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NEWS ABOUT: equality

equality stories: 9 news summaries
OPINION

 Gays Deserve 
 Reparation Checks 


Apr 7, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - “The time has arrived to place economic reparations for gay and lesbian Americans on the political agenda,” Jacob Appel writes in the Detroit Free Press. Equality under the law is inevitable, if still a few years out; meantime, homosexuals must be compensated for their trouble. “While the... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • equality • workplace discrimination • civil rights • gays • reparations • second-class citizen

opinion

Bitch vs. Ditz: '08 Campaign Was a Setback for Women

Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton delivered major blows to feminism, gender equality

Nov 17, 08 11:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin shattered the glass ceiling in politics, but the broken shards sharply undercut the feminist movement. “In the grand Passion play that was this election, both Clinton and Palin came to represent—and, at times, reinforce—two of the most pernicious stereotypes that are applied... More »

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Hillary Clinton • equality • gender stereotypes • gender bias • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

 Rice 'Especially 
 Proud' of Obama 

Secretary of State 'especially proud' of Obama

Nov 5, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice delivered emotional congratulations to Barack Obama today, saying that as an African American she is “especially proud” of his victory. The secretary of State called the Democrat an inspiration, the AP reports. “Americans are not going to be satisfied until they really do form that perfect... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • equality • Condoleezza Rice • racial equality • Election 2008 • Obama administration

OPINION

Ann Landers Would Advise Voting No on 8

LA Times highlights writers with varying opinions on Calif. prop

Nov 1, 08 5:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - From the schoolyard to the church, Californians are debating Prop 8, which would bar homosexuals from marriage if it passes Tuesday. The Los Angeles Times opened its opinion page to five more takes on it today:
  • Alexandra Cole, whose 8-year-old daughter polled her friends, says Prop 8's backers have
... More »

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California • gay marriage • equality • civil union • Mormon • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Proposition 8

OPINION

 A Black President 
 Will Boost Brand USA 

Electing Obama will replace America's battered image with one of equality

Oct 23, 08 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Skin color is no reason to vote for anybody, Nick Kristof writes in the New York Times, but there's no denying that electing a black president would give America's image abroad a much-needed boost—"redefining the American 'brand' to be less about Guantánamo and more about equality."... More »

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Barack Obama • African Americans • equality • Obama 2008 • US image • Election 2008 • Nicholas Kristof

Women Rule
in Spain's
New Cabinet

9 of Zapatero's 17 ministers, including defense, are female

Apr 14, 08 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - So much for machismo. Re-elected Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero announced a new government this weekend, with a surprise twist: His new cabinet boasts more women than men. The eight men and nine ministras include a pregnant woman who will head the army as defense minister, the... More »

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Spain • women • equality • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero • female politicians

 Raunchy Narratives Open
 Web Porn to Blind 

Volunteers investing 'time and effort,' boasts spokesman

Apr 13, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Looking for volunteer opportunities? The nonprofit Porn for the Blind is making free porn preview sites accessible to the blind, Wired reports. "We imagine that visually impaired people benefit from this service in many of the same ways that non-visually impaired people benefit from the hard-core pornography that's being... More »

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equality • pornography • sex • disability • blindness • nonprofit • volunteer

High Court Limits Use of Race in School Assignments

Choice plans found unconstitutional

Jun 28, 07 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taking race into consideration in school assignments is unconstitutional because it violates students' rights under the equal protection clause, the Supreme Court ruled today in a landmark decision that could cause upheaval in K-12 education. The decision, by an increasingly familiar 5-4 vote, invalidates diversity plans in Louisville and Seattle... More »

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John Roberts • race • equality • discrimination • Louisville • school • Seattle • student • US Supreme Court

Study: Men Work Hard, Too

Apr 18, 07 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Men and women work about the same number of hours—if you count labor at home as well as on the job, a new study claims. Despite the popular wisdom that women do more heavy lifting, a broad survey of 25 countries, spanning the economic spectrum,  found that both... More »

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work • women • men • equality • study • labor • working mothers

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