How a Black President Stoked ‘White Male Fragility.’
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Women may view more equality for women as hurting their husbands, rather than as benefitting themselves.
Politics
Between MLK and Obama Comes Carol Moseley Braun
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She was elected to the U.S. Senate 16 years before Barack Obama, who credits her with showing him the way, writes Jeannie Morris in this excerpt from her new book, “Behind the Smile.”
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Obama Promotes Family-Friendly Workplace Reforms
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The full-day meeting explored a range of reforms to benefit working families. But the day also saw federal contractors walk off their jobs to protest the federal government’s role as the largest funder of low-wage jobs for working women and people of color.
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Big Apple Women Push to Get Out of the Red
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In an Equal Pay Day gathering at New York’s City Hall on April 8 speakers proposed a variety of ways to close the gender pay gap. Public Advocate Letitia James said the City Council needs local control over its minimum wage.
Arts & Culture
Twitter Account Tied to Ohio Rape Leaks Suspended
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In the latest developments surrounding the notorious rape case in Steubenville, Ohio, guards are posted outside local schools and a key Twitter account is suspended.
Politics
Obama Presses His 2012 Courtship of Women
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The president continued his outreach to female voters on Monday with a commencement speech at Barnard College, call to make May 13-19 National Women’s Health Week and an appearance on the “The View.”
Arts & Culture
Health Reform Applauded; Insurers Bill Women More
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On March 23, the second anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act –and right before the constitutionality of the individual mandate goes to the Supreme Court next week –women’s organizations were ramping up support and explaining the law to voters. The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health issued a press release explaining how Latinas in particular benefit from the law.