Research Brief: “How a charity oversells mammography”

Professors Steven Woloshin, MD, and Lisa M. Schwartz, MD, of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, published “How a charity oversells mammography” in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) [2012;345:e5132] that criticized the breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure for exaggerating and . . . → Read More: Research Brief: “How a charity oversells mammography”

Komen CEO's Resignation Only Makes Critics Angrier

“Komen CEO’s Resignation Only Makes Critics Angrier.” By Holly Hall, The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Susan G. Komen for the Cure may have hoped to halt a sharp drop in donations just ahead of its busy fall fundraising season, but instead it has made many disgruntled donors even angrier. The breast-cancer charity made big leadership changes . . . → Read More: Komen CEO’s Resignation Only Makes Critics Angrier

A teaching moment about politics and Komen

“A teaching moment about politics and Komen.” By Samantha King, CNN

When the Komen foundation bowed to pressure from anti-abortion activists to stop most of its funding of Planned Parenthood, the furor was swift and forceful. Komen’s decision was frequently described in the media and in the online outcry as a “betrayal” — of its . . . → Read More: A teaching moment about politics and Komen

Why the Komen/Planned Parenthood Breakup—While It Lasted—Was Good for Feminism

“Why the Komen/Planned Parenthood Breakup—While It Lasted—Was Good for Feminism.” By Amy Schiller, The Nation

It might not look like it at first, but Komen’s actions and the ensuing backlash are a huge boon for the feminist movement. The past decades have seen the rise of a nominally apolitical marketing campaign masquerading as feminism, . . . → Read More: Why the Komen/Planned Parenthood Breakup—While It Lasted—Was Good for Feminism