Just a quick note to say Happy Birthday to Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that gave women in America the right to choose. I wholeheartedly believe in reproductive justice and I am thankful that I live in a time where I have the autonomy to make personal decisions about my body. Even though we […]

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Happy MLK Day! In honor of this special day, I am sharing an article I wrote for Teenwire.com about an amazing group of young women in the South Bronx. Sistas on the Rise is a collective and advocacy organization for young mothers working to provide young moms (mostly young women of color) with the resources […]

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I’ve been running around like crazy for the past few days at the national summit for Young People For, the college branch of People for the American Way Foundation that identifies and trains up and coming young progressive leaders. I’ve been having such an amazing time and I feel really inspired by all the […]

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I still don’t know who I would wish to be the president, but one thing makes me seriously disrespect so many of the candidates especially Edwards and Obama. They have both said such horrible and disgusting things about Hilary, and I don’t see the point. For every candidate who believes in change, who loves this […]

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Even though I am proud to be a supporter of Obama, I support Hillary Clinton’s campaign and want to see her and Obama run as a joint ticket. We need change and action. We need his hope and vision and her experience in order to take our country back.
We need to move way from the […]

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A friend last night asked me why I, a feminist and pro-choice activist was endorsing Obama rather than Hillary Clinton (who I of course admire and support as a highly capable candidate). I explained to her that Mr.Obama has the potential to change the way politics are done in this country. I am hopeful that […]

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Just to shortly add to Hollis’s post….
I have read a little bit about Benazir Bhutto, but the main thing I remember reading was about her relationship with Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf. I read how they hated one another and had completely different views. I know that she risked her life every single day to be […]

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Benazir Bhutto is dead. Pakistan has sprinted backwards.

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I just found this really amazing site where you answer a set of questions, and they tell you which candidate you should vote for. (Based on which candidates you got the most similar answers too. REALLY COOL!

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So I just turned on my tv, and it went straight to MTV where I saw that Sen. John Edwards was on it. He is doing a live myspace telecast, it’s set up kind of like TRL in that he is surrounded by young people, but it’s political and PROGRESSIVE! There is a good sized […]

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