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A Quiet Revolution in the Developing World by Regina Cornwell
December 1, 2008
 The Gates Foundation has found an experienced adviser who knows as much as anyone about the importance of focusing on women to increase agricultural production in those countries where hungry people need it most. And her gender-sensitive policy does not end with the farmers.
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Great Expectations: Challenges for the Next Secretary of State by Michele Wucker
November 25, 2008
 As the presumptive new secretary of state, Hillary Clinton brings considerable strengths to the job. She will need all of them to help repair her country’s damaged reputation and move ahead strategically on a demanding series of problem areas.
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Concrete Bed by Hamedah Hasan
November 24, 2008
 As a result of Draconian federal sentencing laws imposed since the 1980s, the author, caught on the edges of her cousin’s cocaine-selling operation, remains locked up despite what her trial judge called her “extraordinary rehabilitation.” While we seek out family during this holiday season, she longs for her three daughters and hopes that a documentary about her case will influence judicial policy makers.
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What Obama Really Means for Black America and Beyond by Celeste Watkins-Hayes
November 21, 2008
The soon-t o-be first family presents a potent role model. Here, the author, a sociologist and African American Studies assistant professor at Northwestern, describes the other half of the political agenda that is essential if we are to embrace the “politics of personal responsibility.”
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Voices Carry: The Fight for Women’s Rights in the Catholic Church by Angela Bonavoglia
November 19, 2008
Roman Catholic supporters of Barack Obama undergo intimidation by church leaders because of their candidate’s pro-choice views. Father Roy Bourgeois faces excommunication for co-presiding over the ordination of a woman as priest. Author Angela Bonavoglia connects the dots within a deeply misogynistic tendency of the church hierarchy that members are resisting—from the pews and from the pulpit.
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California Proposition 8—We Take It Personally by Jaime and Amy Todd-Gher
November 17, 2008
The authors, who have worked for years for national and international human rights, are not about to let a Mormon Church and right-wing sponsored setback in California stand. They join a recommitted movement to secure LGBT rights—including that of same-sex couples to marry—knowing that the nation has moved forward in understanding the essential importance of equality.
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Women’s Films: A New Box Office Trend? by Melissa Silverstein
November 13, 2008
Hollywood is hooked on blockbusters, and even when a women-centric movie earns a whole lot of money, the industry tends to treat the event as an exception. New research from Martha Lauzen provides data to refute that mindset.
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All Eyes on Afghanistan: What Should Barack Obama Do? by Patricia DeGennaro
November 12, 2008
Many different interests vie for supremacy in Afghanistan, and the new administration must stimulate an honest discussion among the stakeholders. Left out of discussions so far has been consultation with the Afghan people themselves..
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