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Women: When We Succeed, We Can Also Escape Abuse

By Lisalyn R. Jacobs ● Crime & Law ● March 13, 2014

Let’s look at what the Democrats’ economic equity agenda for women can also do to curb domestic violence. Higher wages mean survivors can more easily break away from an abuser and afford such things as child care.

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What If All Single Parents Received Child Support?

By Rita Henley Jensen ● Uncategorized ● February 15, 2014

Amid all the 50-years-later press about LBJ’s war on poverty, a deafening silence surrounds government support for single heads of household. This program, known as welfare, was ransacked in 1996 and today’s single mothers are paying the price.

Sierra Leone’s Breast Cancer Taboo Stalls Diagnoses

By Anna Limontas-Salisbury ● Health & Science ● February 4, 2014

Even if women do get diagnosed in time, getting treatment is costly and can mean heading to Ghana. On World Cancer Day, Anna Limontas-Salisbury delves into the major challenges in lowering breast cancer rates in this West African country.

Women’s Groups Use SOTU to Stake Out Agenda

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● January 30, 2014

Progressive women seized on elements of the speech as a chance to showcase legislative priorities. A leader of one conservative women’s group, however, slammed the State of the Union address, deriding Obama as “provider in chief.”

More Moms Losing Kids in Family Court Drug Wars

By Cynthia L. Cooper ● Uncategorized ● January 20, 2014

Women across the country are often tested for drugs without consent and punished with government interventions when results are positive. Advocates say “test and report” is the “stop and frisk” of the curtained world of juvenile protection agencies.

Arizona Abortion Ban Blocked; Net Neutrality Rules End

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● January 17, 2014

The Supreme Court blocked Arizona from enforcing a ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Also this week, the strike down of the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules could impact the representation of women on the Internet.