40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes march on

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision Tuesday with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights established by the Supreme Court...

First lady pens open letter to women

Ugonna Okpalaoka

theGRIO REPORT - With less than 20 days left until the country elects its next president, First Lady Michelle Obama is urging women to come out in strong numbers and vote for her husband....

Black female politicians who made history

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MADAME NOIRE - Some black women have been trailblazers in the political arena, shaping history and leaving a legacy that cannot be erased...

Black women battle 'Mad Men' in corporate America

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As Rebecca Carroll watched the season premiere of 'Mad Men' she was reminded of time when racial inequality was acceptable...

Women's rights advocate Addie Wyatt dies at 88

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Rev. Addie Wyatt has passed away at the age of 88 at Advocate Trinity Hospital. Wyatt dedicated her life to fight for African-American and women's rights...

Anita Hill hailed as a heroine 20 years later

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder

theGRIO REPORT - It has been two decades since Anita Hill testified at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' Senate confirmation hearing...

GOP loses 'forcible rape' language from abortion bill

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House Republicans plan to sidestep a charged debate over the distinction between "forcible rape" and "rape" by altering the language of a bill banning taxpayer subsidies for abortions...

Somali Islamists ban men, women from shaking hands

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalis say Islamist insurgents have banned unrelated men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together...

Blacks, women, now gays: Military to adjust again

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NEW YORK (AP) - Even now, with racial violence largely in the past, blacks hold only about 6 percent of senior command positions...

Why Anita Hill's story still hits a nerve

Sophia A. Nelson

OPINION - To see this accomplished black female lawyer vilified as a lying, bitter, scorned woman picking on a nice black man married to a white woman was just jaw dropping...

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40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes march on

First lady pens open letter to women

Black female politicians who made history

Black women battle 'Mad Men' in corporate America

Women's rights advocate Addie Wyatt dies at 88

Anita Hill hailed as a heroine 20 years later

GOP loses 'forcible rape' language from abortion bill

Somali Islamists ban men, women from shaking hands

Blacks, women, now gays: Military to adjust again

Why Anita Hill's story still hits a nerve

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