Posts by Kathy Groob
Women in America: Women Still Poorer, Despite Massive Strides
Huffington Post – Despite massive strides, women still lag behind in America. Women have caught up in education and employment but still earn significantly less than men, and are more likely to live in poverty, according to a White House report released on Tuesday (scroll through for charts). Using publicly available figures culled from several…
Read MoreKeyBank Donations to Supreme Court Since Appeals Verdict
KeyBank Donations to Supreme Court Justices Since Appeals Verdict
Read MoreThe Politics of Mother’s Milk
Nancy Watzman, The Sunlight Foundation – You may have heard the old adage that “money is the mother’s milk of politics,” but money also has a lot to do with the politics of mother’s milk. Last week Rep. Michele Bachmann, R., Minn., criticized Michelle Obama for announcing that she would work to encourage breastfeeding as part of…
Read MoreOSCAR WATCH: On the big screen, 2010 was the year of the woman
USATODAY.com – Since the Oscars began, only eight best-picture nominees have been directed or co-directed by women. But since the field expanded to 10 films last year, this could be the second time (after The Hurt Locker and An Education) that two are in the race —The Kids Are All Right by Lisa Cholodenko and…
Read MorePOLITICO Exclusive: Ex-aide’s book paints harsh portrait of Sarah Palin
Politico-A new memoir from an embittered former aide to Sarah Palin includes a trove of emails that vividly illustrate her intense focus on image and depiction in the media. The emails, apparently from the former Alaska governor, portray Palin as nearly obsessed with her political adversaries and consumed with every slight, real or perceived. (See: POLITICO’s 2012…
Read MoreWhy we need women in the war zone
by Kim Barker for The New York Times -THOUSANDS of men blocked the road, surrounding the S.U.V. of the chief justice of Pakistan, a national hero for standing up to military rule. As a correspondent for The Chicago Tribune, I knew I couldn’t just watch from behind a car window. I had to get out…
Read MoreFemale Lawmakers Carry the Banner for Gun Control
By Sharon Johnson,WeNews senior correspondent Gun-control bills authored by Carolyn McCarthy and Barbara Boxer have been gaining co-sponsors in the aftermath of the shooting in Tucson, Ariz. Chicago’s Jan Schakowsky calls the congressional gender gap a major hurdle in limiting firearms. Republicans and conservative Democrats have ambushed bills limiting firearms since 1994, but two veteran…
Read MoreKentucky Celebrating Two Women in Statewide Office – at the Same Time
By Kathy Groob, Publisher While not exactly history making, it is big news that Kentucky has two women serving in statewide, constitutional, office at the same time. Thanks to an appointment by Governor Steve Beshear (D-Dawson Springs), former Bowling Green Mayor Elaine Walker assumed the office of Secretary of State on Saturday, January 29, 2011. …
Read MoreCongresswoman Jane Harman to Resign
Huffington Post –Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) is expected to announce on Tuesday that she will resign from her post in congress to serve as president and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson Center, NBC News reports. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports: Harman will succeed the current leader, former Rep. Lee Hamilton, who has led the bipartisan think tank…
Read MoreClimate friendly Superbowl
by my daughter, Meghan Groob Game On: Super Bowl XLV Promises to Be Most Climate Friendly Yet By Meghan Groob, Press Assistant, Alliance for Climate Protection Pardon the pun, but Super Bowl XLV is shaping up to be a touchdown for the planet. Thanks to efforts by the National Football League Environmental Program, this year’s game…
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