Christian
Minister’s Kid Recalls Her Mom’s Peace Strategy
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The writer was 13, eating a bowl of breakfast cereal at the kitchen table, when her mother plopped down beside her and announced she was retiring from motherhood–her job was done.
Politics
Awareness Growing of Abused Immigrant Spouses
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She arrives here full of hope. She marries and becomes a mother. The right to stay here depends, however, on her husband’s cooperation. He doesn’t cooperate, but he does begin to beat her and taunt her because of her legal vulnerability.
Politics
GOP Deaf to Women’s Polite Pleas, Loud Chants
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The women marched, they prayed, they pleaded, they tried to persuade the powers that be in the Grand Old Party to heed their calls for reproductive rights and the needs of the currently poor for economic opportunity. Their answer: loud silence.
Crime & Law
Female Felons: Crimes Are Light, Lives Are Dark
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A new study of women drug offenders in Pennsylvania indicates many were caught with small amounts of drugs, had abusive parents and adult relationships and lacked treatment alternatives.
Politics
Mothers in China Demand a Tiananmen Accounting
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Joining with others who lost loved ones in the massacre 11 years ago, the Tiananmen Mothers is seeking international support, through the Internet, for the right to grieve in public and a public acknowledgement of what occurred.
Politics
Congress to Vote on Law Limiting Abortion Abroad
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In a matter of days, Congress may vote on the controversial global gag rule. It bars agencies in foreign countries that receive U.S. aid from providing abortion services or participate in public debate on abortion policies.
Crime & Law
Hearings Reveal Little Aid for Rape Victims
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New York City’s flawed and fragmented approach to assisting victims of sexual violence was documented in City Council hearings, but ignored by media swept up in the frenzied aftermath of the Central Park sex assaults.
Arts & Culture
Women Scientists Need More Room for Their Views
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When women enter a scientific profession, be it engineering, medical research or computer technology, the discipline’s agenda shifts, either slightly or dramatically.