From The Huffington Post authored by Alanna Vagianos: “Migrant girls being held in detention centers near the U.S.-Mexico border are “visibly” bleeding through their underwear and pants while menstruating due to a lack of access to sanitary products, according to a new lawsuit. The suit, filed earlier this week by 19 states, challenges the Department […]
Category Archives: Family & Personal
Internet Slang Is More Sophisticated Than It Seems
From The Atlantic authored by Jake Cline: These are tough times for grammar snobs, those would-be avatars of flawless spelling and proper syntax who need look no further than a high-school friend’s Facebook posts or a family member’s text messages to find their treasured language being misused and neglected. Of course, split infinitives, dangling modifiers, […]
FCC proposes new 3-digit number as Suicide Prevention Hotline
From CNN authored by Veronica Stracqualursi & Amanda Watts: “The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a three-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 988. The federal agency’s staff made the recommendation this week in a report to Congress, finding that using a shorter and easier to remember number “would likely make it easier for Americans in […]
The Most Powerful Women in Business Wear Dresses Not Suits
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Katharine Zarella: “POWER DRESSING at the workplace has mercifully evolved since 1988’s “Working Girl,” in which Sigourney Weaver weathered Wall Street in heinous, shoulder-padded blazers. Back then, female office-wear mimicked masculine codes in an effort to level the professional playing field, but today women enjoy more flexibility. And […]
She founded a small firm producing big results in the energy sector
From BizWoman authored by Rebecca Ayers: “Chrysta Castañeda took a brief sabbatical from practicing law in 2013 to work in crisis communications, but then she dove right back into the legal field in 2014 and founded her own law firm after realizing she had missed being a trial lawyer. Castañeda is the owner and founder of The […]
A ‘bra-gate’ resolution: Jackson County jail belatedly ends sexist security screenings
From The Kansas City Star authored by The Kansas City Star editorial Board: “The Jackson County jail’s sexist, protest-inducing, lawsuit-inviting practice of making some female attorneys take off their bras to get through its metal detector mostly died out in June — after the machine’s settings mysteriously seemed to change without explanation following a public backlash. But going […]
Employers Have Policed Black Hair for Decades. These Four Women Have Had Enough
From Glamour authored by Lindsey Shallon: “Andrew Johnson was the last straw. In December, the black New Jersey teen was given an impossible ultimatum by a white referee at his wrestling meet: either cut his locs on the spot or forfeit the match. He had 90 seconds to decide. There’s no tangible reason locs, braids, […]
Adult Victims Of Childhood Sex Abuse In New York Can Sue Alleged Abusers
From NPR authored by Mara Silvers: “A new law that goes into effect Wednesday, gives adult victims of childhood sex abuse in New York one year to bring civil lawsuits against their alleged abusers and the institutions that may have allowed the abuse. The one-year filing period is known as a “look-back window,” and allows […]
‘I lost my baby then I lost my job’ – one mother’s fight to change working rights
From The Guardian authored by:Nosheen Iqbal “Amy McKeown had been 12 weeks pregnant when she came round on her bathroom floor, blood pooling on the tiles, unable to move. Ten days earlier, in the spring of 2016, she had gone for her first scan with her husband, Matt, and their two-year-old daughter. At the appointment, […]
Female Colonel Becomes the First Black Woman General in History of the US Marine Corps
From The Epoch Times authored by Michael Wing: “The U.S. Marine Corps has seen some historic milestones for female Marines during the Trump administration. Among these, one former Colonel Lorna M Mahlock reached the crowning achievement of becoming the first black female brigadier general to serve in the Marines. After President Trump nominated Mahlock’s historic promotion, it […]
