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Day: May 12, 2018

Women on the 2018 ballot are busting perceptions of motherhood and leadership

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United States (Conversation) – Motherhood is taking center stage in U.S. politics. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, the first United States senator to give birth while in office has been seen on Capitol Hill with her newborn nestled in her lap. Screenshot of ‘Our Girls – Kelda Roys for Governor’ video.Kelda for Governor 2018 Two Democratic gubernatorial candidates, Maryland’s Krish Vignarajah and Wisconsin’s Kelda Roys, made waves with campaign ads that, in addition to touting their capabilities as leaders, also show them nursing their babies. A Democratic congressional candidate in New York,…

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Social media platforms are ablaze as Turks say “enough” to President Erdogan

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Thousands protest in Istanbul against corruption and Erdogan’s government, December 2013. A banner with Fethullah Gulen and PM Erdogan’s pictures reads “one is no better than the other”. Fulya Atalay for Demotix. (GV) – It took just a few hours for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to realise the mistake he made while speaking to the members of his party in Ankara on May 8. Referring to himself first in the third person, President Erodgan said: “his foes have just one care – to destroy Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.” He continued: “If…

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Banks Defend Their Right to Be Dishonest

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US (OtherWords) – “Greed is good,” proclaimed Gordon Gekko, lead character in a 1987 film lampooning the low ethics of the high finance barons of Wall Street. You might think that, surely, this Hollywood portrayal is a gross exaggeration. But check out an egregious example of Gekko-level greed being pushed by today’s Wall Street sharks. Big shot financiers have been going all out to kill a sensible Labor Department rule meant to protect people’s retirement accounts from the self-serving guile of financial manipulators. The rule simply requires firms that manage these accounts…

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