The View Co-Hosts Verbally Smack Down Ann Coulter
1/12/09
Jezebel: Ann Coulter was on The View today, of which four of the five co-hosts are single mothers, a role that Coulter criticizes in her new book Guilty. As you can imagine, it wasn’t pretty.
AP: Clinton Acted On Concerns Of Husband’s Donors
1/13/09
AP via Yahoo: Secretary of State appointee Hillary Rodham Clinton intervened at least six times in government issues directly affecting companies and others that later contributed to her husband’s foundation, an Associated Press review of her official correspondence found.
Girl Soldiers – The Cost Of Survival In Northern Uganda
1/13/09
Women’s News Network: It had been 11 years since my feet had touched the dusty rust-colored soil of Uganda. My first visit had been particularly remarkable as it had been the first time the long, black barrel of a gun had been pointed within centimeters of my face.
Storyline Shifts From War To Washington
1/13/09
Project for Excellence in Journalism: Even as the fighting in Gaza continued to generate major coverage last week, the media focus shifted back to Washington and the daunting tasks confronting incoming president Barack Obama.
Religious Broadcasters Fear Fairness Doctrine Return
1/12/09
Broadcasting and Cable: Religious broadcasters have major concerns about the new administration, warning members they see a possible return of the fairness doctrine, hate crimes legislation and other potential game changers.
In A League Of Her Own, Palin Swings Away At Couric, Fey And Kennedy
1/13/09
NY Times: Ms. Palin talked last week with a conservative filmmaker, John Ziegler, about bias that she perceives in the news media. She seems convinced that it explains why her campaign as Senator John McCain’s running mate failed. She bristled with resentment, some of it rooted in what she saw as class-based favoritism.
Bush’s ‘Ultimate Exit Interview’
1/13/09
Washington Post: A wistful and introspective President Bush devoted a valedictory news conference yesterday to a robust defense of his “good, strong record,” going further than he has gone before in conceding errors — but making it clear that he has few major regrets about his handling of Iraq, Hurricane Katrina and the other major events of his eight years in office.
George Bush Snubs Helen Thomas In His Final Presser
1/12/09
Crooks and Liars: In a classless move, President Bush snubbed Helen Thomas, the longtime Press Pool reporter covering the White House, and refused to take a question from her as she sat in the front row, waving her hand to him as he asked his final question from his last presser.
Audit Interview: Gretchen Morgenson
1/9/09
Columbia Journalism Review: Gretchen Morgenson is a leader of what might be called the accountability school of business journalism-a school with, in our view, all too few members. Luckily for readers, however, Morgenson has an usually prominent platform.
GOP Rolls Out Welcome Mat For Hillary Clinton
1/12/09
LA Times: Long considered one of the nation’s most polarizing figures, Hillary Rodham Clinton steps into her new role as America’s chief diplomat this week with a Senate confirmation hearing that is likely to look more like a tribute than an examination of a controversial politician.
Obama To Keep Abstinence-Only AIDS Coordinator
1/12/09
RH Reality Check: Confirming month-old rumors, a high-level source reported last night that President-Elect Obama’s transition team has asked Ambassador Mark Dybul to remain in place as Global AIDS Coordinator, despite strong opposition by advocates across the global HIV and AIDS community.
Gay Bishop Is Asked To Say Prayer At Inaugural Event
1/13/09
NY Times: President-elect Barack Obama has asked V. Gene Robinson, the openly gay Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, to deliver the invocation at an inaugural event on Sunday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Congress Set To Renew Health Care For Children
1/13/09
NY Times: Congress is poised to give President-elect Barack Obama a quick victory by passing a bill to provide health insurance to millions of low-income children.
Iowa Violence Victims May Pay A Price For Budget Shortfalls
1/13/09
RH Reality Check: Iowans facing domestic violence or sexual assault are currently able to access crisis counseling, shelters and long-term support from a local program within driving distance. But if the state doesn’t soon find a way to maintain the $4 million that funds the programs, all that could change.
1/12/09
Salon.com: As high-powered men are getting sacked or having their salary reduced, gender roles are shifting. Former housewives are being forced to either enter the workforce (call them the Rosies of the recession) or suffer a lifestyle downgrade, and it’s causing some marriages to fall apart.
Mapping The Sea And Its Mysteries
1/13/09
NY Times: In 1953, when Sylvia A. Earle began studying algae, the marine plants and related microbes were often considered weeds or worse. Today, Dr. Earle notes that just one type, Prochlorococcus, has achieved fame as perhaps the most abundant photosynthetic organism on the planet.
Olmert Says He Made Rice Change Vote
1/13/09
NY Times: In an unusually public rebuke, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel said Monday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had been forced to abstain from a United Nations resolution on Gaza that she helped draft, after Mr. Olmert placed a phone call to President Bush.
Chile’s Homemakers Sign Up For Pension Reform
1/13/09
Women’s eNews: Since Chile’s announcement of a public pension reform that extends to unpaid homemakers, applications by women have been pouring in. President Bachelet portrays the reform as a major fulfillment of her commitment to women’s financial security.
1/13/09
The Guardian: Athene Donald, professor of experimental physics in Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory, has become a laureate in the For Women in Science awards, set up by L’Oreal and Unesco on the premise that “the world needs science and science needs women”.
Health-Nepal: On Course To Achieve Mdg On Maternal Health
1/13/09
IPS: Impoverished Nepal has dramatically reduced maternal mortality cases from 540 per 100,000 live births in 2001 to the present 280 — a feat experts attribute chiefly to the legalisation of abortion.
Side Effects: Complications At The New York Times From DIY Abortions
1/12/09
RH Reality Check: Several prominent women’s health advocates are dismayed by a recent NY Times article about do-it-yourself abortions using the drug misoprostol. Some activists worry that the article could muffle a more nuanced discussion about access reproductive health care for immigrant women.
Teenage Girl Throws Japan’s Pro Baseball League A Knuckle Ball
1/13/09
Christian Science Monitor: Pitcher Eri Yoshida becomes the first female drafted into Japan’s all-male pro league – unwittingly helping to break the country’s ‘iron’ ceiling for women.
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