Incarceration Archives – Page 5 of 18

Industry, Feds Entice Black Mothers to Bottle Feed

By Molly Ginty ● Commentary ● November 17, 2008

Half of the infant formula sold in the U.S. is distributed by the government to low-income mothers. Critics say marketing inhibits black women from breastfeeding and the bottle habit needs to be broken. Fourth in a series on black maternal health.

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Money Dries Up to Push Women for Obama Cabinet

By Allison Stevens ● Arts & Culture ● November 13, 2008

Funding the Women’s Appointments Project to suggest women for President Obama’s Cabinet hasn’t materialized, a blow for a process that has been operating in presidential election years since 1976. Strategy sessions will be held in coming weeks.

Voters Turn Back Anti-Choice Ballot Measures

By Iulia Anghelescu ● Arts & Culture ● November 5, 2008

An abortion ban was rejected in South Dakota and an effort to grant legal status to fertilized eggs lost in Colorado. In California, a measure to require parental consent to teens who seek abortions was also defeated.

New Brand of Masculinity Wins the Pro-Change Vote

By Rob Okun ● Employment ● November 3, 2008

Women have long asked the question: “Is it possible for more men to grow and change?” Rob Okun says the campaign styles of Barack Obama and Joe Biden provide a simple, clear answer: “Yes, we can.”

Three State Ballot Initiatives Push Choice to Edge

By Molly Ginty ● Employment ● October 30, 2008

Activists warn that Roe v. Wade is in jeopardy like never before. Nov. 4 ballot measures would require parental notification before an abortion in California; give fertilized eggs full legal status in Colorado; and ban most abortions in South Dakota.

Zeisler Keeps ‘Bitch’ Running on Financial Edge

By Jennifer Waldref ● Arts & Culture ● October 14, 2008

Twelve years ago Andi Zeisler and two friends were dreaming of a pop-culture magazine to take over from the defunct Sassy. Today she’s focused on keeping the quarterly Bitch magazine afloat, steering it into other media forums.

Blog: Dispatches From Denver

By WeNews Staff ● Commentary ● August 25, 2008

The Women’s eNews team is taking The Memo to the conventions. We’ll be blogging here all week long from Denver, site of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Journalist Funds a Rewrite of Gender Rules

By Ruth Ann Harnisch ● Commentary ● July 21, 2008

Ruth Ann Harnisch didn’t take “no girls allowed” as an answer. After a journalism career, she decided to flex some muscle and tackle the issues affecting women that confronted her on the job. Eleventh in a series on women funding serious change.

Women at Work Find Reinforced Glass Ceilings

By Jennifer Waldref ● Arts & Culture ● July 8, 2008

Promotion barriers, harassment, pregnancy and motherhood bias, unequal pay. Women in the paid work force say these are all pillars propping up a glass ceiling.

Betancourt Freed; Courts OK Anti-Abortion Tactics

By Besa Luci ● Politics ● July 5, 2008