On Equal Pay Day, a Teen Voices videographer in Washington, D.C., finds out what her classmates think of the gap and their suggestions to fix the problem.
Barbara Boxer’s retirement news took me back to 1992 when we were running a grassroots campaign to get her elected to the U.S. Senate. It was tough going. Then came Anita Hill’s testimony against Clarence Thomas.
If a strong bill passes and is put into effect, I’d encourage rape survivors to turn to the police in Washington, D.C. If not, my own experience will remain a cautionary tale. Instead of professionalism, I was treated with skepticism. The process dragged on. He was never arrested.
Morocco may toss out part of its penal code that allows rapists to go unpunished if they marry their victims. Also this week, Republicans in the House of Representatives are looking to make 2014 another banner year for anti-abortion laws.
A bumper crop of great movies open Jan. 10, including this teen-angst drama in the context of forced marriage and vigilante justice in the former Soviet Union. Another winner, “Divorce Corp,” brings a critical look at the problems plaguing family court.
While it led to years of chronic bouts of the crazies and self-medication, her mother’s murder didn’t rob her completely of a childhood or a future, says Kat Hurley in this excerpt from her memoir “I Think I’ll Make It.”
Calls from the bus station can come at 2 a.m. for two Christian centers run by women, one in Texas, the other in Tennessee. The job is to keep the lights on for female ex-cons with nowhere else to go.
In a group therapy session in Jordan, refugee women unload about the difficulties of caring for children afflicted by nightmares, aggressive outbursts and PTSD symptoms. “I have two boys, ages 3 and 5. They are scared of everything,” says one participant.
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