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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Glendale News Press

  1. Two sets of rules in the city

    I spoke at City Council on March 12 and March 19 regarding the gender discrimination and ethnic bigotry that are alive and well in Glendale. Witness the council meeting of March 12, when council member Laura Friedman reported that a person appointed...

    Tags: Local Elections, Minority Groups

    2. May 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Marcelyn J. 'Marcy' Henrikson, 1934-2013

    Marcy Henrikson was a supporter of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and marched for women's rights in the 1970s. But she wasn't proud of her initial reaction 30 years ago when she learned her teenage daughter was lesbian, her family said. She...

    Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Minority Groups, Elgin, Crime, Law and Justice

    3. May 16, 2013 |Story| AP Michigan

  3. Segregated Battle Creek exhibit on display in June to show city's divisions

    BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — An exhibit coming to Battle Creek aims to show that when it comes to segregation, the city is similar to Detroit. The Battle Creek Enquirer reports ( http://bcene.ws/ZZ4dSd ) that the Women's Co-op is hosting "We Don't...
    4. May 15, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. Police in Missoula, Montana, agree to change handling of rape cases

    Reuters
    By Laura Zuckerman May 15 (Reuters) - Police in Missoula, Montana, have agreed to change the way they investigate sexual assault accusations under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice that follows a similar move by a local university,...

    Tags: Minority Groups, Assault, Sex Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System

    5. May 15, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Family values and the new economy

    My mother went into paid work soon after my father's clothing store was flooded out in a hurricane, almost wiping him out. She had no choice. We needed the money.
    My mother went into paid work soon after my father's clothing store was flooded out in a hurricane, almost wiping him out. She had no choice. We needed the money. This was some two decades before a tidal wave of wives and mothers went into paid work....

    Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Robert B. Reich

    6. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Doctoring in a family way

    Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options available to her: continuing the pregnancy and preparing to parent another child, offering the baby for adoption or having an abortion. She chose to continue with the pregnancy, and I worked with her over the following months as she struggled with the discomforts of pregnancy, excessive weight gain and the anxiety of having to raise two small children on her own.
    Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options...

    Tags: Social Issues, Social Sciences, Family Planning, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Physical Fitness and Exercise

    7. May 14, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  7. Robin Abcarian: Ongoing Arnold-Maria saga entering new chapters

    Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, California's most, ah, colorful former first couple, were back in the news last week. Using his own life as an example of the American Dream, Schwarzenegger argued for immigration reform during a panel...

    Tags: Special Olympics, Politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Government, The Last Stand (movie)

    8. May 7, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  8. 'Tea by the Sea' benefits women's group

    Severe storms and a heavy downpour did not dampen the big hats seen at this year's YWCA annual tea. "Tea by the Sea" was staged in Malcolm's at the Omphoy Hotel. Large bouquets of bright-colored Gerber daisies, antique teacups and saucers adorned the...

    Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, AFLAC Inc., Palm Beach County

    9. May 11, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Justice Ginsburg: Roe v. Wade not 'woman-centered'

    Forty years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade case legalized abortion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the case is not her "ideal picture" for resolving the controversial issue of abortion.
    Tribune reporter
    Forty years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade case legalized abortion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the case is not her "ideal picture" for resolving the controversial issue of abortion. Instead, the landmark decision gave...

    Tags: Social Issues, Laws, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice

    10. May 11, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  10. Senior US, Afghan diplomats meet in Kabul to tackle details of 2012 security pact

    Associated Press
    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Senior American and Afghan officials held talks Saturday to try to iron out the details of a key pact signed a year ago that defines the future of the United States' commitment to Afghanistan. The Strategic Partnership...

    Tags: Taliban, Politics, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Elections

    11. May 10, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  11. Feminists oppose Berlin's Barbie Dreamhouse

    The opening this month of the first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse in Europe may be the fantasy of many a little girl, but Berlin feminists are mobilising against what they call a sexist icon. With her ironed-straight blond tresses, doe-like baby blue...

    Tags: Barbie (fictional character), Berlin (Germany), Marketing, Services and Shopping, Toys

    12. May 13, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Filmmakers to ask women, 'What ... if you weren't afraid?'

    There's a new energy in the women's empowerment movement, experts say, one that focuses on issues far beyond suffrage or equal pay. Women today are asserting that they can have it all: The career, the family and the dreams.
    There's a new energy in the women's empowerment movement, experts say, one that focuses on issues far beyond suffrage or equal pay. Women today are asserting that they can have it all: The career, the family and the dreams. Two Chicago filmmakers are...

    Tags: Sundance Film Festival, Kickstarter, Danica Patrick

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