Will healthcare reform be fair to immigrants?

Women's Media Center contributor, Sharmeen Gangat, worries that immigrants, currently faced with great disparities in health coverage between themselves and the native born, will fall by the wayside once "reform" is enacted. Especially at peril are prenatal and postpartum care for women and family planning.
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Pew's Profile of Puerto Ricans

Now that the US, thanks to the nomination of Nuyorican, Sonia Sotomayor, to the Supreme Court, knows that Puerto Rico is a territory of the US and that Puerto Ricans are born citizens just like the Mayflower descendants, the Pew Hispanic Center has compiled a survey of our second largest Latino group.
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What’s Behind the Rise of Women’s Philanthropy?

Women's giving has exceeded overall philanthropy by more tha 10%

The Women's Media Center has offered up yet another article of inspiration and information for women. Women's philanthropy supports primarily programs that help women and women's organizations worldwide, putting it at the "intersection between the women's movement and philanthropy." Its author, Deborah Richardson, has been active in programming and services for children and African-American arts and is currently chief program officer for the Women's Funding Network.

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Media Justice for Sotomayor

Since the announcement of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, some in the media have engaged in sexist and racist attacks against her. Attacks have been overt and blatant. Some have been the repetition of extreme far right commentary, often packaged as “news” and endlessly discussed in mainstream media outlets.

The Women’s Media Center is releasing its new video, “Media Justice for Sotomayor.” It documents some of these racist and sexist comments already delivered on high profile television programs, radio, print and online outlets.
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