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WMC News & Features
March 26, 2013 | Holly Kearl | Politics, Violence against women
Verdict Is In on Sexual Assault in the Military
Survivors and advocates insist on the need for a system of reporting and trying sexual assault cases independent of the chain of command, writes the author, an expert on gender-based violence.
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March 22, 2013 | Agunda Okeyo | Arts and culture, Economy, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
"My Brooklyn"—Prejudice, Policy and Gentrification
In discussing two women who document a culturally and commercially vibrant community at risk, the author explores the racist policy and politics behind the onslaught of gentrification.
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March 18, 2013 | Mary C. Curtis | LGBTQIA, Media, Politics, Sports, Violence against women
The Case for Empathy—Open Hearts May Open Minds
Expand the circle of empathy in public life, urges multimedia journalist Mary C. Curtis.
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March 11, 2013 | Kristal Brent Zook | International, Media, Politics, Violence against women
Futures Without Violence
A UN Commission on the Status of Women Event Highlights Groups Acting to End Violence Against Women Around the World.
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February 28, 2013 | Robin Morgan | International, Media, Politics, Violence against women
Witch Burnings in Papua New Guinea—in 2013!
First delivered on "Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan," this "Fighting Words" commentary demands action in response to a horrifying news story reported by journalist Jo Chandler.
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February 19, 2013 | Ashwini Tambe | Feminism, Politics
Nepotism Is Not Feminism
The author, editorial director of Feminist Studies, takes issue with the language the president used in last week's State of the Union address.
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February 15, 2013 | Mary Ann Swissler | Girls, International, Politics, Violence against women
Human Trafficking Bill Resurrected in Congress
This week the Senate took care of the unfinished business of reauthorizing legislation to combat the crime of trafficking, including services for domestic victims. Now it's up to the House.
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February 13, 2013 | Agunda Okeyo | International, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
The Pot Calling the Kettle…
The author goes beneath the Western stereotypes of African politics to explain what's at stake for women and all citizens in the upcoming elections in Kenya.
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February 11, 2013 | Robin Morgan | Economy, Environment, Feminism, International, Politics, Violence against women
Dr. Vandana Shiva—The New Delhi Rape and Globalization
Dr. Vandana Shiva, economist, environmentalist, and feminist, spoke of the public outcry in India and how the devaluing of women in a global economy set the stage for the New Delhi rape. Adapted from a conversation broadcast last month on Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan.
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February 07, 2013 | Nichola Gutgold | Media, Politics
Hillary Clinton's Future—Full of Possibilities
The author, who has closely followed Hillary Clinton's career, writes that pundits are posing the wrong question about Clinton's future.
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January 28, 2013 | Mary C. Curtis | Feminism, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Religion
Myrlie Evers-Williams—Making Her Own History
The inauguration moment that most moved the author, multimedia journalist Mary C. Curtis, came early in the ceremony.
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January 22, 2013 | Debbie Hines | Economy, Health, Immigration, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
Maryland Women's Agenda for Obama's Second Term
The author checks in with state legislators from the Maryland Women's Caucus to see what they expect from President Barack Obama in his second term.
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January 14, 2013 | Ellen Sweet | Health, Politics, Religion
Abortion Services: A Family Doctor's Perspective
Approaching the 40th anniversary of the decision that legalized abortion, Dr. Linda Prine describes its provision as part of a continuum of care.
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January 04, 2013 | Mary Ann Swissler | Immigration, LGBTQIA, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
Violence Against Women—Unfinished Business
The new Congress will have to undo the damage caused by GOP House members who blocked reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act—legislation that until now had earned broad bipartisan support.
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December 19, 2012 | Robin Morgan | Education, Girls, Media, Politics, Violence against women
The Longest, Darkest Night of the Year
This commentary on gun violence will be featured on Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan on Saturday, December 22, at 11 AM ET on CBS radio 1580 in the Washington, D.C., area and streaming from WMCLive.com.
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December 17, 2012 | Mary C. Curtis | International, Media, Politics
On Susan Rice and How a Non-candidate Is Treated
Amid premature political attacks that were under-analyzed by the media, Susan Rice's actual record as a public servant was ignored. Did she ever have a chance? asks multimedia journalist Mary C. Curtis.
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December 14, 2012 | Hayley Day | Arts and culture, Economy, Health, Politics
Underpaid by Law – A Waitress's Story
The author, who struggles to pay her bills serving tables while launching her career as a journalist, describes the day to day results of the federally mandated subminimum wage.
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December 10, 2012 | Jennifer Mattson | International, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
A Woman’s Place is in the ... State Department
The GOP is taking aim against the nomination of Susan Rice to head the State Department. Will the nation retreat from the precedent of women in this key post—for no good reason?
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December 07, 2012 | Susan Feiner | Economy, Politics
The Parable of Bedrock's Fiscal Cliff
If Wilma can teach Fred Debtstone that Bedrock’s national deficit is nothing to fear, could there be hope for the U.S. Congress?
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December 04, 2012 | Michelle Tolson | International, Media, Politics
A Human Rights Politician in the ‘Kingdom of Wonder’
Journalist Michelle Tolson took the occasion of President Obama's visit to the Southeast Asian summit last month to speak to a stalwart member of the opposition party in Cambodia, Mu Sochua.
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November 29, 2012 | Lys Anzia | International, Politics, Violence against women
Living in the Path of Drones
Pakistani women and U.S. peace actives agree: U.S. military drone strikes must stop, writes Lys Anzia of WNN - Women News Network.
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November 20, 2012 | Marianne Schnall | Arts and culture, International, Media, Politics
WMC Award Winners Assess Media Progress
Last week's awards ceremony in New York City celebrated women making a difference in the media. Marianne Schnall asked award winners how they achieved personal success and what it would take to improve women's overall status.
WMC News & Features
November 17, 2012 | Robin Morgan | Media, Politics
Behind the Headlines—Sharing the Spotlight with David Petraeus
The judgment of the media falls unevenly on the primary players in the soap opera that has engulfed the nation, as a WMC co-founder explains in this commentary broadcast earlier today on Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan.
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November 05, 2012 | KC Cole | Economy, Politics, Race/Ethnicity
Default Assumptions—The Science Behind the Bias
Unless we actively resist, unconscious bias can influence important decisions—especially those made in the voting booth, as science writer KC Cole explains.
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November 03, 2012 | Robin Morgan | Environment, Feminism, Politics
Letters from Ground Zero IV
Robin Morgan asks us to avert the "far bigger storm than Sandy looming" by going to the polls Tuesday—in this commentary delivered today on her radio talk-show, "Women's Media Center Live."

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