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Recession Pushes Health Care System from Bad to Worse
by Michelle Chen on September 17 2010, 3:14PM
Maybe with another few hundred thousand newly uninsured people next year, Washington will finally figure out that ignoring the pain won’t make it go away.
Raising Taxes on Poor Moms while Giving the Rich a Break
by Michelle Chen on September 17 2010, 10:00AM
While much of the media has focused on the debate over extending Bush-era tax cuts for the rich, some other tax relief for the less-than-wealthy hardly gets a second glance.
How to Keep Immigrant Moms and Babies from Going Hungry
by Michelle Chen on September 17 2010, 10:00AM
A bright idea: government programs that reach out to immigrant parents, rather than alienating them, can keep kids from going hungry.
Topics: Immigration, On Gender
Poll Shows Americans Accepting LGBT Families
by Michelle Chen on September 16 2010, 9:30AM
Evolving public opinion reveals that more Americans count unmarried and LGBT couples in their definition of family.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, On Gender
Asian Long-Term Unemployment Ticks Up in California
by Michelle Chen on September 15 2010, 9:30AM
In California, Asian Americans may suffer relatively low rates of unemployment, but a surprising number of them tend to stay stuck in that hole for a long time.
Middle Schools Are Disciplining Kids by Throwing Them Away
by Michelle Chen on September 14 2010, 10:35AM
School suspension rates are climbing, particularly among black girls.
Topics: On Gender, Schools & Youth
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
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
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