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A bill would eliminate criminal liability for domestic violence in Russia. Elizabeth Keatinge (@ekeatinge) has more. Buzz60 Russian lawmakers vote at the State Duma (lower parliament house) in Moscow, Jan. 27, 2017. The State Duma voted 380-3 to eliminate criminal liability for battery on family members that doesn’t cause bodily harm, making it punishable by…
Welcome back to the show. 0:02 Hey, how was your weekend? 0:03 Me, I didn’t do much– just went for a walk with a few friends. 0:07 [CHEERING] 0:08 Woo! 0:10 The president spent his Saturday in Langley 0:13 with his portable pep squad, attempting 0:15 to mend both his rift with the CIA and…
close story-meta Should we journalists use the word “lie” to describe President Trump’s most manifest falsehoods? That debate has roiled the news world. The Times this week used the word “lie” in a front-page headline, and I agreed with that decision, but there’s a counterargument that lying requires an intention to deceive — and that…
Maybe you haven’t come such a long way, baby. Nearly two decades into the 21st century, young, professional women feel compelled to minimize their accomplishments and ambitions—but only if they are single, according to a new study of M.B.A. candidates. Young, single women are simultaneously operating in the labor market and the marriage market—and those spheres…
What began as a Facebook plea from a grandmother in Hawaii eventually spawned an international movement. According to USA Today, an estimated 500,000 protesters descended upon D.C. to attend the march — this turnout was larger than the anticipated 231,000 that had RSVPed on the event’s Facebook page. The march may have had a bigger…
You Are Not Equal. I’m Sorry. A post is making rounds on social media, in response to the Women’s March on Saturday, January 21, 2017. It starts with “I am not a “disgrace to women” because I don’t support the women’s march. I do not feel I am a “second class citizen” because I am a…
Image via Getty. The Women’s March was, by most reported measures, a success. Though it remains to be seen what the organization’s subsequent “10 Actions/ 100 Days” campaign will yield, it succeeded most at what I’m guessing the vast majority of participants assumed the march was about: making it clear to Donald Trump that he…
Aerial photos of the Women’s March on Washington, one of many protests that brought out an estimated three million-plus people around the world on Saturday, appear to be a sea of pink. It’s the effect of hundreds of individuals wearing brightly-colored hats topped with cat ears. Knit at home and acquired from strangers on bus…
Hide CM floating unit In two days, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as President. The day after that, hundreds of thousands of women plan to meet at the Capitol and demonstrate against a new regime that has already, during its transition to power, shown itself to be plutocratic and friendly to various forms of discrimination….
People protest Donald Trump’s appointment of Steve Bannon to be chief strategist of the White House on Nov. 16, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.David McNew/AFP/Getty Images The Women’s March on Washington has released its official policy platform, a far-reaching four-page statement that takes clear stances on reproductive rights, immigration reform, and worker’s issues. Christina…