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August 11, 2017

Female Genital Mutilation: Cultural Practice, or Child Abuse?

Female genital mutilation, or “FMG” — this is a topic that is more and more openly discussed as a serious health and social crisis, affecting millions of women and girls worldwide. But we tend to think of it taking place only far away, and in very different cultures than ours …

August 10, 2017

Will My Grandmothers’ Stories Make It Into Rep. Maloney’s Women’s History Museum?

Shared from HuffPost Opinion Can the women’s movement in America be summed up in a museum — or even in a word? Or is the idea of ‘feminism’ so contested right now that a bill to try to do this, will only spark debate? Currently, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) …

August 8, 2017

Gun Bill Roundup: These Gun Bills Are Fully Loaded

Recently, a number of bills have been introduced that have to do with gun violence and gun control. Here we provide concise summaries of these bills — be sure to check them out on Billcam.DailyClout.Io, weigh in, and spread the word! HB-1478: Gun Violence Research Act This bill is exclusively …

August 8, 2017

Pres. Trump Bans Transgender Individuals From U.S. Military

Do transgender individuals in the military weaken the military’s effectiveness? Early Wednesday morning, President Trump announced via Twitter a ban on all transgender individuals from serving in the military. He attributed this change in policy to “tremendous medical costs.” Fact-checking this premise, some asked the Pentagon to clarify how many …

August 7, 2017

On June 30th, there was a shooting at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in New York. The attack resulted in the death of one person – a doctor named Tracy Tam – and the wounding of six others, and, finally, in the death of the shooter himself through an act of …

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