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- October 26th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Pro-Choice Nun Volunteers as Escort
You read that right–a nun is a clinic escort volunteer. News comes from weird sources and this time is no exception. In a recent Google Alert on the topic of “gender discrimination,&#…
- October 23rd, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Kuwaiti Women A Bit Freer
Kuwait’s supreme court gave women in that country a reason to rejoice this week when that court decided to give women the right to get a passport without spousal consent: The court found the art…
- October 21st, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
When To Stop Blaming Bush?
Short Answer: A long time from now. I was thinking about just this topic this week given all of the acrimony about the Afghan war and various other topics. When do we draw the line between what W…
- October 20th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Shriver Report Says Women Are Half…Are We Surprised?
That’s right, folks. The newly released Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything has found that women are now half of the workforce and that 2/3 of all families have a female…
- October 16th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Justice of the Crazy
A justice of the peace in Louisiana refused to issue a marriage license this week to an interracial couple. Trying to justify the decision, Keith Bardwell claimed that the children of such marriage…
- October 15th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Score That, Pepsi
Apparently stereotyping women has become one of Pepsi’s main objectives. An iPhone app released by PepsiCo for Amp Energy Drink has infuriated women everywhere by doing just that. The app, whi…
- October 13th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Fired Up Women of the Week: An Award Winner and a Car Saleswoman
Not a week goes by when there aren’t firsts for women (which is sad, considering that we still have to have firsts, but I digress) and this week is no different. This week we have the first fe…
- October 12th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Admitting Feminism: The Dalai Lama
After being introduced at an event by Speaker of the House Nanci Pelosi, the Dalai Lama let it slip that he’s a feminist: The globetrotting monk recalled that on one of his recent long-haul flig…
- October 9th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize
I woke up this morning to the news that President Barack Obama has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize: The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it honored Obama for his “extraordinary efforts to…
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Welcome Back to the NEW AVPW
I know it’s been a long time, and I doubt anyone is reading this…yet…but just so you know, AVPW is back online and will be regularly bringing you stories of justice and injustice, fe…
- June 1st, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
The Death of the American Automaker: The Big 3 Minus 2
Today’s news of GM’s filing for bankruptcy surprised no one, least of all the hundreds of thousands of people employed by GM and its subsidiaries. This news has been simmering for awhile…
- May 28th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
The Resurgence of the Pullout Method
Oh this story makes me so angry. In the wake of abstienence only sex education and purity pledges comes another casualty to common sense and good birth control: the pullout method is back. That…
- May 26th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Epic Fail: California Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban
Ugh. Big news day, but not all news is good news. As it turns out, the California Supreme Court, in its apparently limited wisdom, found that Proposition 8 was the bees’ knees and upheld it.…
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Justice Sotomayor, I Presume?
Word came early this morning that Obama had made his pick to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court. That pick–Judge Sonia Sotomayor–appears to come in the form of a female (only th…
- May 22nd, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Remember Your Veterans on Memorial Day
Without the selfless people in the military, blogs like this would not be possible. Have a great holiday, but remember the reason for the season and thank a veteran or two. “Let us solemnly r…
- May 18th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Each Pension Check is a “fresh act of discrimination” for some retirees
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of big business again today at the expense of retirees. This time it happened to be female retirees who had maternity leave prior to the 1979 Pregnancy Discriminatio…
- May 15th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Newt Gingrich’s Newfound Morality and Nancy Pelosi
The question of whether Nancy Pelosi was ever “briefed” about waterboarding and other extreme interrogation techniques long ago is definitely an important one. But for Newt Gingrich, it…
- May 14th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
The No Surprise News: Workers Are Scared
Coming off of the news that Chrysler announcing will be closing a staggering number of dealerships today (789 across the nation, 40 in Michigan alone), and the fact that GM’s shares hit a Grea…
- May 13th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Come on, Barack
Apparently Barack Obama is not a fan of Linda Bacon’s “Health At Every Size.” In his quest to get stakeholders to agree on things before laying out a comprehensive health care plan…
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SamGrace has dugg: Nothing Lasts Forever
- May 12th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
She Had It Coming Defense, Saudi Style
A Saudi judge recently ruled that a husband has every right to raise his hand to his wife for wasteful spending. The judge “reasoned”: “If a person gives 1,200 Saudi riyals ($320)…
- May 11th, 2009
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SamGrace has bookmarked: Fear Is A Misunderstood Friend
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SamGrace has dugg: Fear Is A Misunderstood Friend
- May 10th, 2009
- May 3rd, 2009
- April 30th, 2009
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SamGrace has dugg: Chrysler the Sacrificial Lamb
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Chrysler the Sacrificial Lamb
Here in Michigan people are awaiting a fate much worse than Swine Flu or any other pandemic. Today was the day of destiny–will Chrysler pull out a last minute recovery as many of our sports te…
- April 29th, 2009
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SamGrace has dugg: I’m Positive
- April 28th, 2009
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
Specter Switches Teams, Progressives Scratch heads.
Apparently nothing in the GOP is good enough to keep Arlen Specter (R D-PA) from switching parties. Therefore, he released this: I have been a Republican since 1966. I have been working extremely ha…
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SamGrace has posted a new entry on: A Very Political Woman
At 100 Days It’s Michelle, Not Barack, Who Is Being Graded
CNN.com has this piece about Michelle Obama and the first 100 days in office: But Michelle Obama offers a personal rebuke to that message. Her personal story — born into a blue-collar family; ov…
- April 27th, 2009
