WMC News Brief: Roxana Saberi, National Day of Action, Arlen Spector
April 29, 2009
What's Next For Iranian-American Journalist Roxana Saberi?
4/28/09
Radio Free Europe: Iranian politics are opaque and complicated and it's often difficult to predict future political developments. The same can be said of Roxana Saberi's case.
Civilian Trial Begins For Ex-Iraq Soldier
4/29/09
Time: In a trial that opened Monday, Steven Green, a former Private First Class from the 101st Airborne Division, stands accused of crimes committed there, one the worst atrocities believed to be carried out by U.S. forces during the war.
NICARAGUA: Literacy Campaign Changing Women's Lives
4/27/09
IPS: Lorena Castillo was 10 years old when she was told that her lot in life was to become a good homemaker and a devoted wife and mother. But she would learn none of that at school, her father said when she asked to be allowed to go with her brothers to the school in her rural Nicaraguan village.
4/28/09
Salon: I love the smell of napalm in the morning. And so does the Washington Post, which lit up the beginning of this work week with an Op-Ed by University of Texas at Austin sociology professor Mark Regnerus headlined "Say Yes. What Are You Waiting For?
Child Porn Websites Fall But More Work Needed
4/28/09
Reuters: Websites displaying child pornography fell by almost 10 percent in 2008, but most of those images were still being peddled by commercial sites, an Internet watchdog said on Wednesday.
Supreme Court Backs Government Regulation Of Fleeting Expletives
4/28/09
Broadcasting & Cable: In a close and narrow opinion, the Supreme Court has backed the government's power to regulate the broadcast of so-called "fleeting expletives" on live television.
Michelle Obama Honors Abolitionist
4/28/09
Boston Globe: For one of the few times as first lady, Michelle Obama today highlighted the history she is making, speaking of her own family's journey as she helped to unveil a statue of abolitionist Sojourner Truth -- the first black woman to be so honored at the Capitol.
Joe Biden Stands Up To Domestic Abuse
4/28/09
The Root: In Austin, TX Vice President Joe Biden toured the National Domestic Violence Hotline Center, surveying the complex that hosts the hotline and other programs designed to help women, especially those suffering from emotional and physical abuse, help themselves.
4/29/09
Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Huffington Post: Hundreds of thousands of people of all races, nationalities, and religions, from all walks of life, dish washers and doctors, seniors toddlers -- will be joining forces to march in cities across the United States on May 1st calling on the Obama Administration to end the cruel enforcement-only immigration policies of the Bush era and calling for passage of humane immigration reform this year.
Senate Confirms Sebelius As Health Secretary
4/29/09
NY Times: The Senate confirmed the nomination of Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of health and human services on Tuesday, allowing President Obama to fill the last vacancy in his cabinet with a seasoned politician who will take charge of the fight against swine flu.
We Didn't Have To Lose Arlen Specter
4/29/09
NY Times: It is true that being a Republican moderate sometimes feels like being a cast member of "Survivor" - you are presented with multiple challenges, and you often get the distinct feeling that you're no longer welcome in the tribe. But it is truly a dangerous signal that a Republican senator of nearly three decades no longer felt able to remain in the party.
My Exclusive Interview With Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
4/28/09
Marianne Schnall, Huffington Post: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor talks about her new interactive web site "Our Courts" and other timely topics
The Top 10 Women's Health Achievements In Obama's First 100 Days
4/29/09
Cecile Richards, Huffington Post: A quick look at the Top Ten great things President Obama has done for American women and families.
Manhattan District Attorney Candidate Leslie Crocker Snyder Urges Women Voters To Support Her
4/29/09
NY Daily News: Urging women to unite behind her, Manhattan district attorney contender Leslie Crocker Snyder bemoaned the "old boys' club" and accused women of failing to champion female political candidates.
Unions Put Paid Family Leave On The Table
4/29/09
Women's eNews: Unions that put family-friendly benefits at the heart of contract negotiations are boosting their case with productivity arguments. One group of janitors says they most want assistance managing their children's education. The second of two stories.
Wage Gap Study Arrives In Time For Equal Pay Day
4/28/09
Women's eNews: A state-by-state analysis of male and female earnings provides fresh fodder for today's Equal Pay Day. Among women with college degrees the widest wage gap was in Nevada. The widest wage gap overall was in Wyoming.
Is That Plate Speaking For The Driver Or The State?
4/27/09
NY Times: The Supreme Court has turned back at least four requests to hear cases concerning "Choose Life" license plates in recent years. But the volume of litigation on this question and the doctrinal free-for-all it has given rise to in the lower courts have convinced many legal scholars that the court must soon step in.
Women Who Keep Ovaries Live Longer
4/27/09
NY Times: Each year, hundreds of thousands of women who undergo hysterectomies have their ovaries removed along with their uterus, a practice meant to protect them from ovarian cancer. But a new study has found that women who keep their ovaries live longer.
From Crocodile Dung To The Nuvaring, Birth Control Is Nothing New
4/29/09
RH Reality Check: The history of fertility control reveals that it's a practice common to almost all times and places -- and dispels the myth that birth control is a selfish demand of the modern woman.
4/28/09
BUST: Interview with Amy Reeder Hadley, the artist on DC/Vertigo Comics' monthly book Madame Xanadu, one of the few titles in the line focused on a female lead character.
4/28/09
NY Observer: If Vogue is the high temple of fashion--Alexandra Kotur is its chief abbess.
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