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Fight Ongoing for Florida Teen Privacy

By Jean Baker ● Politics ● May 21, 2000

The battle over parental notification will continue in Florida, even though a state court judge on May 12 threw out the state’s 1-year-old law.

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Uganda Mother Pleads for Abducted Children

By Kristin Choo ● Politics ● May 19, 2000

A mother looks to world leaders and the international human-rights community to rescue her kidnapped daughter, one of hundreds of thousands of child soldiers caught up in a worldwide epidemic.

Harlem Moms–and Not-Moms–Protest Guns

By Sarah L. Rasmusson ● Politics ● May 19, 2000

Residents of Harlem had local reasons for going to the Million Mom March: to become more active in kids lives, to get to know neighbors, to confront police brutality and to address domestic violence.

Lessons on Mentoring for White Male News Editors

By Bonnie Pfister ● Commentary ● May 18, 2000

A mid-level newspaper reporter told a gathering of managing editors of Texas newspapers during their annual convention that diversifying the newsroom was part of their jobs and then she told them how to do it.

Think Tank Thinker Should Think Again

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Commentary ● May 17, 2000

Rape: The View from India Seems Oh So Familiar

By Sathya Saran ● Commentary ● May 13, 2000

This essay, written for an Indian women’s magazine, reveals extensive similarities between U.S. cultural beliefs and those present in a nation with dramatically different history and customs.

Affirmative Action Fight Embroils Florida Politics

By Jean Baker ● Politics ● May 6, 2000

Tallahassee, Fla.–Sit-ins, rallies, a march of 11,000 up the hill to the Capitol. No. This is not the old days.

Congress To Consider Bills to Limit Sex Trade

By Karen Orlando ● Politics ● May 4, 2000

Bills propose that traffickers in women and children face stiff penalties and offer a limited number of visas to those brought to U.S.

Reporter’s Notebook: A haven from the streets

By Catherine Cuellar ● Politics ● May 4, 2000

Women’s Enews correspondent visits an institution rarely seen by those from outside Africa. Near Cape Town’s thriving sex market, Ons Plek provides female street children a bunk, education and a chance to set the rules.

IRS to focus on working poor (that means us)

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