Feminomics: Breaking New Ground - Women and the New Deal
Looking back more than 70 years, we can see that the precedent for making sure that working women benefit from such federal programs as unemployment insurance came from the New Deal.
Looking back more than 70 years, we can see that the precedent for making sure that working women benefit from such federal programs as unemployment insurance came from the New Deal.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles
Los Angeles gets a bad rap. It's assailed for being shallow and rarely acknowledged for its good heart. But Los Angeles has a huge heart - at the center of which is pulsating non-stop activism.
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.24.2009 | Style
It's fascinating to see how presentation and palates have evolved over the years, and how historical context and presidential personality all influence this facet of American showmanship. The Kennedys tout the virtues of aspic, the Franklin Roosevelts scandalized the polite world with an entrée, and George Washington gave new meaning to the phrase "no frills."
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home
What difference could it possibly make whether Michelle Obama's approval rating plunged over 10 percent in the past couple of months, or that she even...
Nancy Ruhling | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York
There's no bookstore in the Ditmars section of Astoria. We don't need one. Harry puts the words out on the street -- his bookstand has been in the same spot for nearly a quarter century.
Jim Luce | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York
Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...
Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics
I re-acquainted myself with Eleanor Roosevelt last weekend when I received the Eleanor Roosevelt medal for public service at Val-Kill, her Hyde Park retreat.
Posted 10.09.2009 | World
The announcement that President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize has inspired a new wave of history-seekers to look into the prize. Who's won and who h...
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business
Anything Goes capitalism workers' lives, but it sure does work for the private equity firms. They made around $750 million in profits from the now-indebted and bankrupt Simmons.
Tom Alderman | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media
In this imaginative and fictional biography, Etta Place can shoot a gun as well as Annie Oakley, ride a horse like Buffalo Bill and rob banks with the skill of an experienced outlaw.
Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 08.04.2009 | Style
The first lady's garb is a great way to gauge what's hot for summer style. Michelle Obama often makes news with her warm-weather wear comprised of cap...
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
France enjoys the benefit of a National Health Program or 'assurance maladie.' Typically, social protection and health care work in combination and that is a concept widely accepted in Europe.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics
This letter speaks eloquently to an issue critical to the administration and the conduct of our society.
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 06.29.2009 | Style
When the Obamas ascended to the White House earlier this year, many Washingtonians breathed a sigh of relief: after serving a grim eight-year sentence...
nytimes.com | RACHEL L. SWARNS | Posted 06.28.2009 | Style
First ladies have long wrestled with what to say and how to say it. Grace Coolidge, the first to address the public by radio, kept her remarks brief b...
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.10.2009 | Style
Michelle Obama is apparently an excellent history student. Certainly she's learned from the example of other great figures from years past how to look wonderful without undue extravagance.
Dr. Brent Ridge | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living
The Obamas' garden is victoriously symbolic; gardening is about more than better health, safer foods, and environmental stewardship.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 03.28.2009 | Style
There were few powerful women in mid-19th century America who more vigorously pressed the case first for abolition and then for the education, housing, and welfare of freed African-American slaves than did Mrs. Lincoln.
Warren Holstein | Posted 03.10.2009 | Comedy
Hold on to your hats folks or at least your iPod earbuds, Martha Washington was actually a babe! Also, she avidly consumed Gothic romance novels. Me-ow!
Emily Main | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green
In honor of these wise women, we've compiled a list of some of the nation's former First Ladies (and grandmothers and mothers-in-law) and their contributions to a better planet.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
As memories of Inauguration Day 2009 begin to fade in and the new administration ensues, speculation will only increase about how politically influential Michelle Obama will be as First Lady.
Carol Felsenthal | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago
Now that Michelle Obama is in the White House, she has to be careful that Nancy Reagan is not the First Lady to whom she is compared.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics
Scanning Michelle Obama's post-election coverage makes it seem that the importance of being First Lady is about sleeveless dresses and puppy breeds. It isn't.
Pia Sawhney | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics
If Ms. Roosevelt was around today... would she have used the 60th anniversary of the UDHR the way gay activists have; and would she have endorsed a national boycott in solidarity with them?
Michael DeJong | Posted 01.10.2009 | Living
Living consciously and mindfully of the potential for cradle-to-cradle living and sustainability is empowering enough to make tiny but impactful different choices in our purchases.
David Woolner | Posted 12.16.2009 | Business