Low-wage workers who are pregnant often face discrimination on the job, even unlawful termination. Could a bipartisan legislative effort help change that?
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Marry Me in … Maryland?
PLEASE EMBED CAMPAIGN VIDEO! First in a series on the marriage ballot initiatives.
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Your money or your body: which matters more?
DRAFT It’s a ridiculous question. Stop dismissing “women’s” issues as frivolous distractions.
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What Would a Romney Presidency Mean for Women?
Meanwhile, don’t miss Michelle Goldberg’s recent reporting in the Daily Beast about what’s at stake for women around the world in the next election. The article starts with a Liberian version of my mom, albeit one who’s a bit more socially conservative: Gertrude Gorma Cole, a midwife in Liberia’s Bong County, is almost universally known […]
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Marriage Equality Is Probably Safe in New Hampshire
DRAFT!! The Republicans probably won’t repeal the popular marriage law.
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DRAFT 21st century slaves
Most of the news media attention to modern-day trafficking and slavery has been on sex trafficking: international sex slavery and tourism, which Nicholas Kristof has so diligently covered; sex trafficking into the U.S., in which women who hoped to work here legitimately were, instead, kept under armed guard and sold in massage parlors, strip clubs, […]
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Vaccinate Boys Against HPV, Too
Parents may resist the idea of protecting their children from a sexually-transmitted disease