ARCHIVED | SUMMER 2010
 A Woman's Place is in the Ring
Cristina Garcia hasn't won almost every writing award for nothing. Her amazing talent is to depict psychologically complicated characters against the backdrop of a complicated society. Garcia's subject matter is epic: civil war, assassination attempts, historical amnesia, godly messages dispatched from a canary, xenophobia, communication with the dead, the redemption of art, you name it. more...
 The Right of Every Woman
This week, the UN met to assess its progress towards its Millennium Development Goals, one of which was to improve maternal health. Belle Taylor-McGhee reports from Uganda on why this goal is so desperately important. more...
 The Danger of False Divides
During the 2008 primaries, a debate arose over which historic first the Democratic presidential candidate should be--Ba man of color or a woman? Reviewing a collection of essays (compiled by Beverley Guy-Sheftall and Johnnetta Betsch Cole) from that heated moment, Janell Hobson discusses the dang
ers of ideological separation along a false divide.More... The Echoes of Suffrage
ALEXANDRA TWETEN
In 1926, whether women would win the right to vote was decided by a letter from the mother of a 24-year-old Tennessee legislator. And Tennessee hasn’t forgotten its role. More...
 Where Are You Going, Arizona?
NICOLE GUIDOTTI-HERNANDEZ
An Arizona women’s and ethnic-studies professor tracks Arizona’s slide into xenophobia—and warns that there’s more to come. More...
 Elena Kagan: The Fourth in 425 Years
DONNA BRAZILE
It took us almost 200 years as a country to get the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, almost 30 years later, we will soon have three women serving together—two named by President Barack Obama in just two years. That’s remarkable—and the fact that the latest nominee is such an extraordinary candidate makes the news even better. Read full article.
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