by Lee Rossi | Jan 11, 2019 | Gender Inequality
Article by Jill Filipovic, Contributing Opinion Writer Female politicians show that rising to power is a group effort. At the end of this month, Nancy Pelosi will retake her position on the podium behind the president as he gives his State of the Union address. As...
by Lee Rossi | Jan 10, 2019 | Gender Inequality, Legislative News of Relevance
A message from Equal Means Equal: We did it. Today the Virgina Senate voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The vote was 8 – 6 Thanks to every Senate that voted “yes” and thanks to all those who spoke so beautifully today about why equality for...
by Lee Rossi | Jan 10, 2019 | PODCASTS with HTP
HTP Podcast Host Carmi Bleviss sits down with Drusilla Cowan and Asehli Howe of the Survivor Alliance, an online resource and membership community supporting survivors of sexual assault, engaging their community in the 3rd sexual revolution. ...
by Lee Rossi | Nov 21, 2018 | Trafficking
Article by By Alan Feuer, Ashley Southall and Ali Winston Most tenants of a drab, four-story building in Park Slope, Brooklyn, knew about the brothel in their building. Strange men buzzed their apartments at all hours, looking nervous as they headed toward the same...
by Lee Rossi | Nov 14, 2018 | Gender Inequality, International News of Relevance
Article by Moira Donegan Some 53% of white women voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election – the real story of white women voters is both more grim and more complex than the figure reveals For the past two years, the American left has been haunted by a...
by Lee Rossi | Nov 12, 2018 | Sexual Harassment / Assault
Article by Haley Britzky The man that shot and killed 12 people at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, on Wednesday allegedly sexually assaulted his high school track and field coach when he was a student, BuzzFeed News reports, and his mother “lived in...
by Lee Rossi | Nov 7, 2018 | International News of Relevance
Article by HANNAH LEVINTOVA Candidates representing diverse communities scored key wins last night. Tuesday’s midterm election results are full of firsts. More than 100 women, an unprecedented number, were elected to the House and Senat as first-time female candidates...
by Lee Rossi | Nov 7, 2018 | Gender Inequality, International News of Relevance
Article by Mary Jordan More than 100 women were projected to win seats in the House of Representatives, easily shattering the record. Overwhelmingly they were Democrats who helped the party take control of the chamber. Women have never held more than 84 of the 435...
by Lee Rossi | Nov 1, 2018 | Behind the Scenes with the Hidden Tears Project, Sexual Harassment / Assault
By HTP Editorial The Hidden Tears Project is teaming up with Survivor Alliance on the Virtual Reality film Shades of RED, currently in production. During the first segment of the project , viewers will have an opportunity to choose among several different stories of...
by Lee Rossi | Oct 24, 2018 | PODCASTS with HTP
Sara Safari, author, mountaineer and survivor of the 2015 Nepal earthquake on Mt. Everest, gives The Hidden Tears Project a first hand account of her recent trek across Greenland to raise money for Planned Parenthood. Sara Safari is a writer,...
