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When Everything Changed, by Gail Collins

Elaine Showalter | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

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Elaine Showalter

Collins uses her great sense of revealing anecdotes, engaging personalities, representative case histories, resonant stories, and startling details to defamiliarize a decade we thought we remembered.

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Could Michael Moore Know Why Women Are Unhappy?

Kamala Lopez | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

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Kamala Lopez

Simply put -- are women, should women be equal or not? Not implicitly equal. Not equal in New York state but not so much in Georgia. Not equal in every area as compared to men. Just equal, plain and simple?

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Did the Inglorious N.O.P. Bust a Cap in Health Care Reform?

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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Kimberly Krautter

From a branding perspective, is this really how the Republican Party wants to be defined? Hate speech -- true hate speech -- should never be tolerated in any form.

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Throwing Stones at Afghanistan's Marital Rape Law

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.20.2009 | World

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Philip N. Cohen

It is surprising that the marital rape aspect of Afghanistan's law is what generates the most outrage here, because that aspect of the law is most similar to our conditions.

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Falling Short of Full Constitutional Protection for Gays in Iowa

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

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Emma Ruby-Sachs

In upholding gay marriage, the Iowan Court made a number of choices. Some of these were as progressive as the California Supreme Court's In re Marriage Casesruling and some were not.

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The Democratic Convention...and a Front Seat to Women's Issues

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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Marcia G. Yerman

Hillary Clinton didn't clinch the nomination, yet her impact on the process has been indisputable. There is a great deal for women to celebrate.

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