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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 you a great opportunity to [...]
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.
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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 regular press conferences, write a daily newspaper [...]
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
begin at 7pm and [...]
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 High [...]
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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