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Who Runs the World? Girls! Just Kidding, it’s Men!
Last week I described how NJ’s redistricting process elevates and protects males politicians at the expense of their female counterparts. (For the uninitiated, redistricting is that once-a-decade chance for NJ politicians to redraw their own political...
Rep. Sherrill Endorsed by National Organization for Women PAC
West Caldwell, NJ — Representative Mikie Sherrill announced her endorsement today by the National Organization for Women Political Action Committee (NOW PAC) for her dedication to the fight for the advancement and equality of women. This is the second cycle in a row...
Tips for a Better #ChamberTrain
The dust has settled on the 83rd annual New Jersey Walk to Washington Chamber of Commerce train trip where powerful political and business types schmooze and make deals. InsiderNJ was there for the ride down, the DC event + morning after, and the ride back home to New...
Local organizations gather for Period Rally in Hinds Plaza
On Saturday, Oct. 19, several local organizations teamed up with Period, a national nonprofit founded by Nadya Okamoto and dedicated to ending period poverty and stigma, to host a rally, part of the first-ever National Period Day. Nationally, organizers held more...
NJ lawmaker’s law firm offered to ‘discredit’ victims in sexual assault cases
The website promoting the law firm run by a ranking Republican assemblyman has removed a section that offered to discredit "accusers" in sexual assault cases after women's rights advocates said it encouraged victim blaming. "We know, unfortunately, people accuse...
Bramnick Promises To Discredit Victims Of Sexual Assault As Lawyer For The Accused
The law firm run by Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick pledges to help people accused of sexual assault by vilifying the victim. “We will investigate your case and seek to discredit your accuser,” the firm’s website claims. In a pitch to potential...
NJ judge slammed for showing leniency to teen sex assault suspect from ‘good family’
A New Jersey judge is under fire after he rejected a request from prosecutors to charge a 16-year-old suspect in an alleged sexual assault as an adult, writing in a controversial ruling that the teen "comes from a good family" and is a candidate for a "good...
Hundreds in N.J. gather to protest anti-abortion laws
Crowds gathered in three towns around New Jersey Tuesday to protest a recent string of restrictive abortion laws passed in several states. In Maplewood, around 200 people gathered — some with toddlers in tow and some holding signs in support of legal...
A county dumps ‘councilman’ and other gender specific titles on the ballot because words matter
It was a year ago in April that I filed my petition to run for borough council in Mountainside. I was part of the feminist blue wave, the record breaking number of women who signed up to run for office in the wake of the 2016 election. Our ticket consisted of two...