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Rape is Rape, and the FBI Finally Agrees
Posted by: Mara Hollander
Trigger warning: this piece discusses the definition of rape. Please use discretion. At the beginning of January, the FBI changed the definition of “rape” to actually include rape. Before 2012, when the federal government compiled statistics on rape, it only took note of crimes that included “carnal knowledge of a woman forcibly and against her will.” This meant that only penile penetration of the vagina was counted as rape, and it meant that the rape had to include physical force. This definition doesn’t include men, who are victims of rape far often than we acknowledge. It doesn’t include the underage, [...]
What is the significance of Roe v Wade today?
Posted by: Zoe
Although this past Sunday marked the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, its permanency has not been solidified. The onslaught of state bills restricting access to abortion, combined with the GOP candidates’ feverish desire to avow their hatred for the practice, means the birth of radical ideas concerning women’s health and the status of fetuses and embryos in society. The desire to remove abortions from America has placed necessary institutions like Planned Parenthood under the cutting board, despite the fact that their dispersal of affordable birth control and pap smears is an important and vital tool to protecting women’s health and unplanned [...]
Setting the Record Straight: The Real Facts About Obama’s Economic Record
Posted by: Matt Hamblin
This chart, released by the Senate Republican Policy Committee, has gone viral recently. It’s misleading, dishonest, and merits a rebuttal. At first glance, it appears to be pretty damning for the President. The nature of the chart gives the impression that the economy has been in a steady decline since Obama took office. Unfortunately for Republicans, that isn’t the case. The reality is the economy continued its free fall for the first few months and suffered huge job losses, but has been recovering steadily — albeit slowly — ever since. It’s not fair to blame the President for what happened [...]
GOP SOTU Response: Lies and Distortions
Posted by: Chris Kraft
When Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels considered seeking the Republican nomination last spring, he was often described as a pragmatic conservative, one who would set aside divisive ideology and rhetoric to focus on reducing the national debt. Following his address to the nation after President Obama’s State of the Union however, it is clear that Daniels is just as partisan and narrow-minded as the rest of the GOP today, and that there is no hope of reasoning with the modern Republican. Indeed, this fact was obvious from his very first sentence, in which he claimed the mantle of “loyal opposition” for [...]
State of the Union 2012: A Fairer America
Posted by: Tobi Kraft
President Obama charged into 2012 with style last night, delivering a boisterous State of the Union speech to a packed joint session of Congress and calling for a fairer distribution of wealth for all Americans. The approximately one hour long speech was heavy with populist undertones, as the President laid out a plan to increase taxes on the wealthy and thereby ensure that all Americans bear a fair share of the national burden. Displaying a slightly brighter view of the economy than in the past, the President reminded voters of his administration’s true economic record: that in the six months [...]
Vote YES on the SIPS Fund
Posted by: Georgetown Progressive
Written by Clara Gustafson, SFS ’13. Clara is a GUSA Senator (Village A A-D) and co-founder of the SIPS Fund. A Social Innovation and Public Service (SIPS) Fund….”what does that even mean?” My 14 year old brother asked when I was home over Christmas break. It means that YOU CAN DO SOMETHING about any issue that pulls at your heart strings or makes you angry because of the societal injustice. AND it can be done in any way that you can imagine- through a documentary, a more traditional public service day, research, by founding an NGO, a business competition, service [...]
