Stories by Ruth Rosen
Ruth Rosen is a historian and journalist who teaches public policy at UC Berkeley. She is a senior fellow at the Longview Institute.
The country I care so much about has breached some of the most important international conventions. Yet no one has been held accountable.
Posted on Apr 20, 2009
Advocates of women's equality have mobilized to make sure women are included in the "new" New Deal.
Posted on Feb 18, 2009
Dems struck a family planning provision from the stimulus bill. What happens to the economy when a woman has a child without the means to support it?
Posted on Jan 30, 2009
McCain's veep pick is a proud member of Feminists for Life, which tries to convince young women that choice means giving up the right to 'choose.'
Posted on Aug 30, 2008
The oral testimonies in this biography offer a textured portrait of one of the most powerful women to challenge and change American society.
Posted on Aug 6, 2008
A new book explores the real populist vision that lies behind the shallow rhetoric to which we've been subjected during this election year.
Posted on Jul 5, 2008
How the Bush government is now trying to prevent you from being able to use the Freedom of Information Act.
Posted on Sep 10, 2007
Though most mothers are in the workforce, Americans remain trapped in a time warp, convinced that women should and will care for children, the elderly, homes and communities.
Posted on Feb 27, 2007
If progressive causes are to get anywhere in the next Congress, we need to challenge the ingrained belief that the market can solve our problems.
Posted on Feb 1, 2007
Bettina Aptheker's memoir shows how she broke free from her father, the most famous Marxist historian in the United States -- and the man who molested her.
Posted on Dec 13, 2006
America's child care crunch is more dire than ever, thanks to Bush's gutting of government programs that assist working families.
Posted on Oct 5, 2006
Behind the rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and her family lies a far larger story of what's happened to women in Iraq since they were 'liberated' by the Bush administration.
Posted on Jul 14, 2006
What women talk about when men are not listening. (Hint: it's not sex.)
Posted on May 11, 2006
Contrary to what the right would have you believe, our tax dollars really are hard at work.
Posted on Apr 13, 2006
A new book that tracks women's voting trends doesn't tell us enough about how women will vote in the next elections.
Posted on Oct 14, 2005
The Bush administration only believes in accountability and personal responsibility when it involves women's sexuality and their reproductive choices.
Posted on Sep 29, 2005
An army of economists and pundits have debunked the president's claims that Social Security is in "crisis." What they don't publicize, however, is that the president's plan for private accounts would deepen the crisis faced by vast numbers of elderly women.
Posted on Apr 1, 2005
In one of the most remarkable tales ever told about the environmental justice movement, an African American community fought for, and won, the human right to breathe clean air.
Posted on Feb 21, 2005
The momentous events of the summer of 1964 – forty years ago – created many of our current cultural, social and political divisions.
Posted on Aug 24, 2004
The SF Chronicle has retracted this story.
Posted on May 2, 2004
A new generation of activists is galvanized against the assault on choice. At Sunday's March for Women's Lives, the generations will meet to defend against the erosion of rights.
Posted on Apr 20, 2004
The Pentagon and the World Bank have both issued dire warnings about global warming but the Bush administration refuses to confront this growing threat to national security.
Posted on Apr 2, 2004
The Democratic nominee will be drawn into a political and cultural fray over issues that galvanized a generation during the 1960s -- racial equality, abortion, gay rights and more.
Posted on Mar 2, 2004
In some states, a young offender could finish probation, work and pay taxes, but never be able to vote again -- a clear instance of taxation without representation.
Posted on Feb 29, 2004
Unmarried women are the demographic-swing group that could decide a close election, oust President Bush and alter the political landscape in Congress.
Posted on Feb 17, 2004
Striking workers in California aren't just fighting for
their rights. If corporations come out on top, everybody loses.
Posted on Feb 1, 2004
A single-payer health care program is on the table in California, proposing to drastically reform the broken system.
Posted on Jan 21, 2004
The super-store's 'lowest possible prices' may come at a steep price for one community.
Posted on Nov 5, 2003
Bush pressed Congress to pass legislation that would allow states to "opt in" and to match block grants to participate in the program. Sounds generous and inclusive, doesn't it?
Posted on Jul 15, 2003
Bush sent enough troops to secure Baghdad and a quick military victory, but not enough personnel to keep the peace. And, most ominously, there is no exit strategy.
Posted on Jul 10, 2003
Hundreds of communities are staving off the encroachment of the discount chain’s mega-stores, emboldened by studies that show they’re bad for local economies.
Posted on Jun 30, 2003
Hormone therapy was promised to give postmenopausal women protection from serious medical problems -- not to mention the glow of eternal youthfulness.
Posted on Jun 20, 2003
Congress must now hold the kind of public hearings that unmasked the secrets in the Watergate scandal.
Posted on Jun 9, 2003
Are we that far off from once again suffering the persecution of McCarthyism in this country?
Posted on May 12, 2003
You can almost hear Republican operatives laughing behind closed doors as they wipe out the 40-hour work week under the cover of offering 'flexibility.'
Posted on May 6, 2003
The well-being of mothers and children in this country is deteriorating rapidly.
Posted on May 1, 2003
The unprecedented global outpouring against the war may be a first step toward the birth of a grassroots global democracy.
Posted on Feb 13, 2003
The victory of 600 Nigerian women against ChevronTexaco is a testament to the power of non-violent protest.
Posted on Jul 25, 2002
Life may seem back to normal six months after 9/11. But the veneer of routine hides a stark, unsettling change -- the loss of our democratic freedoms.
Posted on Mar 21, 2002
Commonweal, an innovative healing center, has helped thousands live with life-threatening illnesses. Now their energies are being rededicated to the environmental health field.
Posted on Jan 16, 2002
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