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What We’re Reading
Welcome to a new feature on the WLP blog, where we share links to articles we’re reading with you. Feel free to add your own in comments! Budget cuts to subsidized child care are taking a toll on single mothers’ ability to work. An outrageous cartoon of Elena Kagan is...
Victories for Female Candidates: Are We Any Closer to Equal Representation?
NPR termed it a “Super Tuesday For Women.” The Washington Post called it “a year of the woman,” but noted “the general election in the fall will be the real test of whether the ‘year of the woman’ label is fitting.” After high-profile primaries resulted in numerous...
NYC Implementing Changes to Benefit Homeless LGBTQ Youth
The New York City Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Runaway and Homeless Youth recently presented Mayor Michael Bloomberg with ten recommendations for improving the conditions of homeless LGBTQ youth in NYC [PDF]. Bloomberg is...
Rise in Syphilis and Gonorrhea Cases in Pennsylvania and Nationwide
From 2004 to 2008, the reported cases of syphilis in Pennsylvania increased from 574 to 902, and in 2007, Pennsylvania’s rate of 102 people infected with gonorrhea out of every 100,000 was higher than rates in New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and all New England...
Kakenya’s Dream: Giving Kenyan Girls a Brighter Future
In Enoosaen, Kenya, bright young voices are singing a song of joy and appreciation at Kakenya’s Center for Excellence, a rural academy for girls. Primary education is compulsory in Kenya, but girls are often not afforded significant attention while they are in school...
