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January 20, 2012 – 10:03 am | 4 views

A couple of weeks ago – Ms. Magazine compiled a list of the of the Top 100 Non-Fiction Feminist Books… …

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‘Blind: A Memoir’ by Belo Miguel Cipriani

January 17, 2012 – 10:42 pm |

Book jackets are always asking us: What would you do if…? And a memoir allows us a peek into someone’s …

Anti-Abortion Ads to Air During Super Bowl

January 17, 2012 – 5:00 pm |

According to the Washington Post, Randall Terry, the founder of the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue, will be campaigning for president …

Domestic Violence More Common Among Police Officers

January 17, 2012 – 5:00 pm |

After San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimia was charged with three misdemeanors resulting from his alleged spousal abuse, the <i>San Francisco …

‘Trick of the Dark’ by Val McDermid

January 17, 2012 – 2:10 pm |

As the head of an independent publishing house myself, reading Val McDermid’s latest thriller made me seriously jealous of Bywater …

Queer Rites: Faith Politics and Sexual Diversity

January 17, 2012 – 2:34 am |

In August of last year, I boarded a Greyhound bus for Scranton, Pennsylvania for a week’s stay in an Orthodox …

New Edition of ‘Baby and Child Care’ Includes Section on Gay and Lesbian Parents

January 16, 2012 – 1:30 pm |

The deceased Benjamin Spock’s latest edition of his beloved and trusted parenting book, Baby and Child Care, has hit shelves. …

‘Two Times Intro’ by Michael Stipe

January 15, 2012 – 4:35 pm |

Her moment continues. In fact, Patti Smith is starting to feel like the artist who defies time. Her breakthrough album …

UN Agencies Address Maternal Health in Haiti

January 13, 2012 – 6:38 pm |

Two years since the earthquake in Haiti, UN Women and UNFPA Haiti, in collaboration with the Ministry for Women Conditions …

State Ballot Initiative and Referendum Roundup

January 13, 2012 – 6:35 pm |

In Florida and Montana anti-abortion initiatives or referenda will appear on state ballots in 2012. In nine additional states, initiatives …

OH Ballot Board Approves Language for Personhood Amendment

January 12, 2012 – 4:16 pm |

The Ohio Ballot Board approved the language purposed by anti-abortion rights groups for a personhood amendment, which proposes to give …