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Opinion : The Taliban’s Oppression of Women is Apartheid. Let’s Call It That.

By Melanne Verveer, Karima Bennoune, and Lina Tori Jan April 1, 2024 at 6:15 a.m. EDT Afghan women had little to celebrate on International Women’s Day this year. No school. No work.…
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A Single Mother Speaks Out on How the ‘Tradwife’ Lifestyle Led to Her Divorce

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN  February 27, 2024 CNN —  Sporting retro ’50s hairstyles and cinched aprons, “tradwife” influencers have taken over a pocket of the internet. These traditional wives who showcase 30-second…
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Black Women, HIV/AIDS, and Mental Health

The dawning of 2024 is a critical time for acknowledging and supporting people living with HIV, remembering those who have died, raising awareness about the virus, and providing useful prevention…
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What supporters, opponents are saying about Issue 1 on Ohio’s August ballot

By Haley BeMiller and Anna Staver On July 12, 2023 Ohio is weeks away from an election that could transform how the state constitution gets changed. Voters will decide Aug. 8…
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A key pro-choice group in Ohio gets a new leader as the battle over a reproductive rights amendment heats up

By Karen Kasler On May 7, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As pro-choice groups gather signatures for a possible constitutional amendment on reproductive rights in November, there’s a new…
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Sexual abuse verdict tests Trump’s Teflon armor

By Zachary Basu On May 9, 2023 In any other context, it would be a career-ender: A federal jury ordered the Republican presidential front-runner to pay $5 million after finding him…
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Abortion rights battle intensifies in Ohio

By Troy Smith and Tyler Buchanan On May 12, 2023 The fight over abortion rights in Ohio just got more complicated. Driving the news: Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a resolution to…
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Young Girls’ Bodies ‘Designed’ to Carry Babies—Anti-Abortion Activist

By Giulia Carbonaro On April 21, 2023 Ohio anti-abortion activist Laura Strietmann was bashed by Democratic State Representative Jessica Miranda after she addressed the rape of a 10-year-old girl by…
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Drama plagues the bid to restrict changes to the Ohio Constitution

By Julie Carr Smyth On April 13, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio constitution is caught in a high-stakes tug-of-war. With an effort to enshrine abortion rights looming this fall, an influential…
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Marriages are becoming more “egalitarian.” Just not with housework

By Emily Peck On April 15, 2023 Share of U.S. opposite-sex marriages, by earning arrangement Every 10 years, 1972-2022; Includes marriages with spouses ages 25 to 64 In a growing…
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