Todd Akin: Women Can’t Get Pregnant From ‘Legitimate Rape’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 20, 2012 Some conservatives are asking for the Republican Senate candidate in Missouri to step down over outrageous remarks on rape and abortion. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Same Second Class

Mark O'Connell / Truthdig Aug 7, 2012 As Gloria Steinem said not too long ago, LGBT rights and women's rights "are completely the same thing." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama and Romney’s Buckeye Smackdown, Dubya’s Head on a Spike and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 15, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in Ohio, the DOJ's decision in the John Edwards case, and the HBO show "Game of Thrones" getting political. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Notre Dame Sues Obama Administration Over Birth Control Mandate

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2012 The University of Notre Dame, along with other Catholic groups, filed lawsuits Monday against the Obama administration over a federal mandate that requires most employers to provide free contraceptives as part of their health insurance plans for workers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pregnancy at Conception? Nope, Says Arizona

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2012 Gov. Jan Brewer and the Arizona Legislature performed a biological miracle Thursday when they decided that pregnancy begins at menstruation -- not the moment of conception -- in a pack of adjustments to abortion regulations that will ban most of the procedures 20 weeks after the start of a woman's last period. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Handmaid’s Tale

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Apr 2, 2012 Dig deeper

Faking the ‘Truth About Trayvon’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2012 Fake photographs of Trayvon Martin are being used to diminish public concern about his killing; emails and other documents of the Department of Homeland Security reveal that the hacktivist group Anonymous was investigated as a dangerous security threat; Egyptian women are finding ways to express their revolutionary voices through music. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rick Santorum

Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant Mar 19, 2012 Dig deeper

Rush Flip-Flops

Milt Priggee, Cagle Cartoons, www.miltpriggee.com Mar 16, 2012 Dig deeper

How the Vibrator Got Its Start

Staff / Truthdig Mar 11, 2012 With right-wing demagogues such as Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santorum on the attack against female sexuality, a review of the vibrator’s origins in an age of similar sexual prejudice may provide some useful perspective. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Washington: Still a Boy’s Town

Staff / Truthdig Jul 18, 2011 Women's lib hasn't made it through Washington yet. Micah Zenko at Foreign Policy magazine looked at the percentages of females holding leadership roles related to foreign policy and national security and found that women remain vastly underrepresented among our nation's policymakers. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A New Miscarriage of Justice

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2011 Conservative prosecutors across the U.S. are attempting to hold mothers who have lost their children -- both born and unborn -- accountable for the tragic, unintended outcomes of their pregnancies. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )