AltWeeklies Wire
Women: A Catalyst for Changenew
In an exhibit titled "Women: Agents of Change in the American Civil Rights Movement," Jackson State University offers a glimpse into the documentary photography of Dr. Doris A. Derby.
Jackson Free Press |
LaTonya Miller |
06-13-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Women
Bringing Sexy Backnew
A vibrator developed in Madison restores pleasure for women following cancer and menopause.
No ceiling?new
Sheriff Maketa appoints Paula Presley as his No. 2, a move that could position her to become El Paso County's first female sheriff.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
04-05-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Mind the Gapnew
The gender-income gap in Canada continues to exist. Despite advances by women in higher education attainment, greater participation in the workforce and decades of anti-discrimination legislation, Canada cannot shake a persistent wage gap—women are earning, on average, 70 percent of what men do.
VUE Weekly |
Samantha Power |
08-12-2011 |
Business & Labor
Philadelphia Editor Spews Vile Rape Commentarynew
Dan Rottenberg, editor of online arts mag Broad Street Review (and way back, editor of this publication when it was Welcomat) wrote an editor’s letter last week that’s drawing criticism from national media watchdog outlets like Women’s Media Center—and deservedly so.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
06-15-2011 |
Civil Liberties
When Innocence Is Pinknew
Wrongly convicted women fight for recognition, support, remedies.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
01-19-2011 |
Crime & Justice
One Man's Murderous Romp Through Polite Societynew
Rodney Alcala, the UCLA fine-arts grad, former Los Angeles Times typesetter, amateur photographer and film student of Roman Polanski's is believed to have used his charm and access to entrap and murder seven women and girls, and to rape several others.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
01-22-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Cops' Recent Blowup with their Chief Surprised Many, and It Shouldn't Havenew
In her 3 1/2 years as Portland police chief, Rosie Sizer has been called many things. She once joked in a City Club speech she’d been called the B-word too many times to count. But she has also been praised as a transformative leader, a gifted communicator, a role model to women and a champion for minority rights.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
12-09-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Medicine Womennew
An infux of female doctors is changing the way health care is delivered.
Seven Days |
Mary Hegarty Nowlan |
06-16-2006 |
Science
We Are Not Barbienew
We carry the Barbie doll image with us, ruining a a good workout or an excursion to the beach when the image in the mirror doesn't match the ideal in our mind.
Monterey County Weekly |
Brett Wilbur |
01-25-2005 |
Science
Interview With a Warlord: A Deposed Legend Tells His Side of the Storynew
Ismail Khan, the recently deposed warlord-governor of Herat Province in Afghanistan, claims he was removed from office because he wouldn't have allowed drug traffickers to move opium through his district.
L.A. Weekly |
Ann Rachel Marlowe |
10-19-2004 |
International
