Talking About Elizabeth Warren's Likability Is a Way to Tell Women to Sit Down and Shut Up

06 January 19 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Talking About Elizabeth Warren's Likability Is a Way to Tell Women to Sit Down and Shut Up  Danielle Tcholakian, The Daily Beast Tcholakian writes: "All conversations about the 'likability' of a political candidate are sexist, and to claim otherwise is to out oneself as a sexist hiding behind the gauziest veil of cover." READ MORE Rashida Tlaib. (photo: Salwan Georges/WP/Getty Images) Rashida Tlaib's Not Sorry She Used Profanity. And She Still Wants to Impeach Donald Trump. Stephanie Griffith, ThinkProgress Griffith writes: "Rashida Tlaib's not swallowing her words." READ MORE Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) stands during the 116th Congress swearing-in ceremony on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on January 3, 2019, in Washington. (photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) Why You Couldn't Find Big Media Coverage of Haaland and Davids Jenni Monet, YES! Magazine Monet writes: "There is nothing new about Indian Country getting short shrift in the media, in politics, or in life in general." READ MORE Elizabeth Cruz Cruz participates in mobility workshop in Mexico City. (photo: C.S. Monitor) Job Horizons Widen for Those With Disabilities Sara Miller Llana, Mark Trumbull, Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor Excerpt: "That's the message he is now taking to multinationals, multilateral organizations, and governments through his Toronto-based company Return on Disability Group. Hiring people with disabilities isn't about doing what's right, but about what's right for the bottom line." READ MORE Protesters march in front of the supreme court in 2016. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP) The Other Abortion Ban: I Wanted to Provide Abortions for My Patients. My Med School Wouldn't Teach Me How. Stephanie Ho, The Washington Post Ho writes: "Medication abortion is one of the safest procedures out there; it's less risky than wisdom-tooth extraction (which requires anesthesia). But doctors and nurses in Arkansas are so afraid of abortions - and the attendant politics - that it's almost impossible to learn about them as a medical student, let alone administer them." READ MORE Demonstrators turned up in Paris on Saturday. (photo: Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu) France: 'Yellow Vest' Protesters Storm Ministry in Paris Al Jazeera Excerpt: "'Yellow vest' protesters clashed with police in several French cities, smashing their way into a government ministry in Paris with a forklift." READ MORE BREITBART NEWS?????  YOU HAVE TO QUESTION ZINKE'S CHOICE OF A WHACK-A-DING  OUTLET CATERING TO THE UNINFORMED. Environmental activists. (photo: NurPhoto/Contributor/Getty Images) The Term 'Eco-Terrorist' Is Back and It's Killing Climate Activists Justine Calma and Paola Rosa-Aquino, Grist Excerpt: "When devastating wildfires were sweeping the West last fall, Ryan Zinke, who recently announced his resignation as Interior secretary, lay the blame for the blazes on a ragtag group of environmentalists. 'We have been held hostage by these environmental terrorist groups that have not allowed public access, that refuse to allow the harvest of timber,' Zinke said in an interview with Breitbart News." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation