College Feminisms
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Gingrich to gay man: Vote for Obama
When asked how he plans to engage the gay community in his bid for president, Newt Gingrich on Tuesday told a voter he wouldn’t be...
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Occupy Denver protesters disrupt vigil held to honor homeless who died in past year
After days of urging protesters to remove shanties from the Broadway sidewalk along Civic Center park, across the street from the site of Tuesday’s candlelight...
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U.S. Poverty: Census Finds Nearly Half Of Americans Are Poor Or Low-Income
Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans – nearly 1 in 2 – have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on...
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Arpaio investigation results to be released
The Justice Department began its civil-rights investigation of Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio in 2008 and publicly disclosed the probe in March 2009 after months of complaints alleging...
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Kim Jong-il, North Korean Leader, is Dead
Kim Jong-il, the reclusive North Korean leader who has been battling ill health following a reported stroke in 2008, has died, the North’s official news...
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Young, Black and Frisked by the N.Y.P.D. (Why Is the N.Y.P.D. After Me?)
Nicholas K. Peart, 23, knows all too well what it means to be simultaneously blotted by race and gender. He has been stopped and frisked by New York City...
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1 in 3 Women Affected by Partner's Violent Behavior
More than one in three women have experienced sexual assault, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime, according to a Centers...
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The New Full-Frontal: Has Pubic Hair in America Gone Extinct?
Carrie Bradshaw, Hugh Hefner, and Barbie have each contributed to this generation’s ideal woman, who is athletic, alluring, and waxed… So… What’s happening to America’s...
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Black women were hit hard with job losses in economic crisis
After the health-care company where Linda Evans worked relocated outside the Washington area, she spent two years searching for another job. But nothing panned out....
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Jerry Sandusky's wife says accusers are lying
In a statement released by her attorney, Dottie Sandusky claims her husband is innocent of sex abuse and the accusers are lying. I want to thank...
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H&M Chooses Cyborgs over Humans
The bodies of most of the models H&M features on its website are computer-generated and “completely virtual,” the company has admitted. H&M designs a body that can better display...
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The Case For Peeking Inside The Slaughterhouse
A new report from the National Research Council (an arm of the National Academy of Sciences) argues that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety...
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Women Are Aggressors in Household Violence Too
It’s not just boys and men who are aggressive, say Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett in “The Truth About Girls and Boys.” But in...
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Some Combat Dogs Suffer Post-Traumatic Stress, Too
The United States military has long used canines to assist in times of war. Dogs help troops sniff out bombs, clear buildings and locate enemy...
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Video: 16 year old Jane Schmidt and another unnamed student asks Michele Bachmann about LGBT rights and bullying
“All of us as Americans have the same rights, we have the same civil rights,” Bachmann told Jane Schmidt, 16, who identified herself as a...
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HHS’s birth-control rules intrude on Catholic values
Catholic University President John Garvey wrote in The Washington Post that new federal regulations requiring employers to provide no-cost prescription birth control as part of their health...
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Violence Against Women Is a Global Pandemic
By Soraya Chemaly, TFW special correspondent, feminist satirist and media critic Violence against women is a global pandemic? Like H1N1? Like in Contagion? No way. Think of...
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HEALTH DESK: World AIDS Day 2011: Getting To Zero
By Elizabeth McSpiritt, MD, MPH Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, a day dedicated to bring awareness to those who have died from the disease and...