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Is Former CNN Anchor Campbell Brown Biased Against Obama Because of Her Husband?

5/21/12 12:00am by Mona Gable
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Campbell Brown and her husband Dan Senor

[Editor's note: Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown took to the New York Times yesterday to critique President Obama’s speech last week to the women graduates of Barnard. In Brown’s view, the president was pandering and should have focused more on the awful economy and the fact that most of them are not even going to get jobs. Instead, he was so “condescending” and “grating”!  Read more

White Babies No Longer Majority: Why Are Schools Not More Diverse?

5/17/12 9:34am by Rita Arens
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Elementary School Kids

This week the Washington Post noted for the first time in American history, white babies are no longer the majority born in the United States.  Read more >

Is Obama Pandering to Women Voters?

5/16/12 6:15pm by Mona Gable
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President Obama on The View

In case you hadn't heard the shocking news, Obama went on ABC’s The View earlier this week and gabbed about JP Morgan, gay marriage, and Kim Kardashian -- though not necessarily in that order. He also announced that he is going to win the election in November.  Read more >

I'll Take Obama's Symbolic Gesture, Thank You Very Much!

5/10/12 10:53am by Polly Pagenhart
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Lesbian Dad civil marriage San Francisco, July, 2008.

Pundits and analysts are actively working over yesterday's statement by President Obama that "same-sex couples should be able to get married." It was calculated! It was a cynical attempt to recoup lost demographics he needs to get elected! He just wants to motivate a lackluster base!  Read more >

Bitter Reaction to Study on Black and Asian Women's Tolerance for Racism

5/3/12 8:00am by lainad
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Jellybeans

[Editor’s Note: Every once in a while, a study comes out that makes you wonder, “What were they thinking?” Contributing Editor Laina Dawes and I are trying to wrap our minds around a recent report involving Black and Asian women, a Confederate, and a pile of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. And no, it’s not a joke. Read on to find out more... --Grace]  Read more >

Life of Julia Takes a Woman Through an Obama or Romney America

5/3/12 3:15am by Melissa Ford
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Life of Julia Site

The 1998 film Sliding Doors showed Gwyneth Paltrow two versions of her life, one in which she caught a train and one in which she missed it, causing Americans everywhere to wonder about all of their roads not taken. Today, President Barack Obama's campaign released a website called Life of Julia, which depicts a woman throughout her life under either Obama or Mitt Romney's policies.  Read more >

It's Not Just The Bachelor or Girls, Hipster Racism is All Over TV

5/2/12 1:36pm by Lori L. Tharps
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TV with picture of a girl

[Editor's Note: There's been a lot of talk recently about hipster racism and how shows like The Bachelor or Girls lack people of color, but isn't that a pretty common characteristic of mainstream TV? And by diversity, let's move beyond the the funny black sidekick or the accented Asian diner cook! Lori Tharps of My American Meltingpot has some suggestions for other shows, too. --Grace]  Read more

What DON'T You Want From The Election? JOIN US!

4/27/12 9:48am by Stacy Morrison
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Girl with flag (joemurphy via Flickr)

You could set your watch to it. Except that it happens only every four years, instead of every year, month, day. We’ve found ourselves once again in that Presidential-election-cycle moment when politicians sit up and remember that American women are the voters who win or lose an election for either party.  Read more >

Let's Report on Shaima AlAwadi Without Saying Honor Killing or Hate Crime

4/18/12 9:00am by Faiqa
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An uncharacteristic apathy washed over me when I heard the news of an American Muslim woman murdered in El Cajon, California last month. Thirty two year old Shaima AlAwadi was found bludgeoned to death in her home, with a note calling her a terrorist laying next to her. Recently discovered court documents indicating that AlAwadi was filing for divorce are now leading the media to suggest that her assailant may have been a family member thus rendering her another casualty in a phenomenon that is on the rise in North America called "honor killings" that are supposedly on the rise because of the higher numbers of immigrant Muslim communities in North America.  Read more >

I Used to Have Ann Romney's Life. I Had Privilege.

4/17/12 12:14pm by pauline
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Ann and Mitt Romney

Note: This piece was fueled by exasperation and inspired by two excellent blogs posts -- by Grace Hwang Lynch and Pamela Kripke -- that urge those who "got privilege" to name it. I used to have Ann Romney's life. The first time around I married into a family that was rich. Romney Rich.  Read more >