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Posted at 11:50 AM ET, 07/02/2012

Supreme Court ruling on health care a big win for mentally ill kids

By Rahiel Tesfamariam

While doing juvenile justice work in Anacostia, I’ve often come across children with untreated mental illness and substance abuse issues.

By Rahiel Tesfamariam | 11:50 AM ET, 07/02/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Supreme Court, ACA, Affordable Care Act, juvenile justice, mental illness

Posted at 05:22 PM ET, 06/29/2012

Katie and Tom, Rielle and John: A week of break-ups

By Suzi Parker

People magazine broke the news Friday that Katie Holmes has filed for divorce from Tom Cruise in New York. The quips soon spun.

By Suzi Parker | 05:22 PM ET, 06/29/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Rielle Hunter, John Edwards, Nicole Kidman, Mimi Rogers, Hollywood, marriage

Posted at 03:46 PM ET, 06/29/2012

John Roberts: The Left's New Crush

By Suzi Parker

By Suzi Parker | 03:46 PM ET, 06/29/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: John Roberts, Supreme Court, George W. Bush, memes, social media, Obamacare, Captain America

Posted at 04:44 AM ET, 06/29/2012

No magic pill

By Diana Reese

Two-thirds of Americans are fighting the battle of the bulge, and they want help, whether it's the latest diet craze, inspiration from a TV show or a "magic" pill taken twice a day.

By Diana Reese | 04:44 AM ET, 06/29/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: fat, overweight, obese, weight loss, pill, weight-loss pill, Belviq, fen-phen, ephedra, Meredia, diabetes, Arena Pharmaceuticals, diet, biggest loser

Posted at 02:44 PM ET, 06/28/2012

After Supreme Court’s ruling, Obama touts the Affordable Care Act’s benefits for women

By Sandra Fish

Everyone isn’t pleased by a health care act that ends gender-based pricing and covers birth control and more.

By Sandra Fish | 02:44 PM ET, 06/28/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: President Barack Obama, health care reform, Supreme Court, Election 2012, women, insurance

Posted at 10:38 PM ET, 06/27/2012

New York's Wendy Long Faces Kirsten Gillibrand in Two-Woman Senate Contest

By Suzi Parker

By Suzi Parker | 10:38 PM ET, 06/27/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Wendy Long, Kirsten Gillibrand, Hillary Clinton, Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina, women, 2012, New York

Posted at 01:39 PM ET, 06/27/2012

Workplace needs change as kids age

By Lori Stahl

The view from the top of the career ladder looks different to Anne-Marie Slaughter than it does to Sheryl Sandberg.

By Lori Stahl | 01:39 PM ET, 06/27/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Sheryl Sandberg, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Atlantic Monthly

Posted at 01:35 PM ET, 06/27/2012

Teresa Sullivan's road at U-Va. won't get any easier

By Sandra Fish

Teresa Sullivan and her University of Virginia governing board have made up, but the struggles of public universities aren’t going away.

By Sandra Fish | 01:35 PM ET, 06/27/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Teresa Sullivan, University of Virginia, University of Colorado

Posted at 11:19 PM ET, 06/26/2012

Rielle Hunter: ‘I’m not a mistress, I’m a mom’; women of ‘The View’ disagree

By Mary C. Curtis

By Mary C. Curtis | 11:19 PM ET, 06/26/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: rielle hunter, john edwards, the view, barbara walters, whoopi goldberg, elisabeth hasselbeck, joy behar, ABC

Posted at 10:50 PM ET, 06/26/2012

Nora Ephron: A Writer's Writer

By Suzi Parker

By Suzi Parker | 10:50 PM ET, 06/26/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: writing, movies, Watergate, 1980s, Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 06/26/2012

Does Dottie Sandusky deserve a jail cell of her own?

By Melinda Henneberger

“People sometimes convince themselves they didn’t see what they saw,’’ hear what they heard, or know what they know. But should they escape all responsibility?

By Melinda Henneberger | 01:00 PM ET, 06/26/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Jerry Sandusky scandal, Jerry Sandusky trial, Dottie Sandusky, Matt Sandusky, Joe Amendola, child rape, child abuse

Posted at 09:17 PM ET, 06/25/2012

Your feminist mother lied: Nobody has it all

By Bonnie Goldstein

By Bonnie Goldstein | 09:17 PM ET, 06/25/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: feminism, work life balance, The Atlantic, Anne-Marie Slaughter

Posted at 06:35 PM ET, 06/25/2012

Venus Williams’s first-round loss: Don’t count her out of tennis yet

By Suzi Parker

Athletes like Williams are a lot like politicians. They are driven by hard work, ego and an eternal passion for winning.

By Suzi Parker | 06:35 PM ET, 06/25/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:45 PM ET, 06/25/2012

After Jerry Sandusky, let’s say the tough words out loud

By Mary C. Curtis

Americans can be so squeamish.

By Mary C. Curtis | 12:45 PM ET, 06/25/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Jerry Sandusky, child abuse, Penn State, Joe Paterno

Posted at 01:44 PM ET, 06/23/2012

As Title IX turns 40, women pay homage

By Annie Groer

Dozens of top-ranked female athletes and others came to D.C. this week to cheer the 1972 law.

By Annie Groer | 01:44 PM ET, 06/23/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 06:59 PM ET, 06/21/2012

Sandusky prosecutor gets in his face, defense urges jurors to be true to their school

By Melinda Henneberger

When the defendant’s wife Dottie approached him as the courtroom emptied, her eyes were red and filled with tears, and neither looked at the other.

By Melinda Henneberger | 06:59 PM ET, 06/21/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Sandusky trial, Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, Joe Paterno, Joseph McGettigan, Matt Sandusky, Dottie Sandusky

Posted at 01:36 PM ET, 06/20/2012

Life's not a Tripp, it's a journey

By Bonnie Goldstein

Dear Bristol: You deserve praise, but now there is something you need to do. Honey, bundle up your baby and get him off TV.

By Bonnie Goldstein | 01:36 PM ET, 06/20/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: bristol palin, sarah palin, lifetime, Tripp, Levi johnston

Posted at 01:36 PM ET, 06/20/2012

Is Laura Bush feminist enough for Alice Paul Award?

By Annie Groer

Critics are “stunned” by her selection

By Annie Groer | 01:36 PM ET, 06/20/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:32 AM ET, 06/20/2012

Mormonism good for the body as well as the soul?

By Karen Tumulty

SHE THE PEOPLE | Studies show Mormons who practice the church’s lifestyle tenets live longer.

By Karen Tumulty | 10:32 AM ET, 06/20/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:30 PM ET, 06/19/2012

Before there were “nuns on a bus,” there was Sister Corita Kent

By Melinda Henneberger

God was written all over her work, literally. Yet she wound up in trouble with a cardinal she called “Bishop Wrong.”

By Melinda Henneberger | 09:30 PM ET, 06/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Sister Corita Kent, Corita Kent, nuns on a bus, Catholics, Obama health care mandate, Pope Benedict XVI, Fortnight for Freedom, Daniel Berrigan, Dale Loy

Posted at 06:46 PM ET, 06/19/2012

Are Southern Baptists experiencing a game-changing moment?

By Judy Howard Ellis

On Tuesday they elected the Rev. Fred Luter Jr. as the first black president in their history.

By Judy Howard Ellis | 06:46 PM ET, 06/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:08 PM ET, 06/19/2012

Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black’s new book: Travels with my rant

By Bonnie Goldstein

“America, You Sexy Bitch,” is essentially a series of overlong tweets.

By Bonnie Goldstein | 02:08 PM ET, 06/19/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: michael ian black, meghan mccain, publishing, memoir

Posted at 06:59 PM ET, 06/18/2012

‘Vagina Monologues’ on steps of Michigan statehouse

By Diana Reese

Eve Ensler’s show will be performed on the statehouse steps in answer to the reproach of a representative who used the word ‘vagina’ on the House floor.

By Diana Reese | 06:59 PM ET, 06/18/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: vagina, The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler, Michigan, Michigan House, Lisa Brown, Barb Byrum, Jim Stamas, abortion, HB 7511

Posted at 01:56 PM ET, 06/18/2012

The star of the ‘Life of Julia’ has gone missing

By Patricia Murphy

Friends say she became despondent after the “Life of Julia” went viral and nobody from the Obama campaign stepped up to defend her

By Patricia Murphy | 01:56 PM ET, 06/18/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Julia, Life of Julia, Barack Obama, Obama campaign, women voters, female

Posted at 04:55 PM ET, 06/17/2012

May Rodney King rest in the peace he called for

By Melinda Henneberger

Before there was YouTube or citizen journalism, camcorder footage of King being beaten was one of the first such videos to go viral.

By Melinda Henneberger | 04:55 PM ET, 06/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Rodney King, L.A. riots, Can we all get along?

Posted at 11:35 AM ET, 06/17/2012

Father’s Day: A daughter remembers dad

By Diana Reese

Remembering the father who served as a Marine and became an "Atomic Vet," only to die of cancer years later.

By Diana Reese | 11:35 AM ET, 06/17/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Father's Day, dads, veterans, atomic veterans, Gulf War Syndrome, Afghanistan, suicide, Marines, multiple myeloma

Posted at 06:18 PM ET, 06/15/2012

Racial tension still an issue in Jasper, Texas

By Lori Stahl

This week, Jasper’s first black police chief was fired by the City Council, capping what the chief’s lawyer says is a “smear campaign” fueled by long-standing racial animosity.

By Lori Stahl | 06:18 PM ET, 06/15/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: jasper, texas, james byrd, rodney pearson, hate crime, dragging death

Posted at 11:33 AM ET, 06/15/2012

Dead politicians and holograms: The next frontier?

By Suzi Parker

It’s only a matter of time before political parties invest in this technology. Holograms could take political fundraising to a new level.

By Suzi Parker | 11:33 AM ET, 06/15/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Bill Clinton, Tupac Shakur, Elvis, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, technology

Posted at 11:32 AM ET, 06/15/2012

The death of the summer job

By Deliaa Lloyd

New figures show that only one in three teenagers now holds a summer job. So how do young people learn this thing called adulthood?

By Deliaa Lloyd | 11:32 AM ET, 06/15/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: delayed adulthood, summer jobs, end of summer jobs, summer jobs and job training

Posted at 10:25 AM ET, 06/15/2012

Google+ Hangout with Melinda Henneberger and Barb Palmer on women in Congress

By Natalie Jennings

At 10:30 a.m. today, join She the People’s Melinda Henneberger in a Google+ Hangout and learn about the best and worst congressional districts for female candidates.

By Natalie Jennings | 10:25 AM ET, 06/15/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 08:44 AM ET, 06/15/2012

Arkansas racism, tea-party style

By Suzi Parker

Did you hear the one about the rally where a joke delivered in black dialect, about lazy black welfare recipients, had the crowd in stitches?

By Suzi Parker | 08:44 AM ET, 06/15/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: tea party, Arkansas, racism, Barack Obama, 2012, welfare

Posted at 10:52 PM ET, 06/14/2012

Obama pins the economy on Bush

By Melinda Henneberger

Three and a half years in, it’s depressing to hear him complain about the hot mess he inherited.

By Melinda Henneberger | 10:52 PM ET, 06/14/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: obama, obama economy, obama speech, obama news, economy under obama, obama economic plan, obama romney, obama cleveland, romney economic plan, mitt romney economy, romney news, mitt romney speech, president obama, obama reelection, obama 2012, obama for president, obama 2012 elections, barack obama campaign, obama election news, obama election news, obama reelection news, obama 2012 election, president barack obama, election 2012, campaign news, election news

Posted at 10:40 AM ET, 06/14/2012

Is Obama losing support among black N.C. voters?

By Mary C. Curtis

Public Policy Polling offered a rare disclaimer of its own results, saying it “seems like an unrealistically low share of African American voters for Obama.”

By Mary C. Curtis | 10:40 AM ET, 06/14/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: president obama, mitt romney, black voters, African Americans, same-sex marriage, polls, DEcmorats, Republicans, North Carolina, 2012 convention

Posted at 02:51 PM ET, 06/13/2012

Brett McGurk: The envoy's e-mails

By Bonnie Goldstein

Racy e-mails from 2008 between President Obama’s nominee for ambassador to Iraq, Brett McGurk, and a former Wall Street Journal reporter are now in the public eye.

By Bonnie Goldstein | 02:51 PM ET, 06/13/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:35 AM ET, 06/13/2012

Ambassador Anna Wintour?

By Suzi Parker

No wonder the 62-year-old Vogue editor-in-chief is hosting glittery events for Barack Obama.

By Suzi Parker | 09:35 AM ET, 06/13/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Anna Wintour, Sarah Jessica Parker, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Asma al-Assad, Vogue, ambassadorship

Posted at 07:40 PM ET, 06/12/2012

Where are the women? The 20 best (and worst) Congressional districts for female candidates

By Melinda Henneberger

SHE THE PEOPLE | Why have so few women joined Nancy Pelosi in her 25 years in the House?

By Melinda Henneberger | 07:40 PM ET, 06/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 11:21 AM ET, 06/12/2012

Joe Coors: ‘I'm not a beer’

By Sandra Fish

But the 70-year-old Coloradan has attained “Young Gun” status in his congressional race against Democratic incumbent Ed Perlmutter.

By Sandra Fish | 11:21 AM ET, 06/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Ed Perlmutter, Joe Coors, Congress, Election 2012, Christine O'Donnell, "I'm not a beer"

Posted at 09:55 AM ET, 06/12/2012

Waiting for ‘Obamacare’

By Diana Reese

SHE THE PEOPLE | I was turned down for things so minor they’ve never required an emergency room visit.

By Diana Reese | 09:55 AM ET, 06/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: health insurance, obamacare, Affordable Health Care Act, Patient's Bill of Rights, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Aetna, COBRA, preexisting conditions

Posted at 09:17 AM ET, 06/12/2012

Dallas just thrilled with ‘Dallas’ reboot

By Lori Stahl

“It shows a town that is hot with excitement,’’ Mayor Mike Rawlings told the Dallas Morning News. “All shot on location right here.’’

By Lori Stahl | 09:17 AM ET, 06/12/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Dallas, Larry Hagman, TV, TNT

Posted at 12:55 PM ET, 06/11/2012

‘Pink Ribbons Inc.’: Patients need help, not hype

By Donna Trussell

I fantasized about suicide for the sole purpose of wrestling a little control away from the disease ("You can't fire me. I quit!")

By Donna Trussell | 12:55 PM ET, 06/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:49 PM ET, 06/11/2012

‘Nuns on the Bus’ take on Paul Ryan

By Mary C. Curtis

NETWORK’s Sister Simone Campbell: “A small cadre of bishops ... feel called to politicizing our faith in a way that’s extremely partisan and narrow.”

By Mary C. Curtis | 12:49 PM ET, 06/11/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: vatican, sister simone campbell, Network, Paul Ryan, affordable health care act, obama, catholic, social justice, politics, religion

Posted at 12:32 PM ET, 06/10/2012

George P. Bush: Jeb would join ticket if asked

By Suzi Parker

SHE THE PEOPLE | “If called upon to serve, he will,’’ the former Florida governor’s 36-year-old son said in an interview with the Post’s Suzi Parker.

By Suzi Parker | 12:32 PM ET, 06/10/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Jeb Bush, vice-president, 2012, Bush family, Marco Rubio, Florida, Maverick PAC

Posted at 01:13 PM ET, 06/08/2012

Would ‘Norma Rae’ get jeered for holding up that union sign?

By Mary C. Curtis

After Tuesday’s result in the Wisconsin union-initiated recall election of Gov. Scott Walker, imagine a movie made about unions, period.

By Mary C. Curtis | 01:13 PM ET, 06/08/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: scott walker, nikki haley, democrats, republicans, norma rae, unions, sally field, north carolina, democratic national convention, obama

Posted at 09:38 AM ET, 06/08/2012

Is Obama taking black voters for granted?

By Rahiel Tesfamariam

That 96 percent of black voters supported Obama in the 2008 election begs the question: What is the Obama campaign strategy for ensuring that black voters don’t feel taken for granted?

By Rahiel Tesfamariam | 09:38 AM ET, 06/08/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:22 AM ET, 06/08/2012

Colorado congressman Doug Lamborn creates kerfuffle over photo of naked child

By Sandra Fish

Doug Lamborn's objection to a photo of a naked 5-year-old in dirty bath water in West Virginia's coal country could play well in Colorado's competitive 5th Congressional District primary.

By Sandra Fish | 09:22 AM ET, 06/08/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Doug Lamborn, Maria Gunnoe, Katie Falkenberg, West Virginia, mountaintop coal mining, 5th Congressional District, Robert Blaha, Colorado Springs

Posted at 09:42 PM ET, 06/07/2012

Is the Catholic ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ really a ‘Fortnight to Defeat Barack Obama?’

By Melinda Henneberger

SHE THE PEOPLE | And what does a bishop have to do to lose his tax-exempt status around here, anyway?

By Melinda Henneberger | 09:42 PM ET, 06/07/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Fortnight for Freedom, religious freedom, American bishops, Catholics, Barack Obama, HHS, HHS mandate, contraceptive mandate, Archbishop William Lori, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, John Kerry, wafer wars, Vatican

Posted at 10:54 AM ET, 06/07/2012

Bissinger Buzzes Dallas

By Lori Stahl

Set off by a critical review of his new book, “Father’s Day,” the author of “Friday Night Lights” insults the city of Dallas in multiple tweets.

By Lori Stahl | 10:54 AM ET, 06/07/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Dallas, Buzz Bissinger, city of hate, Texas, Twitter

Posted at 04:11 PM ET, 06/06/2012

Wisconsin's Rebecca Kleefisch, no longer under the GOP radar

By Suzi Parker

At 36, Kleefisch is a former television reporter, the wife of a state assemblyman, the mother of two daughters and a colon cancer survivor.

By Suzi Parker | 04:11 PM ET, 06/06/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Rebecca Kleefisch, Scott Walker, Wisconsin recall, Barack Obama, Mike Huckabee, 2012

Posted at 10:50 AM ET, 06/06/2012

Scott Walker’s survival isn’t the ‘end of democracy’

By Michelle Bernard

Wisconsin voters showed a healthy willingness to tighten the belts of public sector employees for the good of the state's fiscal health.

By Michelle Bernard | 10:50 AM ET, 06/06/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Scott Walker, Wisconsin, Recall Election, Women's Issues, Voter Suppression

Posted at 12:42 AM ET, 06/06/2012

Bill Clinton's ego could cost Obama in November

By Suzi Parker

Democrats want to see a unified front on the campaign trail. And that’s hard to get when he’s involved.

By Suzi Parker | 12:42 AM ET, 06/06/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, 2012

Posted at 05:01 PM ET, 06/05/2012

Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Wisconsin and the women’s vote

By Mary C. Curtis

“I don’t think that this is anything other than an important election for Wisconsin voters, for Wisconsin working families.’’

By Mary C. Curtis | 05:01 PM ET, 06/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: debbie wasserman schultz, democrats, charlotte DNC convention, Wisconsin, recall scott walker, tom barrett

Posted at 01:30 PM ET, 06/05/2012

Hero’s welcome for a Kansas soldier

By Diana Reese

Residents lined the streets to pay their respects to 23-year-old Pfc. Cale C. Miller, who was killed in Afghanistan on May 24.

By Diana Reese | 01:30 PM ET, 06/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:18 AM ET, 06/05/2012

Paycheck fairness: Lilly Ledbetter is the bridge between women and the economy

By Mary C. Curtis

Democrats are making an obvious connection between the two as the ‘war on women’ loses traction as an election issue.

By Mary C. Curtis | 10:18 AM ET, 06/05/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: lilly ledbetter, paycheck fairness act, mitt romney, barack obama

Posted at 06:35 PM ET, 06/04/2012

Democratic Super PAC ad in the race to replace Gabby Giffords is beneath her dignity

By Patricia Murphy

The ad, paid for by the Super PAC backing House Democrats, splices video of Jesse Kelly five months before she was shot, when he called her a “hero of nothing.”

By Patricia Murphy | 06:35 PM ET, 06/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:55 PM ET, 06/04/2012

Confessions of an Arkansas anglophile on Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee

By Suzi Parker

The jubilee makes me regret that the United States doesn’t have a royal family to offer us national cohesion and tradition.

By Suzi Parker | 02:55 PM ET, 06/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Queen Elizabeth, Olympics, London, Duran Duran, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Kate Middleton, Prince William, Prince Harry, monarchy, royal family

Posted at 01:28 PM ET, 06/04/2012

Does Sarah Jessica Parker's Obama ad cheapen the White House?

By Suzi Parker

SHE THE PEOPLE | The “Sex and the City” star is holding a raffle to attract small-dollar donors.

By Suzi Parker | 01:28 PM ET, 06/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Sarah Jessica Parker, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Mitt Romney, Ann Romney, Donald Trump, 2012, fashion, Sex and the City

Posted at 01:13 PM ET, 06/04/2012

The not-so-good wife: Dottie Sandusky deserves a jail cell of her own

By

This headline was published prematurely. A full story will follow shortly.

By | 01:13 PM ET, 06/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 07:43 AM ET, 06/04/2012

If the right to vote is a game, no one wins

By Mary C. Curtis

SHE THE PEOPLE | Placing obstacles in a process that should be easy to navigate is just another way to rig the system

By Mary C. Curtis | 07:43 AM ET, 06/04/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: voting rights, 2012 elections, Florida, Rick Scott, felon disenfranchisement, medgar evers

Posted at 06:47 PM ET, 06/01/2012

Green Lantern comes out of the closet

By Suzi Parker

DC Comics announced Friday that Green Lantern, a superhero staple for decades, is gay.

By Suzi Parker | 06:47 PM ET, 06/01/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: Green Lantern, Batman, Wonder Woman, comics, gay marriage, Barack Obama

Posted at 02:43 PM ET, 06/01/2012

Are ‘sex-selective abortions’ a choice?

By Mary C. Curtis

The failed Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act would’ve punished doctors with up to five years in prison for performing abortions because parents want a child of the other sex.

By Mary C. Curtis | 02:43 PM ET, 06/01/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: sex selective abortions, abortion rights, Democrats, Republicans

Posted at 11:47 AM ET, 06/01/2012

Only three in 10 women think a war on women exists

By Suzi Parker

By Suzi Parker | 11:47 AM ET, 06/01/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: war on women, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, reproductive health, abortion rights, economy

Posted at 09:16 AM ET, 06/01/2012

John Edwards is after redemption, not a political comeback

By Melinda Henneberger

SHE THE PEOPLE | Instead, it seems he’s looking for a kind of redemption to keep getting up in the morning.

By Melinda Henneberger | 09:16 AM ET, 06/01/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: John Edwards trial, John Edwards, John Edwards verdict, Cate Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards, Jack Edwards, Emma Claire Edwards, Frances Quinn Hunter, campaign finance laws

Posted at 09:26 PM ET, 05/31/2012

Bay Buchanan, speaking up for single moms

By Melinda Henneberger

Critics act like you might as well keep the TV on all night and “have marijuana for dessert, because the message is never, ’You can do this.’ ’’

By Melinda Henneberger | 09:26 PM ET, 05/31/2012 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)
Tags: single moms, Murphy Brown, Candice Bergen, Dan Quayle, Isabel Sawhill, Bay Buchanan, Bay and Her Boys

She The People: July, 2012