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Reactions to Tucson

Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 11, 2011, | 4 Comments »

I realized this would become one of those “where were you when” moments as I sat shocked into silence. I had casually turned on the TV Saturday only to see massive headlines of shootings and repeated ambulance scenes. It took a few minutes to realize that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) had been shot point-blank in [...]

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Justice Scalia: The Constitution Doesn’t Protect Women

Posted in Equity in the News, Sex Discrimination, Social Justice, Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , on January 10, 2011, | 2 Comments »

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made quite a stir last week when he told a California magazine that the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause doesn’t apply to women. Under Scalia’s “originialist” interpretation, the 1868 amendment was meant to protect the rights of newly freed male slaves, so it doesn’t protect women and other groups. To [...]

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Top Five Things to Keep in Mind about the New Congress

Posted in Equity in the News, Social Justice, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 5, 2011, | Leave a Comment »

Today marks the beginning of the 112th Congress, and we here at AAUW thought it might be nice to give our readers a sneak peak of what’s to come. So here’s a list of the top five important things to know about the new Congress and what they may mean for AAUW’s public policy work: [...]

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