Welcome to August 26, 2014 – the 94th anniversary of the certification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in the United States. Although it’s dubbed “Women’s Equality Day,” that’s actually a misnomer, as women still have no constitutional right to equality. Although the Equal Rights Amendment was written by Alice Paul in 1923, it has yet to be ratified. But women do have the right to vote. And yes, women do vote!
That was the focus of today’s “Gliberal Goddesses” gathering. Every other Tuesday morning, GottaLaff of The Political Carnival, Amy Simon of She’s History, and I get together to talk about whatever we feel like discussing.
Today, Amy took the lead as the suffrage movement plays a big part in She’s History.
Today also happens to be Primary Day here in Florida; Arizona, Oklahoma and Vermont go to the polls today too.
Because I’m still a bit under the weather and because I wanted to give her one final show of support, we listened back to the July 7 interview I did with Nan Rich, the former FL state senator and Senate Minority Leader who’s vying for the Democratic nomination to run against Rick Scott for Governor.
It all comes down to today. So, if you’re in Florida, I implore you to get out and vote!
And finally, last week we learned the sad, sickening news that ISIS militants had executed American journalist James Foley; today I spoke with a friend of his. Tom Risen is a reporter for US News and World Report, and went to college with Foley. Tom wrote a couple of articles about his friend last week, telling about how Foley encouraged him to come to Syria to cover the stories of the people there, and how he knew the dangers of the work, but had to do it anyway.
Another journalist named Risen has been in the news lately. It turns out the Tom Risen is the son of James Risen, the NY Times reporter and author who’s being targeted by the Justice Department to turn over the names of confidential sources he used for a chapter in his 2006 book, State of War.
I’ll be back tomorrow, with Susie Madrak of Crooks & Liars and whatever the day brings, Radio or Not!
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