This was a tidbit of particular interest to me from the article I link to below: Indeed, some scholars say they believe the reason Muslim countries have been disproportionately afflicted by terrorism is not Islamic teachings about infidels or violence but rather the low levels of female education and participation in the labor force. Like […]
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In many poor countries, the greatest unexploited resource isn’t oil fields or veins of gold; it is the women and girls who aren’t educated and never become a major presence in the formal economy. With education and with help starting businesses, impoverished women can earn money and support their countries as well as their families.
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Michelle Rodriguez has signed on to the cast of Robert Rodriguez’s Machete, which will be out next year.
History suggests that major social policy unfolds on a continuum. The Social Security Act of 1935 disappointed liberal New Dealers because what was called “old-age insurance” covered only about half the adult population. It excluded farmhands, domestics, employees of small businesses, and most blacks. That was because FDR needed the votes of Southern Democrats, the
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It’s all been an allegory for years on the page, but here’s an example of folks putting SF tropes to good use in real world interactions.
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What I love about reading Diabetes Mine (she’s another Omnipod Pump user) is that pretty much anything that’s happened to her while using the pump also, eventually, happens to me. She’s got an incredible resource of t1 diabetes information that has really helped me get a handle on my illness and the most up to
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For those who haven’t seen them, here’s the full set of J and I’s West Coast Trip photos.
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My God, that was a depressing movie. Don’t get me wrong: the Taliban is utterly fucking depressing (and fascinating. What made the movie are the ways people get around laws enforced by Draconian regimes. I’ve looked a lot into how Iranians have gotten around these sorts of laws, and it’s a good illustration of why