What Role will the “Disgusting, Clownish Behavior Factor” (DCBF) Play in the 2020 US Elections?
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For much of his term, Trump has skated along with his DCBF intact, but things may be changing.
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For much of his term, Trump has skated along with his DCBF intact, but things may be changing.
By excluding boys and men, we disproportionately burden women with responsibility for development and reducing inequality. Lagging U.N. MDGs show we need the other half of the population on our side.
Attorney Angeli R. Rasbury “leaned in” to graduate from law school, pass the bar (on her first attempt) and beat a fail-out statistic haunting African American peers. But some of the Facebook COO’s take-charge advice is strictly Silicon Valley.
The massive layoffs and cutbacks in news operations are taking a toll on women who worked hard to make names for themselves in a male-dominated field. Sheila Gibbons talks to three veterans who have plenty to say, and some silver linings to report.
As she looks forward to the U.S. presidential inauguration Ritu Sharma finds herself thinking about girls of color around the world. When she was growing up the princess-like aura of presidential daughters was limited by race. No longer.
As the Democratic primaries continue to split women’s rights activists down generational lines, Amy Tiemann sees an overdue mother-daughter power struggle in which younger women are claiming their share of the political stage.
A governor’s high-profile confession of using a prostitute should not require his wife’s presence, says Sandra Kobrin. She’s told her own husband that he’s on his own if anything like this happens to him.
Elizabeth Vargas returned to TV on Friday to probe employer bias against working mothers. Sheila Gibbons says this and other media, research and political developments, should stop the recent spree of off-kilter “opt out” coverage.
Andrea Yates is on trial again for murdering her five children in 2001. Anne Eggebroten says mother-murder is a common phenomenon with predictable causes. One woman’s escape offers guidance on prevention.
Our e-mail boxes are being filled with responses to Gloria Feldt’s June 28 commentary, "Core Issue Missing in Birth-Control War Reports" http://www.womensenews.org/story/commentary/060628/core-issue-missing-birth-control-war-reports. Here are many of their comments.
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