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The Progress We've Made — and Haven't Yet Made — on Child-Sex-Abuse Statutes of Limitations: 2010 Year in Review
Study after study has proven that victims typically need decades to get to the psychological place where they can come forward to tell their stories in court, and that therefore, short statutes of limitations mean there will be no justice at all. more »
Via the White House: The Council on Women and Girls Blog
In addition to the Affordable Care Act, the Council fought hard to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act and although it was defeated, we will continue to advocate for equal pay for women. In addition to the Affordable Care Act, the Council fought hard to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act and although it was defeated, we will continue to advocate for equal pay for women more »
Relive 2010 Through the Year in Pictures - and Look Ahead to 2011
The Year in Pictures is an old and always interesting idea. Having started my career at Time Magazine in the Picture Department, I'm always drawn to those compilations. And to the process of choosing, a difficult one in winnowing down the immense collect… more »
Jo Freeman Reviews Reconstituting Whiteness: The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
On August 18, 1966, I was a civil rights worker in Mississippi when the Jackson Daily News devoted two-thirds of an editorial page to outing me as a "professional agitator" with Communist associations. Over 30 years later I learned that this material was prepared by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, an official agency using taxpayer money to preserve white supremacy in Mississippi. more »
