3.35 an hour to 3.45 an hour when […]
Where Are the Jobs for Recent Graduates?
Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. The recession negatively impacts young people looking to enter the workforce for the first time, and as a recent college graduate, I can easily see how the recession is impacting my peers and me. I have experienced firsthand how difficult it is to find full-time, paid employment in my […]
Reject Disenfranchisement of the Working Class
Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. As voter suppression laws in states throughout the country threaten to disenfranchise millions of voters, it is imperative to look at how the groups targeted by these laws also have a stake in the very issues at the heart of the upcoming election. Decisions affecting access to health care […]
You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Healthcare
Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Seventeen months ago I was driving back to New York with some new friends from the 2010 National Young Feminist Leadership Conference when the announcement came through – the Affordable Care Act was on its way to the President’s desk. In July, I sat in the conference room as […]
Ladies, Get Your Vote On
Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Originally published at Get Off My Soapbox. All the single ladies! Also, all the married ladies, all the divorced ladies, all the ladies in a committed and long term relationship: We’re coming up on that time of the election cycle again. To borrow the words of fellow lady voter […]
Friends Don’t Let Friends Stay Home on Election Day. Especially Not Girlfriends.
Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Guest post by the WIN Writing Group, originally published on the WIN Writing Group blog. Do you like living in a representative democracy? Do you like social safety nets like social security and medicare? How about the right to full reproductive health care including abortion? Or access to health […]
The Time to Mobilize Young Women Voters Is Now!
Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Cross-posted with Moms Rising. As a young woman who grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas and attended Little Rock Central High School (home of the Little Rock Nine), I was fully aware of the importance of civil rights activists such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and women’s equality advocates […]
“The Help” and the Rights of Domestic Workers
Part of the #HERvotes blog carnival. Originally posted on Moms Rising. This week, I went to see the movie The Help, based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett. The film focuses on the exploitation, abuse, and indignities endured by African American women who worked as house cleaners, childcare providers, and cooks in the homes […]