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Next Entries »On Voting Rights, Test of History v. Progress – NYTimes.com
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009By ADAM LIPTAK Published: April 27, 2009 WASHINGTON — Ellen D. Katz is a liberal law professor and a big fan of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which she calls the most effective civil rights legislation in American history. “It’s sacred,” she said. “It’s holy.” But Professor Katz is torn about what the Supreme [...]
Next-Generation Jobs Program for Summer 2009
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009Thanks to Rep. Jeanette Mott-Oxford for alerting me to this opportunity: This summer, hospitals have a great opportunity to put young people to work and provide them with exposure to future health care careers. The Next-Generation Jobs program announced by Gov. Jay Nixon last week, matches motivated young people with interested employers. This program offers [...]
Republicans under fire for votes on grocery tax bill
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Why do some people have such a hard time putting themselves in other people’s shoes? Hard times call for hard choices and it’s not like the grocery tax monies would be lost – they are asking to raise the income taxes of more affluent taxpayers. Oh wait – now I understand… class wars, game on. [...]
Women’s History Month Quiz
Thursday, March 26th, 2009via Feministing: 1. In 2009, women make up what percent of the U.S. Congress? A. 3% B. 17% C. 33% D. 50% 2. How many CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are female? A. 12 B. 28 C. 59 D. 84 3. Who was the first First Lady to create her own media presence (ie hold [...]
Wash U sponsors African Film Festival
Monday, March 23rd, 2009Washington University’s fourth annual African Film Festival will begin Thursday, March 26 and run through Sunday, March 29 at Brown Hall, Room 100 ( School of Social Work ). There are an intriguing and diverse selection of films this year that will touch on gender, migration and immigration, identity, and relationships. Each night’s screening will [...]
Supporters march to save public schools
Monday, March 9th, 2009Michael Allen describes the Saturday march to save public schools at his blog Ecology of Absence ST. LOUIS, Mo. – One hundred public school supporters held a Save Our Schools Rally at Shepard Elementary School at 3405 Wisconsin this morning to show support for keeping the school open. They then marched to Monroe Elementary, Carnahan [...]
CQ Politics | Political Gender Bias Remains Alive and Well
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009When she was running for president, Hillary Rodham Clinton would recount the story of how a 90-year-old female supporter once shook her hand at a rally. The woman explained that she had been born before all women won the right to vote in 1920, and now she could shake the hand of a woman who [...]
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