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A bill to increase the credit for employers establishing workplace child care facilities, to increase the child care credit to encourage greater use of quality child care services, to provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities, and to increase the exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance. A bill to authorize the Office on Violence Against Women to improve the handling of crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by incorporating a trauma-informed approach into the initial response to, and investigation of, such crimes. -A bill to provide women and girls safe access to sanitation facilities in refugee camps. more »

Jo Freeman writes: Are we really as threatened by #MeToo and marching for women's rights as white Southerners were by the civil rights movement? Haven't we learned to talk about issues and not about people? Why is guilt by association still being used to attack social movements? As the anniversary of the Women's March and the federal holiday celebrating Dr. King both draw near, surely we've learned to do better in the last 60 years. more »

Jo Freeman Reviews: In a long chapter on Family, we learn why the name on his birth certificate is Michael Luther, and why he was called 'Little Mike' in his early years. In fact, Martin Luther King wasn't named for Martin Luther, but you'll have to read the book to find out why. Nonviolence came to him easily. Even as a boy he didn't want to fight, or hit those who hit him. In 1950, while studying at Crozer Theological Seminary, he went to a lecture on Gandhi by a well-known black preacher. He was so intrigued that he read everything that he could find on the Mahatma and his philosophy. The future leader didn't leave home until he graduated from Morehouse College. However, he was ordained at 18 and made associate pastor of his father's church when he was 21. His theological training was not necessary for a career as a Baptist minister; he was going into the family business. more »

Rose Mula writes: First I had to liberate corn from a plastic-coated box which had been glued together with an impenetrable industrial-strength adhesive strong enough to attach the wings onto a 747. I was supposed to stir the corn frequently and cover the pan if it started to pop. Of course, every time I uncovered the pan to stir, several kernels popped and escaped to the kitchen floor. When what was left of the corn in the pan was a bit charred, I added the other veggies — a poblano and tomato (after coring, deseeding and dicing) and scallion (chopped, of course) and some cilantro (also chopped) with a drizzle of olive oil and a liberal sprinkling of salt and pepper. Eventually, all the veggies were charred (which was supposed to be a good thing) and the chicken and potatoes were cooked. Finally! The dinner was ready to be plated — but I was so exhausted and traumatized that I no longer was hungry. more »