For the most systemically compromising and expensive breaches of corporate ethics, it has been women who have fought against the barrier of male nonsense to shine a light.
Natale Zimmer | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics
Age discrimination in the form of age rating, the practice of allowing private insurers to charge people higher premiums solely based on age, is wrong. And Congress is buying the false argument.
Rosalyn Hoffman | Posted 12.17.2009 | Style
We have loads of little secrets -- most of which we will never share. But today we've decided to disclose one. Even though it may be a black mark on our reputation as normal bitches who like to self-medicate.
Ashley B. Carson | Posted 12.17.2009 | Impact
If Social Security were a private company, its shareholders would be very pleased, as it ran a surplus of $180 billion last year and accumulated a reserve of $2.4 trillion. This is the only government program to run a surplus.
Frances Beinecke | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green
With the international climate talks drawing representatives from 192 nations and attracting more than 110 world leaders, there are a lot of impressive people gathering in Copenhagen.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 12.16.2009 | Entertainment
On receiving her lifetime achievement award at the Women in Film and Television Awards, Dame Helen Mirren paused to comment on sexism in the film industry.
Tim Berry | Posted 12.16.2009 | Technology
On the Internet, the world of George Eliot and George Sand, women novelists with men's pen names, is still around.
Rosalyn Hoffman | Posted 12.15.2009 | Style
Being on a budget isn't about chaste saving. It's all about impulse control and editing. Skipping the last minute mediocre dinners out in order to save for a fabulous feast.
Laura Stepp | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living
In a nationally representative survey of 18-29-year-olds, men were as likely as women to say that if circumstances allowed it, they would love to have a baby right now. We're not talking small numbers here.
AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 12.15.2009 | Home
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Doctors at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in this quiet, bucolic town tucked between coal country and the nation's cap...
Halle Tecco | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living
For millions of women in the developing world, menstruation is a nightmare. With a dearth of feminine product options, women turn to rags, mud, and even tree bark to physically conceal the situation.
Ritu Sharma | Posted 12.14.2009 | World
Despite so much hard work, Betilde remains one of the billion people in the world struggling to survive on less than a dollar a day. The majority of the bottom billion, about 829 million, are women.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 12.13.2009 | Living
My friend broke up with her first serious boyfriend about a year ago. She still spends most of her time with him and his family but they all take advantage of her. Is there something that can help her see what's going on?
The Guardian | Sarah Crown | Posted 12.11.2009 | Books
Given that 2009 looks set to live in literary memory as the year that brought us Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol", Jordan: "Pushed to the Limit" and "Pri...
Rahim Kanani | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics
In accepting the Nobel, Obama must spearhead a bold and unprecedented initiative aimed at one of the most pervasive human rights violations of the 21st century: violence against women and girls worldwide.
Stacey Radin | Posted 12.11.2009 | Living
Girls and women are repeatedly told that they have so many opportunities that did not exist decades ago. Girls can now engage in competitive sports, run their own companies, and aspire to be a CEO.
Susan Kim | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living
Thanks in large part to a decade of nearly nonexistent enforcement, tens of millions of men, women and children now routinely drink, bathe in and cook with tap water laced with illegal levels of contaminants.
Leslie Goldman | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics
More than one in every three women will have had an abortion by the age 45. If the Stupak amendment becomes law, it one day may not even be our choice to pay for an abortion with our own insurance.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 12.09.2009 | Living
There is no pain greater than the loss of a child. Parents who have suffered such a tragedy say that they never get over it; at best, they get through...
Michelle Renee | Posted 12.08.2009 | Living
I hadn't been grabbed around the waist and kissed like that in so long I could hardly remember what warm sensual lips felt like on mine. I loved every second of it, but still something inside of me rang.
Amy Siskind | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics
To all of you who assume that the Democrats are the savior of women's rights or even of the right to choice, think again.
John McDougall, M.D. | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living
Dr. Otis Brawley of the ACS voiced strong support for annual mammography for women 40 and above in an Op-Ed piece published November 20, 2009 -- a position that contradicts previous statements.
Ellen Malcolm | Posted 12.07.2009 | Politics
This historic health care plan designed to improve Americans' lives and make them healthier and safer could, for women facing an unintended or dangerous pregnancy, deny them access to the care they need.
usatoday.com | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living
Breast-feeding may offer mothers long-term protection against a condition linked to diabetes and heart disease, researchers report today....
Michele Willens | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living
I was at a friend's 60th birthday party recently and noticed that, far from impaling herself with the cake knife, she was beaming. She hasn't looked this fit in years, and is writing her second book.
Nomi Prins | Posted 12.18.2009 | Business