Articles by Emmily Bristol

Credit: commons.wikimedia.org In the wake of Rep. Todd Akin's "ill-conceived" comments about "legitimate rape," a nagging question about the media bias and culpability in such stories has surfaced. What happens when the Fourth Estate has fumbled or screws up, as Akin's interviewer, Charles Jaco, said about his own inability to question or challenge Akin's statement and instead asked a question about the economy. What lessons can we learn from the Akin news cycle debacle? [Jaco] "was too eager ...

Credit: commons.wikimedia.org Nevada ranks at the bottom for education and quality of life, and high for foreclosures and unemployment. It needs a renewed focus on education and libraries to turn things around because a well-educated public is the best jobs creator there is. Before moving to Nevada, I would watch reports on the news about such-and-such state being worst in the nation for something important like education, health care, or  jobs and think, "I wouldn't want to live there." Cut ...

While the War on Women and Chick-fil-A might be getting all the juicy headlines lately, there's another issue quietly smoldering in the background noise of this election season. It's buried under all the campaign rhetoric and doom-and-gloom forecasts about the economy.Our public libraries are not just threatened this election season. They're fighting for their lives -- and with them, the livelihoods and well-being of hard-hit communities all over the country. Library districts in California, Il...

Credit: wikipedia.org The opponents of Planned Parenthood are at it again. Or, I would say they're at it again but they've really never stopped. But these days it seems the attacks on reproductive health care and women's autonomy of their own bodies is on a constant feedback loop. It's no wonder it inspired the hyperbolic War on Women nickname. For many, being a woman has never felt so dangerous. Just this past week, we've seen President Obama's Hail Mary save of Planned Parenthood clinics tha...

Missy Franklin. Credit: usaswimming.org This is the year feminism gets a gold medal. For the first time Team USA is sending more women than men. Every time the Olympics rolls around I can’t help but get a little excited. Ever since I was a kid, I’d sit in front of the TV and marvel at the amazing talent and skills demonstrated by people who seemed to defy the laws of physics — or at least have super-human powers. And it has always been a source of pride for me that one of my first stories I wr...