People ask me why I didn't just leave him. For battered women, it's not a matter of 'just.' The greatest reason women don't leave is fear.

I never thought that anyone who loved me could hurt me. Abuse is very subtle. Abusers are very subtle. Abusers are very charming.

My daughter seems to have stopped breathing.

Who does the work is a big part of why women earn less. You can look at it from two very different types of jobs -- child-care worker and parking-lot attendant. Guess who earns more? Parking-lot attendants. That work is valued more by our society than a child-care worker.

Corruption isn't a natural disaster. It is the cold, calculated theft of opportunity from the men, women and children who are least able to protect themselves.

For people who do not have a union on the job, we provide a way for people to speak out on issues that affect working families.