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'womens rights'

How are women faring in Arkansas? Answer: poorly

The Center for American Progress released a report Wednesday on the status of women, compared on a state-by-state basis.
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Lilly Ledbetter in Little Rock today; Democrats use her in push for equity for women

Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of the Fair Pay Act of 2009 for her pivotal role in exposing bias against women, will be in Little Rock today to speak in the Rabbi Ira Sanders Lecture series at 6:30 p.m. today at the downtown library.
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UPDATE: Republicans and violence against women

Is it just coincidence that Republicans do so many things offensive to women? Example: Most Republicans voted against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.

'If it's got tits, you got problems': Maynard mayor in police dispute

KAIT-Jonesboro, AR-News, weather, sports KAIT provides a report worth it's own special attention (warning: that video is a long clip and action is many minutes in): Connie Cline, a former female police officer in Maynard, recently terminated, talks about a video supplied to the station that shows the mayor making sexist remarks while talking to her husband, police chief, Lonnie Cline.
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Stand up for women today at the Capitol

A reminder of the rally at the Capitol at 3 p.m. Saturday over the legislature's unprecedented and unconstitutional infringement on women's medical rights.

A message for Mitt Romney from Lesley Gore and 'Girls' creator Lena Dunham: You don't own me

Thanks to The Atlantic for alerting me to this new video produced by Lesley Gore and Lena Dunham.
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Women in green jackets

Condi Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore have broken the gender barrier at Augusta National Golf Club.

Religious Right overplays its hand in North Dakota

I ranted a few days ago about the dishonesty of the "religious freedom" rally at the Arkansas Capitol.
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Republicans win message war on women this week

As I drove to New Orleans yesterday and listened to radio news, I almost exploded on more than one occasion over evidence that mainstream news reporters continue to be easy marks for the Republican message machine.

Women's rights bring Hillary Clinton to the fore

The Republican Party war on women's medical freedom brought a rousing speech from Hillary Clinton a few days ago (see speech above).
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Women's rights to The Pill — a 55-year-fight

A poignant op-ed in the New York Times today by a woman who was one of the pioneering plaintiffs 55 years ago — FIFTY-FIVE — whose lawsuits gave rise to the ruling that states could not make it illegal to obtain contraception.

'The Ghastly Outdated Party'

Maureen Dowd scores for a change, with a roundup of all the ways the sex-obsessed Republican Party is catering to a narrower and narrower range of political and religious thought.
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