"relief" Articles & Blogs:
“To Japan With Love” Concert to Feature Yoko Ono and Patti Smith
| Patti Smith and Yoko Ono will perform Tuesday night in Manhattan to raise funds for Japanese relief. Photographs from PatrickMcMullan.com.
Tuesday night, Manhattan’s Le Poisson Rouge will host “To Japan With Love,” a benefit concert featuring avant-...[Read on] |
Madoff Victims Come Together to Find Justice — or at Least a Little Relief
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Victims of Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme saw their financial lives disappear — and now they’re trying to find their way backPost | Today 10:30 am
Ronnie Sue Ambrosino, 56, and her husband aren’t quite sure where they’re goi...[Read on] |
How chicks can help Haiti
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On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a catastrophic 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti about 10 miles southwest of its capital, Port-au-Prince. It has left hundreds of thousands people dead, missing or injured. Buildings, including hospitals, schools and people’s hom...[Read on] |
Clinton: U.S. Seeking Two-State Solution for Israel, Palestine
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Secretary of state indirectly says Hamas shouldn’t expect to get any cash; shakes hands with Syrian official after years of no U.S.-Syria contactPost | Today 11:45 am
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Hillary Clinton entered Middle East politics with a splash Monday —...[Read on] |
Book Review: Wish
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Author: Alexandra Bullen
Pages: 336
Date Started: 1/11/11
Date Finished: 1/12/11
Simple Summary: Olivia needs to mend her dearly departed sister’s dress. Instead she gets three magical “wish” dresses.
Rating: ★★★☆☆ My Review: OK, so Wis...[Read on] |
Clinton Faces Tough Sell of Two-State Solution During Mideast Tour
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Clinton says Hamas must stop violence and recognize Israel, pressures Israelis to open Gaza border to provide relief to peoplePost | Today 9:40 am
Hillary Clinton may have received more than kisses from Israeli leaders on her first official trip to the ...[Read on] |
Simple Ways to Smooth Away Stress
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Stress: we’ve all been there, and we probably haven’t left yet.
We always deal with it, but how well do we actually combat it? We can’t really help the paper we have due in a few hours that has yet to be begun, the presentation at work that our job...[Read on] |
Women in Afghanistan Slowly Breaking the 'Culture of Silence' Surrounding Abuse
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Women are often beaten, sexually abused or sold into slavery in Afghanistan, but since the Taliban was ousted, small steps for the better have been madePost | Today 11:20 am
There used to be a time when Afghanistan’s police would simply send abuse...[Read on] |
Tennis star Maria Sharapova celebrates her birthday in the Bahamas
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Maria Sharapova celebrated her 24th birthday with a three-tiered “pretty in pink” birthday cake at Atlantis in Paradise Island in the Bahamas last weekend.
“I want to thank all my fans for all their Happy Birthday wishes,” the tennis champ wrote...[Read on] |
DC shakeup. The ugly paradox.
| DC shakeup. No, not that DC. I refer here to DC Comics, which now has a new name—DC Entertainment—and a new president. This overhaul by parent company Warner Bros. bodes well for a forthcoming Wonder Woman film. Another sign that things are looking up...[Read on] |
Early thoughts on the Oscar nominations
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This morning I have such a feeling of relief over Kathryn Bigelow’s nomination. Since the Academy has such a shitty track record of honoring women, I thought in back of my mind that they just might give her (and us) the big finger.
But those thoughts...[Read on] |
Why Tax Banks? That’s Where The Money Is.
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by Reggie Oldak, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
President Obama today called for a “Fiscal Crisis Responsibility Fee” to be paid by about 50 of the largest financial institutions to “recover every single dime the American people are ow...[Read on] |
Mel Greenberg says goodbye to the Inquirer but not to women’s basketball
| Twitpic from @jtannenwald: Farewell party for @womhoopsguru
He is known as the Guru. He is a walking encyclopedia of women’s basketball history, mostly because he witnessed, chronicled and helped shape it for four decades.
I first met Mel Greenber...[Read on] |
Soles 4 Souls: Lend a hand to Haiti by donating shoes
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The 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti last week is a reminder just how fragile our world is, and seeing the devastation that has affected so many, Soles4Souls is mounting a massive response of emergency relief to victims of the disaster.
The non-...[Read on] |
Disney Swears off Princesses
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In a move that should have progressive minded parents across the country and the world cheering, Disney last week said that they would no longer be producing fairy tale movies, and folks that means no more princess movies.
No more big pink dresses, no ...[Read on] |
Paying Tribute to Roe vs Wade Warriors: Reproductive Health is a Human Right
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by Grace Lesser, Program Assistant,National Women's Law Center
Some things seem clear this week. Others, more murky. I am shocked as my fellow Massachusetts natives vote against a virulently pro-choice candidate for Senate. I wonder how in the world we w...[Read on] |
Mother daughter team create new TV show
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Being a formerly fat person myself who struggles with food issues each and every day I was really surprised, happy and cautious to see the new ABC Family TV show Huge.
But I did breathe a sigh of relief when I saw that it was co-created by Winnie Holzman...[Read on] |
Halftime: No time to quit - South Africa, HIV and how the World Cup has hidden an epidemic.
| Jamele Hill of ESPN writes one of the most poignent pieces on the HIV crisis in South Africa. With the World Cup as the backdrop and considering the continents economic and health crises , Hill shows how the world's biggest spectacle has worked to hide th...[Read on] |
What to Do During a Disaster
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In these dog days of the summer, disasters, natural or otherwise, happen every day. Though only 1,000 tornadoes occur annually, and a significantly smaller number of hurricanes, the chances of one hitting your town are higher than you might think. But tha...[Read on] |
Start steering your fate and ride with the tides in 2010
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As 2009 came to a close, many issued a sigh of relief. Scrolling down my Facebook news feed, and reading various tweets on Twitter, my friends’ statuses all seemed to have a common theme of good riddance ‘09, welcome ‘10. With the H1N1 virus scare, ...[Read on] |
Gail Sheehy: Remembering Elizabeth Edwards
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Gasper Tringale
What if the wife of one of the country’s most reviled politicians had used her public platform even more vigorously to advocate for positive change in our health care system?
Elizabeth Edwards was a model of tenacity in fig...[Read on] |
Make This Year Different: Job Resolutions
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Last year may have been tough for the unemployed, replete with hiring freezes and six to seven qualified candidates vying for every opening. But the year 2010 shows more signs of hope and financial relief.
According to a 2010 Job Forecast released by Car...[Read on] |
Simple and Easy Ways to Relieve Stress Fast
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I’m sure it comes as no surprise to you chicks that we live in a hectic, busy world. Our lives are filled with pressure, especially as young women in college or first starting out in the professional world.
Sometimes it can feel like everything is re...[Read on] |
Health Reform: Good for Mothers, Good for Families
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by Julia Kaye, Health Policy Associate, National Women's Law Center
Cross-posted from Say Ahhh!
There is a common misconception that all low-income people -- or, at least, all poor parents -- are eligible for Medicaid. It may derive from a mistaken c...[Read on] |
ChickSpeak hearts Hellcats
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In high school, we all loved tuning into our favorite primetime teen dramas. The storylines, abet a bit crazy at times, featured things we could relate to: dealing with boyfriend drama, taking the SATs, clashing with our parents and so and so on. We admir...[Read on] |
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