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[TRENDING NEWS] What an America Without Roe Would Look Like

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Author: BY CLAIRE CAIN MILLER AND MARGOT SANGER-KATZ - Publish Date: December 6, 2021 at 12:25AM Legal abortions would fall, particularly among poor women in the South and Midwest, and out-of-state travel and abortion pills would play a bigger role.

[TRENDING NEWS] Taliban Decree an End to Forced Marriages in Afghanistan

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Author: BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Publish Date: December 4, 2021 at 01:15AM The decree, attributed to the group’s religious leader, calls for more rights for women under Islamic law, but does not say whether women will regain easier access to education or jobs.

[TRENDING NEWS] Becoming a Parent, or Deciding Not To

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: November 30, 2021 at 11:39PM Betty Rollin and other readers discuss whether it is “still OK to procreate.” Also: Following the kids’ lead on masks; regulating cyberwar.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘Long Live “Wokeness”!’ Or Is It Doomed?

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: November 28, 2021 at 11:30PM On John McWhorter’s call for a new term and Bret Stephens’s assertion that wokeness will fail. Also: Maternal health; American exceptionalism; Facebook.

[TRENDING NEWS] Jane Brown Grimes, a Rare Female Force in Tennis, Dies at 80

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Author: BY RICHARD SANDOMIR - Publish Date: November 14, 2021 at 03:28AM She was a top executive at three organizations, including the International Tennis Hall of Fame, where she was later inducted.

[TRENDING NEWS] Dream of Buying a Home Gets Harder for Single Mothers

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Author: BY TARA SIEGEL BERNARD - Publish Date: November 11, 2021 at 11:42PM Lost pay during the pandemic and high costs threaten strides they had made in homeownership, often a key driver of long-term wealth.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Emily Ratajkowski You’ll Never See

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Author: BY ANDREA LONG CHU - Publish Date: November 8, 2021 at 11:31PM With her new book, the model tries to escape the oppressions of the male gaze. So our writer is keeping some of her secrets.

[TRENDING NEWS] In a World That Exploits Women, Emily Ratajkowski Exploits Herself. Is That Progress?

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Author: BY MOLLY YOUNG - Publish Date: November 6, 2021 at 12:59AM The essays in Ratajkowski’s book “My Body” explore the troubled and troubling ambiguities where capitalism meets objectification.

[TRENDING NEWS] Zazie Beetz and Regina King on Their Big Battle in ‘The Harder They Fall’

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Author: BY LAURA ZORNOSA - Publish Date: November 6, 2021 at 12:45AM In the Netflix western, the two actresses, playing members of rival cowboy gangs, engage in an epic fight. Here, they break down the scene.

[TRENDING NEWS] Greta Thunberg Says Climate Talks Are Becoming a ‘Greenwash Campaign’

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Author: BY JENNY GROSS - Publish Date: November 5, 2021 at 01:22AM Ms. Thunberg and other activists also spoke about the critical role that young women have played in pressuring world leaders to take action on climate change.

[TRENDING NEWS] Pauline Bart, Sociologist Who Mapped Women’s Challenges, Dies at 91

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Author: BY PENELOPE GREEN - Publish Date: October 31, 2021 at 12:55AM She researched the ways gender biases harmed women, and she wrote about her findings in studies laced with compassion and wry humor.

[TRENDING NEWS] Pregnant and breastfeeding women are slower to respond to vaccination, researchers report.

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Author: BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI - Publish Date: October 28, 2021 at 12:07AM They remain susceptible to the virus for longer after the first vaccination, but achieve a mostly normal response after the second, a study says.

[TRENDING NEWS] Netflix Series Stirs Debate About the Lives of Ultra-Orthodox Women

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Author: BY JOSEPH BERGER - Publish Date: October 27, 2021 at 11:56PM The show, “My Unorthodox Life,” tracks the world of Julia Haart, who fled a religious community she found repressive. But some in the community she left say they feel misrepresented.

[TRENDING NEWS] Una boda real en Japón sin fanfarrias

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Author: BY MOTOKO RICH AND MAKIKO INOUE - Publish Date: October 27, 2021 at 12:11AM No fue una boda transmitida por televisión, no se presentó a la pareja en un balcón ni hubo espectadores en las aceras; se organizó una conferencia de prensa formal.

[TRENDING NEWS] German Woman Convicted of a Crime Against Humanity in Death of Yazidi Child

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Author: BY MELISSA EDDY - Publish Date: October 25, 2021 at 11:42PM The woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a court found that she joined the Islamic State and enslaved a Yazidi mother and child, whom she left to die in the summer heat of Iraq in 2015.

[TRENDING NEWS] Overlooked No More: Kim Hak-soon, Who Broke the Silence for ‘Comfort Women’

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Author: BY CHOE SANG-HUN - Publish Date: October 22, 2021 at 12:07AM Her public testimony about the horrors of sexual slavery that Japan had engineered for its World War II military encouraged other survivors to step forward.

[TRENDING NEWS] The Revolutionary Model Turned Painter

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Author: BY WILL HEINRICH - Publish Date: October 21, 2021 at 01:38AM Suzanne Valadon taught herself to paint while modeling for Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec. A revelatory new survey at the Barnes Collection shows what she learned.

[TRENDING NEWS] What Scientists Are Learning About Estrogen and Exercise

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Author: BY GRETCHEN REYNOLDS - Publish Date: October 20, 2021 at 11:42PM A study in mice raises intriguing questions about the ways that hormones influence the brain and motivate the body to move.

[TRENDING NEWS] Assessing the Legacy of Colin Powell

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: October 20, 2021 at 12:29AM Readers pay tribute to Mr. Powell but also criticize aspects of his record. Also: Sexism harms everyone.

[TRENDING NEWS] An N.B.A. Female ‘First’ Hopes It’s Not Such a Big Deal Soon

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Author: BY SCOTT CACCIOLA - Publish Date: October 15, 2021 at 01:20AM Lisa Byington, the league’s first full-time female play-by-play broadcaster, with the Milwaukee Bucks, said she’s proud but hopes the novelty has a short shelf life.