Obama Won, Now What Does Maddow’s Future Hold?
4/22/09
LA Times: The left-leaning host of an MSNBC show sees a ratings drop, but remains committed to asking the tough questions.
Moran Leaves W.H. For Commerce
4/22/09
Politico.com: President Barack Obama’s communications director resigned unexpectedly Tuesday, just over three months after the administration began. Ellen Moran will move from her high-profile West Wing post to the decidedly less powerful position of chief of staff to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.
Afghan Shia Family Law Could Be Just The Start
4/22/09
Embassy: The head of Rights and Democracy says more laws affecting women’s rights are on the way, and the Karzai government’s handling of the debate will spell volumes about the country’s direction.
Senate Proposal Could Put Heavy Restrictions On Internet Freedoms
4/22/09
Fox News: A proposed bill that would give the president widespread power to shut down the Internet in the event of a cyberattack could have sweeping implications on civil liberties.
Helen Gurley Brown: The Original Carrie Bradshaw
4/22/09
NY Times: Helen Gurley Brown, the author of “Sex and the Single Girl” (1962) and for three decades the editor of Cosmopolitan, was born in Green Forest, Ark., a tiny town in the Ozark Mountains.
4/22/09
LA Times: The Obama administration must insist that nations seeking U.S. goodwill respect free speech and not hold journalists as political pawns.
Investigative Reporting Hard Hit By Media Cutbacks
4/20/09
PBS: Two media organizations won Pulitzer Prizes Monday for investigative reporting even as news organizations are being forced to cut back on such coverage. Two media analysts examine the future for investigative journalism.
Martha Stewart Shakes Up Ranks
4/22/09
Wall Street Journal: For the second time in a year, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia shook up its executive suite, placing Martha Stewart herself squarely on the hot seat during the harshest ad recession in decades.
Court Debates Strip Search Of Student
4/22/09
NY Times: The United States Supreme Court spent an hour on Tuesday debating what middle school students are apt to put in their underwear and what should be done about it.
Former ‘Apprentice’ Star Blazing New Trail As Working Mom
4/22/09
Miami Herald: Anyone who has seen Carolyn Kepcher in action knows she is not shy about speaking out about how to get ahead in the workplace. But what few people may realize is that Kepcher gave birth to two children while working up to Trump’s high standards.
4/22/09
RH Reality Check: As pro-choice individuals and organizations who believe in enabling people to decide when the time is right (and when it is not) to have children, environmental efforts are not just nice “add-ons” but a fundamental part of our mission.
Ex-AID Chiefs Call For More Family Planning Aid
4/22/09
Women’s eNews: Five former directors of AID issued a report Tuesday calling for a major increase in U.S. overseas spending on contraception. In a press briefing, authors say $1.2 billion could substantially curb population growth and maternal mortality.
Sketch: The All-White-Women Shortlists
4/21/09
Telegraph: It takes a strong woman to question some of the pious guff talked about getting more women into Parliament. Such a woman is Diane Abbott (Lab, Hackney North and Stoke Newington), who became an MP as long ago as 1987.
Classical Dancer Campaigns As ‘People’s Candidate’ In India
4/22/09
Washington Post: On the campaign trail, the renowned classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai walks past a foul-smelling trash heap and a gate adorned with coconuts to enter the maze-like slum where ragpickers in this western Indian city live.
BRAZIL: Pilot Project Helps Men Abandon Violence
4/22/09
IPS: Some men interpret an overly long glance from another man as “a gay thing,” others as “a provocation” to fight – ideas that are part of the “machista” mindset that a government initiative in Brazil is trying to break down.
Tunisian Women’s Rights Activist Hmida Warns Against Decline In Gains
4/21/09
Maghrebia: Advocate Bochra Bel Haj Hmida shares her opinions on what is left to accomplish in the field of women’s rights and the threats to existing advancements.
Who’s Buried In Cleopatra’s Tomb?
4/22/09
NY Times: At the head of the list of untimely self-destructors comes of course Cleopatra VII, for whose tomb a search begins shortly, on an Egyptian hilltop west of Alexandria.
New Zambia Study Confirms: PEPFAR Strong On Treatment, Fails On Prevention
4/22/09
RH Reality Check: Stanford professors recently confirmed what many in the advocacy community saw coming: PEPFAR has made significant progress on ensuring access to care and treatment, but has not curbed new infections.
U.S. Recession Linked To More Abortions, Vasectomies
4/22/09
Reuters: The recession may be a factor influencing more Americans to opt out of parenthood with abortions and vasectomies, although there is no data available yet to suggest a trend
Breast-Feeding Benefits Mothers, Study Finds
4/22/09
NY Times: Most doctors agree that breast-feeding is best for babies’ health. Now a large study suggests that the practice benefits mothers as well: women who have breast-fed, it says, are at lower risk than mothers who have not for developing high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease decades later.
Race, Gender Feature Large On Pulitzer List
4/22/09
Dispatch: Stories of race and gender prevailed at this year’s Pulitzer Prizes, with Ruined, Lynn Nottage’s harrowing tale of survival set against the backdrop of an African civil war, winning for drama on Monday, and books about slavery, civil rights and Andrew Jackson also receiving awards.
There She Is, From A Trailblazing Beauty Pageant
4/22/09
NY Times: Given how Miss America is fading from public view, the Subways pageant may be seen quaint and charmingly of another era — up there with gas-guzzling Cadillacs and vinyl records. But the Miss Subways pageant, which ran from 1941 to 1977, was a cutting-edge civil rights battleground.
Studies Blow The Whistle On Lack Of Women Coaches
4/21/09
Minneaopolis Star Tribune: Recent research shows the scarcity of female coaches, already well documented at the college level, is just as evident in youth sports.
Soaring Into Court, Seeking Inclusion
4/22/09
NY Times: For better or worse, the case female ski jumpers worldwide to compete in the Vancouver Winter Games next year is being left to their lawyers after years of pleading with people who somehow got the impression that the right to female flight disappeared over the Pacific 72 years ago with Amelia Earhart.
4/21/09
ESPN: Monica Seles was an extraordinary athlete who lived for years with a very common problem — compulsive eating. But her personal drama played out on an international stage, beginning with the 1993 courtside stabbing that forever altered her precocious path.
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