News Archive: February 2011

Great News -- Ad Company Agreed to Pull Racist and Offensive Anti-Choice Billboard Today!

February 24, 2011

Great News! We just learned from our colleagues at the Women of Color Policy Network that Lamar Advertising is pulling down the racist and offensive billboard by the anti-choice organization, Life Always, in Soho after an outpouring of calls and emails from reproductive health activists and communities of color.

Following a letter to Peter Costanza, Vice President and General Manager of LaMar Billboards, written by the Women of Color Policy Network, Mr. Costanza responded affirmatively that they would remove the billboard. Read more »

Congress prioritizes attacks on vulnerable women and families

February 18, 2011

Today's votes in the U.S. House of Representatives on harmful amendments to the federal spending bill (H.R. 1) was a new low in attacks against women and their families. While the bill and its amendments attempt to take aim at the country’s alarming deficit, they do so by slashing a number of important programs and measures. The cuts are misguided and dangerous and strike in the areas of public safety, education, and infrastructure at a time when jobs in these very areas could help millions of people in the U.S. Read more »