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LGBT Couples Seek Inclusion in Immigration Reform
by Michelle Chen on September 14 2010, 9:30AM
In the fractured patchwork of policies governing same-sex marriage, federal restrictions could overlap painfully for transnational LGBT couples.
Topics: Immigration, On Gender
Park 51 Debate Opens Space for Muslim Women’s Voices
by Michelle Chen on September 13 2010, 9:30AM
While activists strive to humanize Muslim Americans in an ignorant media world, Muslim women are carving out new spaces for representation.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Media, On Gender
Liberty Trumped Institution in Both DADT and Prop 8 Rulings
by Michelle Chen on September 11 2010, 10:23AM
But Congress rather than the courts are the likely final battleground for gay civil rights.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, On Gender
Clock Ticks on Stopping Abortion Ban in Insurance Pools
by Michelle Chen on September 10 2010, 10:50AM
The administration is poised to impose an unprecedented abortion restriction on some of the sickest uninsured women in the country.
Topics: Obama Abortion Ban, On Gender
Is Arizona Targeting Teachers through Unfair English Standards?
by Michelle Chen on September 9 2010, 10:03AM
The Justice Department’s taking the state’s “English only” policy to court.
Topics: Politics, Schools & Youth
Older Workers of Color Slip Into Economic Insecurity
by Michelle Chen on September 9 2010, 9:27AM
In an increasingly harsh economy, social security after retirement could be all that many seniors have to look forward to.
On the Way Out, Washington Tramples on Iraqi Women
by Michelle Chen on September 8 2010, 10:00AM
Iraqi women are left holding up half the sky in the midst of a ravaged political and economic landscape.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Global Affairs, On Gender
Immigrant Families Face Child Welfare and Deportation
by Michelle Chen on September 8 2010, 9:30AM
Harsher enforcement is tearing families apart.
Topics: Immigration, On Gender, Schools & Youth
Is Obama’s “Historic” Tribal Justice Reform Enough?
by Michelle Chen on September 8 2010, 9:15AM
A watershed law to improve criminal justice systems in Indian Country could help deal with violence against women, but deeper changes are needed.
Topics: Criminal Justice, On Gender
State Lawmakers Harden the Colorline in Reproductive Health
by Michelle Chen on September 7 2010, 9:30AM
Slowly but steadily, state lawmakers have worked to limit women’s reproductive freedom in the past legislative session.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Health, On Gender
Insured or Not, Women and Children’s Health Shortchanged
by Michelle Chen on September 3 2010, 9:10AM
The escalation of insurance costs is old news by now, but in light of the recession, the pattern doesn’t augur well for a half-baked reform plan.
Wielding ‘Gender Card,’ Women’s Groups Campaign Against ‘Political Sexism’
by Michelle Chen on September 2 2010, 4:08PM
Few would doubt that racism and sexism are handled differently in politics and the media, but how, exactly?
Cancer Screening for Poor Women Threatened in Calif. Budget Battle
by Michelle Chen on September 2 2010, 9:30AM
Desperate to balance the budget, California is finding fat to trim in some interesting places… like the local mammogram center.
NY Domestic Workers Celebrate Historic Labor Win
by Michelle Chen on September 1 2010, 11:04AM
It’s official: Gov. Paterson signed into law yesterday new rights for New York State’s domestic workers yesterday. Their movement may be a national model for reform.
Native Foster Care Placements up Sharply in North Dakota
by Michelle Chen on September 1 2010, 9:10AM
A recent surge in foster care placements of Native American children in South Dakota may reflect the economic hard times—or evoke a bleak legacy of segregation.
Topics: On Gender, Schools & Youth
Job Creation Under TANF Emergency Fund Threatened in Welfare Budget
by Michelle Chen on August 31 2010, 4:02PM
A unique welfare program is creating a surprising number of new paychecks, but it may soon fade away without renewed support from Congress.
Military Women’s Reproductive Rights Under Seige
by Michelle Chen on August 30 2010, 4:00PM
The Pentagon has long kept service women under the grip of draconian restrictions on abortion services.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, On Gender
Housing Crisis Lingers in Post-Katrina New Orleans
by Michelle Chen on August 30 2010, 9:10AM
While New Orleans hobbles toward recovery after Hurricane Katrina’s punishing blows, a deep affordable housing crisis continues to hold back impoverished mothers:
ACLU Confronts Denver Prison’s Abusive Strip Searches
by Michelle Chen on August 27 2010, 9:16AM
Allegations of abusive strip searches at a prison reflect the perverse power imbalance inherent in the system.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Gender & Sexuality, On Gender
Looking Back, and Forward, on Women’s Equality Day
by Michelle Chen on August 26 2010, 4:05PM
Women’s Equality Day is a commemoration of history—the 90th anniversary of the victory of women’s suffrage—as well as a marker of the incomplete struggle for equal rights.
Topics: On Gender
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