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Faye Anderson is the founder of Tracking Change, an online platform intended to foster engagement in the policymaking process, and blogs at Anderson@Large covering a wide range of political, social and economic issues.

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"Date Night" Inadequate Sentence in Domestic Violence Case

2/13/12 12:03pm by lauriewrites
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If a man puts his hands on his wife's neck in anger and throws her against a couch, at least one judge thinks that a date night at Red Lobster, bowling, and some flowers are enough to set things right.  Read more >

Finally! Characters in Romance Novels Who Look Like Me – and Maybe You, Too

2/13/12 7:47am by Grace Hwang Lynch
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The Djinn's Dilemma, Harlequin Nocturne Cravings

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we are spotlighting women of color who are bringing diversity to the Romance genre. I’ve never really been a big fan of romance novels. They just seem so… unrealistic. You know, the mysterious hero with the heart of gold, the innocent—yet not so innocent—maiden, and all that creamy ivory skin. Always ivory skin. Never golden, brown, or mahogany. It doesn’t help the preferred settings--the Wild West, Ye Olde England, and Medieval Europe--don’t exactly lend themselves to anything but… ivory skin.  Read more >

What's All This about Catholics Having to Provide Birth Control?

2/13/12 6:00am by avflox
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On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which contains provisions that started taking effect that same year and will continue until 2017. One of these provisions -- which involves eliminating co-payments and deductibles for preventive care -- came under fire last week when the White House announced that as part of preventive care, employers would be covering the cost of birth control in employee health plans.  Read more >

Author Jeffrey Zaslow Dies in Car Accident at 53

2/10/12 3:26pm by sassymonkey
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Jeffrey Zaslow

Best-selling author and journalist Jeffrey Zaslow died February 10 in a car accident in Michigan. He was 53. His loss is felt keenly in the BlogHer community. We had the privilege of working with Mr. Zaslow, and his most recent book, The Magic Room, was one of our BlogHer Book Club selections.  Read more >

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