Posts Tagged women’s issues

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By caroline.catlin • 7 years ago

The Rampant Sexual Harassment in Silicon Valley

This past week, Uber’s Senior Vice President of engineering Amit Singhal was asked to resign after allegations of sexual harassment at his previous job at Google surfaced. His resignation comes on the heels of multiple viral accounts by women this past month detailing the rampant sexual harassment in the tech industry.

This past week, Uber’s Senior Vice President of engineering Amit Singhal was asked to resign after allegations of sexual harassment at his previous job at Google surfaced. His resignation comes on ...

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By Maya Dusenbery • 12 years ago

Obama vs. Romney on women’s issues last night

There’s sure to be endless post-debate analysis today, but there’s no question that on women’s issues–which finally got some attention!–Obama was the clear winner. (I mean, obvs.) If you missed it, here’s basically how it went down:

Romney: “I went to a number of women’s groups and said, can you help us find folks? And they brought us whole binders full of women.” FACTCHECK.

Obama: The Lilly Ledbetter Act.

Romney:

Obama: Health care reform.

Romney:

Obama: Planned Parenthood.

Romney:

Obama: Birth control coverage.

Romney:

Obama: “I’ve got two daughters, and I want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that anybody’s sons have. That’s part of what I’m fighting for as president of the United ...

There’s sure to be endless post-debate analysis today, but there’s no question that on women’s issues–which finally got some attention!–Obama was the clear winner. (I mean, obvs.) If you missed it, here’s basically ...