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Not in This Country!
If you chase and sexually assault a maid in a hotel in the United States you are going to jail. Read the CNN report here: New York (CNN) — The head of the International Monetary Fund was in court Monday to answer allegations that he chased a housekeeping employee down the hall of his swanky…
Read MoreRepresentative Ileana Ros-lehtinen Calls for Hearings on Peace Corps Rapes
Peace Corps fails to support rape victims – 1,000 women report being raped while in the Peace Corps New York Times – Jess Smochek arrived in Bangladesh in 2004 as a 23-year-old Peace Corps volunteer with dreams of teaching English and “helping the world.” She left six weeks later a rape victim after…
Read MoreAnn Curry to Replace Meredith Vieira on Today Show
Politico – The long-awaited shakeup of the “Today” show, expected last week but apparently delayed amidst the news of Osama bin Laden’s death, is now official: Meredith Vieira is leaving the show next month, and Ann Curry is replacing her as co-anchor. Nathalie Morales will step up be news anchor, and Savannah Guthrie is being…
Read MoreHillary Clinton: Justice Has Been Served
Today U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a press conference saying “justice has been served,” with respect to the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. From The Hill, Clinton, in brief remarks Monday morning at the State Department, cheered the end of a “campaign of terror and violence” initiated by bin Laden well…
Read MoreTake our daughters (and sons) to work day
Thursday, April 28th is the annual Take Our Daughters and Sons To Work Day. Started in 1993 by Marie Wilson at the MS Foundation, the program initially was designed to expose girls to career options to open doors for their futures. During the nearly two decades of taking girls to the workplace, the voice for…
Read MoreWomen Surpass Men In Advanced Degrees For First Time
Huffington Post — Census figures show women outnumber men for the first time when it comes to finishing college and holding advanced degrees. The findings released Tuesday come amid record shares of women in the workplace and a steady decline in stay-at-home mothers. Among adults 25 and older, 10.6 million in the U.S. who earned…
Read MoreIn a Life Filled With Firsts, One More – Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Become First Democratic National Committee Chairwoman
New York Times – Open lunchboxes are sprawled on the kitchen counter. Four dogs dart in and out. And three children rummage through backpacks. With the predawn bedlam at its height, the harried mother asks: Do you have your baseball glove? What do you want for a snack? How about the form I have to…
Read MoreWis. court challenger will seek statewide recount
MSNBC – MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Supreme Court challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg asked election officials Wednesday for a statewide recount in her flagging upset bid against Justice David Prosser, a race that marked yet another front in the fight over Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s polarizing union rights law. Final county tallies compiled last week showed Prosser held a…
Read MoreEmerge Wisconsin Takes Bold Steps to Address 2012 Election
In direct response to the ongoing divisive overreach of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his Republican rubber-stamp Legislature; Emerge Wisconsin has changed the dates of its 2012 training program in order to allow more women to run in 2012. “By moving up the program to 2011, this will allow Emerge graduates extra time to…
Read MoreArizona Governor Jan Brewer Vetoes Voter Birther Bill
Huffington Post — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill to require President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before their names can appear on the state’s ballot. The bill vetoed by Brewer on Monday would have made Arizona the first state to pass such a requirement. According to…
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