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The Amazing Woman Born 200 Years Ago Today, But Most Don’t Know Her Name
Most Americans don’t know who Elizabeth Cady Stanton is, and putting her picture on the new $10 bill may be a good way to...
Inmate Asks to Donate Bone Marrow to Judge Who Put Him in Prison
If you were to make a list of people willing to donate bone marrow to save your life, a man you placed behind bars...
Miss Piggy the Muppet is Honored for Feminist Contributions (WATCH)
Television and movie diva, best-selling author and outspoken champion of porcine rights, Miss Piggy, was honored this week with a major feminist award. On...
U.S. Abortion Rate at 40-Year Low
The abortion rate in the United States dropped to its lowest point since the Supreme Court legalized the procedure in 1973, according to a...
Finally, There’s Reason for Optimism on U.S. Voting Laws
After three years of pitched battles in the states over who can vote and how much trouble they should have to go through to...
A Meeting of Minds Between a Judge And the Man He Sent To Prison
A 23-year-old bank robber who stood before a federal judge 13 years ago asking for leniency and vowing to change did change - after...
Obama Beams as Bob Dylan, 12 Others, Awarded Medal of Freedom (w/ Video)
At the White House yesterday, President Obama honored this year's recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor.
“I have to...
Unlikely Advocates For Teen Killers: Victims’ Families
The Supreme Court heard arguments last week about the fate of 2,500 offenders who were sentenced as teenagers -- some as young as 13...
Israel Begins Dismantling Section of West Bank Barrier
Israel on Sunday began tearing down a section of its contentious West Bank separation, marking a major victory for the village residents of Bilin,...
Free 30-Minute Dog Rentals for Stressed-Out Yale Law Students
Yale Law School, renowned for competitiveness and its Supreme Court justices, is embarking on a pilot program next week in which students can check...
Senate Rejects House Attempt to Roll Back Environmental Laws
The U.S. Senate yesterday rejected the House of Representative’s attempt to roll back some of the nation’s laws protecting public health and the environment....
Veterans Form Human Shield to Protect Soldier Funerals From Protesters (Video)
The U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled in favor of the rights of Westboro Baptist Church members to protest at soldiers' funerals, reaffirming the...
A New ‘National Civility Institute’ Will Try to Calm U.S. Political Rancor
Sparked by the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a new National Institute for Civil Discourse has been established in Arizona by local leaders interested...
NBC is Developing ‘The Happiness Project’ for TV
The book The Happiness Project is in development to become a new NBC TV show based on the best-selling memoir by Gretchen Rubin about...
Obama Gives Medal of Freedom to Outstanding Leaders
President Barack Obama recognized the accomplishments of actors, activists, scientists and humanitarians by awarding each one a Presidential Medal of Freedom in a White...
Obama Names Medal of Freedom Winners: Kennedy, Poitier, Hawking, 13 Others
President Obama on Thursday named the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is...
Pakistan Chief Justice Reinstated After Year of Protests (w/ Video)
Supporters of Pakistan's reinstated chief justice Muhammad Chaudhry celebrated the judge's first day back at work since the government backed down in the...
Obama Signs Equal-Pay Bill into Law
"Well, this is a wonderful day," said President Obama, before signing his first major piece of legislation, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay...
Ten Extraordinary Americans Recognized for Innovation in Health Care
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced the 2008 recipients of its Community Health Leaders Award for individuals who overcome the odds to improve...
King’s Memphis Motel Now Marks National Civil Rights Museum
40 years ago yesterday -- one day before he was shot -- Martin Luther King, Jr. predicted, “I may not get there with you,...