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Two conservative columnists, Maggie Gallagher and Michael McManus, were paid by the Bush Administration while touting its “healthy marriage” initiative in their columns. These revelations come only weeks after the public learned that Armstrong Williams, a conservative African-American pundit, was paid $240,000 by the Bush Administration to promote the “No Child Left Behind” Act. Gallagher […]

Last week, New York City Council members released the results of a study which determined that the city has not been granting a fair amount of contracts to women- and minority-owned businesses. The study, commissioned by the council and conducted by Mason Tillman Associates, showed that out of $18.8 billion worth of construction-related and goods […]

The Emmy-award winning civil rights documentary series “Eyes on the Prize,” used often over the past 18 years in classrooms and to commemorate Black History Month, is no longer available on video or DVD, and cannot be shown on television due to expired rights to footage used in the series. The company that produced the […]

A study released Sunday has determined that the only human embryonic stem cells available for research with federal funds are unusable. The study, published in the online edition of Nature Medicine, reported that, as previously feared, the stem cells are contaminated by animal molecules found in the culture medium used to grow the cells, according […]

Incoming Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on Tuesday denounced PBS for spending public money on a show with lesbian characters, arguing that many parents would not want their children exposed to such lifestyles. The nonprofit network announced that it will not air the episode of “Postcards for Buster” in question, nor will the episode be distributed […]

A recent study of more than 1,500 girls under the age of 18 has shown that if teens were required to obtain parental consent in order to receive birth control from family planning clinics, many would rather choose to have unprotected sex, with very few choosing to abstain from sex. Reuters reports that the study, […]

On Monday, the US Supreme Court declined to consider whether states may offer license plates with anti-abortion messages. A lower court had ruled in favor of the plaintiff, Planned Parenthood of South Carolina, finding the state’s “Choose Life” plates to be a violation of First Amendment rights. The plates did not offer abortion rights supporters […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late Friday announced it would delay its decision on over-the-counter status for the emergency contraceptive Plan B for women ages 16 and older. This decision prompted an immediate outcry among women’s rights and health groups, which have been working to win over-the-counter status for emergency contraception (EC). “The FDA […]

Succumbing to pressure by women’s rights groups and prominent women scientists and academicians like Sally Ride and Donna Hopkins, Harvard President Lawrence Summers has announced the initiation of a new program at the university to recruit women a week after suggesting at an academic conference that women have less innate ability to perform in science […]