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Sewell Turns Alabama House Race Into a Dead HeatTerri Sewell, a political novice, is vying with Shelia Smoot to be the first African American woman to represent Alabama in the U.S. House of Reps |
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Here's Why We Cherish the Memory of Dorothy HeightThe late Dorothy I. Height insisted on African American women speaking their own minds... |
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Spelman's Winning Robotics Team De-Programs BiasThe SpelBots aren't a band, they're a robotics team from Spelman College in Atlanta. They are breaking down stereotypes wherever they go! |
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Small Movies Flower Before Late-June 'Eclipse'The movie lineup in early June shines with little gems, but beware the sticky and sentimental teen-vampire fantasy "Eclipse" late in the month |
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Girls' Math Classes Include Lessons in AnxietyGirls are no worse than boys at mathematics. But stereotypes, some coming from teachers, keep alive the myth that women and numbers don't mix |
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Small Movies Flower Before Late-June 'Eclipse'The movie lineup in early June shines with little gems, but beware the sticky and sentimental teen-vampire fantasy "Eclipse" late in the month |
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Two Female Priests Buried as Church OutsidersFemale Catholic priests, deemed excommunicate by Rome, buried two of their own this month, neither one in a Catholic cemetery |
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Angola's Mendes Urges Making Wife-Beating a CrimeSusana Mendes is making a personal effort to pass a bill to treat domestic violence, for the first time, as a crime |
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Mother's Helpers Hidden Inside Health ReformThree provisions in health reform give mothers some needed help. There's money to fight postpartum depression and to bring nurses to new moms |
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Kagan's Star May Dim as Voters Reject IncumbentsMid-term elections got off to a volatile start this week. That could change the political calculus surrounding Elena Kagan's High Court nomination |
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Haitian Women Regroup, RebuildHaitian women's rights activists are still living in tents and cars, and mourning the loss of leaders from the earthquake. They are also organizing |
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TV Soap Dramatizes Islam's Cultural Clashes"El Clon" is a tele-drama about a young woman's effort to span her cultural and personal identities across modern and traditional Muslim societies |
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African Women Win Promise of U.S. ProtectionObama earlier this week signed the most widely co-sponsored Africa-specific law in U.S. history. Supporters hope it will defend women in Africa |
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Syrian Women Reflect on Rare Political VictorySarah Shourd filed this story before seized by Iranian forces, and with the assistance of her mother, reached out to Women's eNews to post the piece |
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Wal-Mart Plaintiffs Face Historic Class ChallengeOver a million current and former Wal-Mart female employees allege gender discrimination in a single lawsuit |
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Helen Thomas Coverage Skips the Underlying IssueIn all the brouhaha over Helen Thomas' comments on Israel, the media is missing the chance to offer a discussion of occupied Palestinian territories |
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Somali Keeps Her AIDS Secret Despite Wedding PlansA Somali woman faces an arranged wedding knowing she could infect her husband with HIV-AIDS |
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Kashmiri Breaks Ground in Golf-Course Turf CareWhen Nuzhat Gul says her work takes her on to male turf she means literal turf on golf courses |
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Triple-Neg Breast Cancer Stirs Screening DebateDoctors debate the screening implications of triple-negative breast cancer, a deadly form of cancer that is prevalent among women of West Africa |
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Threatened Teen Dares Mexico's Migrant TrainsA teenager is migrating alone from Honduras through Mexico, hoping to reach siblings in South Dakota. She feels threatened but carries on |