WMC News & Features
Women at the Front—Two Reporters Join a Sisterhood
At danger spots in the Middle East and elsewhere, CNN reporters Sara Sidner and Arwa Damon lend their particular perspectives, in a tradition of war correspondents who happen to be women.
WMC News & Features
September 01, 2011 | Catherine Epstein |
Health
Taking On Big Ag—Is Monsanto Useful?
Ira Wallace and other small organic farmers have banded together to challenge an mighty agricultural giant, arguing that Monsanto's patented transgenic seeds do not benefit society.
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August 29, 2011 | Emily Wilson |
Arts and culture
"Higher Ground"—Vera Farmiga Takes Control
Using what she has learned from colleagues, Vera Farmiga, Oscar nominee for "Up in the Air," directs and stars in a film that explores spirituality. Arts reporter Emily Wilson talks to her about the project.
WMC News & Features
Make History With Your Media Activism on Women's Equality Day
This is Women's Equality Day. What better way to celebrate, suggests author and WMC board member Gloria Feldt, than to launch your own campaign against sexism in the media.
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August 25, 2011 | Ellen Bravo |
Economy
Justice According to Jack Welch
A federal court dismissed charges of discrimination against Bloomberg L.P. last week. Here, the director of Family Values @ Work analyses the logic behind this blow struck against women trying to balance work and family life.
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Underemployment Has Rewired My Brain
A victim of long-term underemployment—although much better off than many others find themselves in this economy—the author discovers that her "free" time is far from liberating.
WMC News & Features
August 18, 2011 | Elayne Clift |
Sports
Finishing Strong—Older Women Athletes Show the Way
Last week Diana Nyad attempted to swim from Cuba to the United States, a feat she first undertook 33 years ago while in her 20s. Elayne Clift celebrates her prowess and that of her sportswomen peers.
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"Gloria: In Her Own Words"—Notes from a Young Feminist
Our twenty-something commentator appreciates the HBO documentary, but also wishes for a deeper treatment of WMC Cofounder Gloria Steinem's philosophy and activism.
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August 11, 2011 | Suzanne Braun Levine |
Enough Mystiques to Go Around—And This One Is Masculine
The author, a nationally recognized authority on the choices women make as they age, analyses a new study that tracks an unrealistic and stressful standard of perfection for men.
WMC News & Features
August 08, 2011 | Courtney Young |
Economy
The Wealth Gap—Race Defines It, But So Does Gender
Much has been reported on the staggering racial wealth gap in the United States, but what are the particular implications for women of color?
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August 01, 2011 | Dr. Sharon B. Ufberg |
Health
Antidepressants and Breast, Ovarian Cancer Link Suggested
Authored by Lisa Cosgrove of the Harvard Center for Ethics, a recent statistical analysis of studies assessing the relationship between breast and ovarian cancer and antidepressant drug use finds possible link.
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July 26, 2011 | Elayne Clift |
Arts and culture
Graffiti—Women Artists Make Their Mark
With Banksy's documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop" nominated for a 2010 Oscar and recent reports in the New York Times, street art is in the news. Elayne Clift explores the perspective of women graffiti artists.
WMC News & Features
July 22, 2011 | Debbie Hines |
Politics
Why Voter ID Laws Will Disenfranchise Women
The author alerts U.S. women that new regulations could block their vote in the 2012 election—over nine decades after women won the franchise.
WMC News & Features
July 18, 2011 | Kali Villarosa |
Sports
Why Soccer Matters
Fifteen year old Kali Villarosa writes about why she's inspired by the players and excited at the attention paid to her favorite sport.
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July 14, 2011 Politics
Missing Betty Ford
The author, editor of the WMC Exclusives, recalls a moment decades ago that encapsulates the power and purpose of the former First Lady, who died last week at the age of 93.
WMC News & Features
July 11, 2011 | Debbie Hines |
Violence against women
The DSK Case: Gender, Race, Class and Politics
Legal commentator Debbie Hines, formerly a prosecutor in cases of rape and sexual assault, calls on District Attorney Cyrus Vance to continue to pursue the case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn despite any difficulties.
WMC News & Features
July 06, 2011 | Ellen Bravo |
Paid Sick Days in Connecticut—It’s About Time!
Governor Dan Malloy announced Tuesday that he had signed legislation providing Connecticut employees with paid sick leave. Activist and author Ellen Bravo and State Senator Edith Prague explain why this is a landmark moment for women and their families.
WMC News & Features
June 28, 2011 | Marcia G. Yerman |
International
Yanar Mohammed—Iraqi Women's Vigilant Champion
The democratic spirit of the Arab Spring uprisings is alive and well in the determination of women protesters in Iraq, who are seeing their rights slip away under the current administration.
WMC News & Features
June 21, 2011 | Catherine Epstein |
Violence against women
Fairness for Defendants Who Survive Domestic Violence
New legislation is before the New York State legislature that would transform sentencing rules for those convicted of violent crimes against their abusers.
WMC News & Features
Tearing Down the Wealth of Women
The author, a doctoral candidate at CUNY Graduate Center whose research centers on gender and wealth, writes about the hit women are taking in mortgage foreclosures
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Peace Laureates Take On the War on Women
Members of the Nobel Women's Initiative are marshaling their collective wisdom and experience to tackle the challenge of ending rape as a weapon of war.
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June 08, 2011 | Patricia Sullivan |
Media
Jill Abramson—A Breakthrough at the NY Times, Decades in the Making
The women who launched the fight for women's advancement at the New York Times enjoy the moment.
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Many Roads to Their Truth—The Topp Twins
In what singer-songwriter Billy Bragg calls their "anarchist variety act," the Topp Twins expand their loyal following beyond New Zealand's borders.
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The Nation's Moral Bankruptcy Crisis
The country may be emerging slowly from fiscal crisis, but Elayne Clift writes that there is no end to moral bankruptcy in the United States.
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The Feminization of the College Degree?
College students are graduating this year with record debt, and women, who constitute most of the graduates, struggle for financial independence.