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Pets: The summer visitors
Pets: The summer visitors
EVANSTON, Ill., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Like bad relatives, the young coyotes came to my neighborhood for a summer visit and decided to stay.
Subminimum wage doesn't cut it for single mom waitress
A waitress in a family-style restaurant in Detroit says it's a struggle to make ends meet. Most servers are women and they are subject to a sub-minimum wage that hasn't been raised since 1991. Family members often provide a crucial safety net.
Pets: The summer visitors
Underpaid but determined, a secretary dreams big
As an office manager in a St. Louis technology company, Shawntay Nicole's work duties have steadily increased without any increase in pay or title. To let off steam, she turns her real-life frustrations into laughs at a stand-up comedy club.
Important Italian women enshrined on street names
Italy has very few women's names on its signs for streets and plazas, according to female geographers. In an effort to end this "cultural invisibility," they are pushing for a 50-50 division in male-female signage.
Campus safety bill a "wolf in sheep's clothing"
Last year the government began pushing colleges to do more for rape victims under Title IX, and many colleges stepped up. But a few powerful schools held out and have manipulated a falsely named "campus safety" bill to endanger all that.
Pets: The summer visitors
The Vatican should celebrate nuns' social work, not attack it
Caryl Rivers has not yet forgiven the Vatican for the sexual molestation suffered by her deceased brother. Male church leaders should be seeking forgiveness, she says, not reprimanding nuns who truly do God's work.
Pets: The summer visitors
Lower five basic risks to save mothers around the world
Eighty percent of all maternal deaths globally can be attributed to five basic risks. Let's do more to treat hemorrhage, infection, unsafe abortion, hypertensive disorders and obstructed labor.
Pets: The summer visitors
Young women engaging in political process over women's issues
Pro-choice activists and Democratic leaders are aiming voter drives at "Millennial" women between 18 and 30. This group skews heavily in favor of Obama and is considered super-sensitive to GOP efforts to curb access to contraception.
U.S. ranked 25th best country to be a mom
Scandinavian nations continue to dominate the annual healthy motherhood rankings by Save the Children. This year Niger came in last, just behind Afghanistan. The United States rose six spots because of girls' access to education, not better health.
Pro-choice faith groups aims to challenge misconceptions
The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is redefining its mission and methods. While vowing to never lose sight of abortion rights, the group is shaping a more holistic health-justice agenda and turning to movement-building at the grassroots.
Pets: The summer visitors
Arab writer says women have not reaped benefits of 'Spring'
After stirring an outcry for her article in Foreign Policy magazine, Egyptian-American columnist Mona Eltahawy on Tuesday night offered a vigorous defense of her views that the real Middle East revolution is yet to come, between men and women.
Wives in rural Nepal savor break from chores during festival
For five days, wives in rural Nepal get a break from their daily chores to celebrate a festival meant just for them, Gaura Parva.
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Benh Zeitlin arrives at the award photocall after receiving the "Camera D'Or" prize for the film "Beasts of the Southern Wild" during the 65th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 27, 2012. UPI/David Silpa