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Judge Upholds Bush’s Anti-Affirmative Action Plan

By Nancy Cook Lauer ● Employment ● July 18, 2000

An administrative law judge in Florida rules that Gov. Jeb Bush’s “One Florida” plan to end affirmative action in college admissions is within the governor’s legal authority. His plan makes no mention of women or racial minorities.

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Female Felons: Crimes Are Light, Lives Are Dark

By Laura Marble ● Crime & Law ● July 17, 2000

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.

Professors: Make Big Gains through Small Wins

By Stephanie B. Goldberg ● Employment ● June 16, 2000

Two Boston management consultants believe that corporate cultures that discourage women may also frustrate the company’s goals. They claim women should target counter-productive norms and push for change through “small wins.”

Report Says U.S. Women Are Losing Economic Ground

By Cindy Richards ● Employment ● June 2, 2000

A research center has analyzed women’s income state-by-state over the last decade. In 19 states, women actually have less cash now, despite the longest economic boom in U.S. history, and more women and children lack health insurance.

Women’s Plan to
Subsidize Caregivers Stirs Debate

By Sarah L. Rasmusson ● Employment ● June 2, 2000

Federal assistance to millions of women caring for family members will be up for grabs after this fall’s elections. Leading experts have a plan to expand welfare law to cover all who care for dependents.

Women Shying Away from Business Degrees

By Amarah Sedreddine ● Employment ● June 1, 2000

Women are staying away in droves from the prestigious and lucrative graduate business schools a new report says, although their enrollment in law, medicine and accounting has risen to about 50 percent.

IRS to focus on working poor (that means us)

By Sarah L. Rasmusson ● Arts & Culture ● May 3, 2000

Feds Take Aim at Pay Equity

By Cindy Richards ● Employment ● April 26, 2000

Today, in what advocates hail as a major breakthrough, the government begins demanding federal contractors provide specific information about the wages of women and minorities.

Women’s Work Should Be Done In 40-Hour Work Week

By Sarah L. Rasmusson ● Employment ● April 25, 2000

Garment workers, students and welfare mothers have a common complaint: their time and work is undervalued.

Simply Sexist

By Sarah L. Rasmusson ● Employment ● April 18, 2000

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