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Time’s Never Right to Quit, So How About Right Now?

By Sherry McKee ● Uncategorized ● June 10, 2014

Women are more likely to use smoking as a way to handle stress, says Sherry McKee, and quitting itself is stressful. While she researches gender differences in the physiology of quitting, she also urges women to just keep trying.

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Hyde Amendment Woke Up the Activist in Me

By Merle Hoffman ● Arts & Culture ● August 28, 2011

Passage of the Hyde Amendment was Merle Hoffman’s political wakeup call. In this excerpt from her upcoming book, “Intimate Wars,” she looks at how the amendment widened the gap between rich and poor women, further fueling abortion politics.

Same-Sex Boston Case Opens Up a Legal Grab Bag

By Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● July 21, 2010

The decision by a Boston judge about the unconstitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act is potentially monumental. Alexis Sclamberg explains why social progressives and Tea Party activists alike are tensely watching for word of an appeal.

Simon Made Her Mark Covering Abortion Wars

By Pamela Burke ● Arts & Culture ● May 1, 2008

After 16 years at the L.A. Times Stephanie Simon has just moved to the Wall Street Journal. Her up-close coverage of the abortion wars–one person and angle at a time–built a singular body of work in the archives of her former paper.

Advice for Hillary: Just Remember JFK

By Caryl Rivers ● Employment ● December 19, 2007

The Clinton campaign may have lost its air of inevitability, but Caryl Rivers says it still has recent presidential history to refuel morale. Her message to the candidate: If JFK could hack it, so can you.

Street-Theater Pickets Played Against War Backdrop

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● December 22, 2006

Jan. 10, 1917: Spectacles begin outside the gates of the White House.

Breast Cancer Drops; Women Lack Birthing Care

By Moawad & Lew ● Arts & Culture ● December 16, 2006

Menopause Studies Scramble for Funds

By Molly Ginty ● Arts & Culture ● August 12, 2005

A growing number of women who once took hormone therapy are now taking black cohosh and eating soy foods to treat menopause. Major studies of the two therapies, however, are scrambling for needed funds.

Activists Put Focus on Women with HIV, AIDS

By Molly Ginty ● Arts & Culture ● July 28, 2005

Every 20 seconds, a woman contracts HIV, the infection that leads to AIDS. With a record 260,000 U.S. women living with this deadly disease, activists are battling to improve prevention and treatment.

Let’s Tell the Full Story of Great Women

By Kelly M. Parisi ● Arts & Culture ● June 22, 2005

Helen Keller would have been 125 this month. Kelly Parisi says that like many great women her full story is getting lost. The deaf and blind child who found language at a water pump became an international celebrity and advocate for women’s rights.