Tag Archives: women’s rights

Are you worth more than a goat?

When it comes to being born, location is everything— especially for women. So I’m grateful that I wasn’t born in a part of the world where women are routinely denied rights by some fanatical element or another, or a place … Continue reading

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A Return to the Dark Ages?

In the last several days, The New York Times has published information  about the new constitutional amendment on the ballot next week in Mississippi.  This amendment, which is gathering momentum in six other states as well, would prohibit abortion, even … Continue reading

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Feeding on Ourselves

BufferI’ve been thinking about the absurdities in our approach to education, and in particular, about the war we’ve declared on teachers, but when I began to write about this perverse and specious war, I realized that the war on teachers … Continue reading

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