Politics
Women Reach Top of Police Ranks, Growth Still Slow
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More women are being appointed to leading roles in the nation’s policing ranks, but the growth of women in large law enforcement agencies has remained slow.
The Nation
Women in Business Ask: Are Women More Ethical?
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At Harvard’s 12th annual Dynamic Women in Business conference, experts debate whether women at the top of the corporate ladder are driven by different economic or ethical concerns.
Cancer
Rowers Push Limits for Breast Cancer Survivors
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A Boston researcher is studying whether repetitive upper-body exercise contributes to secondary lymphedema, a nonfatal but incurable side effect of breast cancer surgery. Her subjects: rowers at next weekend’s Head of the Charles Regatta.
Equality
Reebok’s Star Kicks Its Human Rights Image
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Reebok, the sneaker manufacturer that heavily promotes its human rights campaign, leaped to defend its superstar endorser, Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson, after he was arrested this summer on 14 counts of assault and making terrorist threats.
South Asia
Spouse Abuse in South Asian Marriages May Be High
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A recent study finds domestic violence surprisingly pervasive in the South Asian immigrant community–where forced marriages are common. Also, update on Planned Parenthood president threatened with jail for refusing to turn over pregnancy tests results.
Politics
Two Magazines Deliver Teen Voices As They Really Sound
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Two very different magazines offer female teens a place to produce the words of their peers for the world to read and an opportunity to be part of something larger than themselves.
Military
Girls Taking Over Army Junior ROTC
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Looking for a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T, more and more high school girls are enrolling in the U.S. Army’s Junior ROTC program–and in many cases playing leading roles in their schools’ corps.