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17 Mar 2020, 5:00 pm
Spain was neutral in World War I and its newspapers uncensored; Spanish papers reported the disease first and Spain got stuck with the name.) [read post]
16 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm by Leslie C. Griffin
That system sensibly arose from the terrible Wars of Religion, which are the main historical background to religious freedom in the United States. [read post]
16 Mar 2020, 7:12 am
Oh, I think it was maybe the next post: The headline, in Forbes, "Santorum Promises Broad War on Porn," which required me to blog about the double entendre ("broad war"). [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 5:21 pm by INFORRM
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 3:41 pm by Pamela Falk, Jacques Singer-Emery
The hope is that this will help achieve a permanent cease-fire and a political settlement designed to protect the rights of women, youth and minorities—an important step given the Taliban’s dismal record of human rights abuses. [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 6:10 am by Bruce Riedel
The crown prince has arrested and shaken down the cream of Saudi society; tortured women who spoke in favor of driving, because he can’t bear sharing the publicity of ending the women driving ban; and kidnapped and beat up the prime minister of Lebanon, just to name some of his violent actions. [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 3:50 am by SHG
” But what, the astute observer might ask, about the totality of the circumstances, the cumulative evidence, the opinions of other circuits, the thousands of rants about how this is a war between vulnerable women and toxic masculinity that has been shouted on every social media platform, throughout woke media and from the lips of former Vice President Joe Biden, whose cry is that “It’s on Us” because men are rapists and women are victims? [read post]
9 Mar 2020, 11:09 am by Jennifer Davis
Mary lobbied William Howard Taft, then War Department Secretary, to have the soldiers’ discharges stalled so an investigation could start. [read post]
9 Mar 2020, 11:04 am by William Ford, Elliot Setzer
The subcommittee will hear testimony from Dana Stroul, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Dafna Rand, the former deputy assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor; and Jennifer Cafarella, the research director at the Institute for the Study of War. [read post]
9 Mar 2020, 9:51 am by Tracy Thomas
Aya Gruber, The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women's Liberation in Mass Incarceration Many feminists grapple with the problem of hyper-incarceration in the United States, and yet commentators on gender crime continue to assert that criminal law... [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 4:23 am by SHG
Some folks actually go to the supermarket and pick out their avocados by hand, despite the upcoming World War Z. [read post]
3 Mar 2020, 6:46 am by Xi Lucy Shi
Access to medical care for the wounded has been undermined by aerial and ground attacks of pro-government forces, while attacks on women’s and children’s hospitals have prevented pregnant women and new mothers from receiving medical care. [read post]
3 Mar 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
At the same time, the war on drugs substantially enhanced the criminal penalties for drug crimes, with a disparate impact. [read post]
3 Mar 2020, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
On March 3, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law was passed by the United States Congress. [read post]
2 Mar 2020, 10:06 am by becassidy
Roundtree was part of the first class of African-American women to be trained as officers in the newly created Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (later the Women’s Army Corps) during World War II. [read post]
29 Feb 2020, 6:50 am
American efforts to instill a democratic system in the country, and to improve opportunities for women and minorities, are at risk if the Taliban, which banned girls from schools and women from public life, become dominant again. [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Women running for office say they often feel pressure to look the part lest they not be taken seriously. [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 8:43 am by David Pozen
  Will it be seen as basically “irrelevant” in light of existing law on sex equality, or will it be read to authorize or compel legal reform in the areas of paid leave, pregnancy discrimination, violence against women, and more? [read post]
27 Feb 2020, 8:28 am by David Pozen
  Will it be seen as basically “irrelevant” in light of existing law on sex equality, or will it be read to authorize or compel legal reform in the areas of paid leave, pregnancy discrimination, violence against women, and more? [read post]