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Health

Female doctors spend more time with patients, but earn less money than men

Female physicians spend more time with each patient than male doctors do and their patients report higher satisfaction. But the extra time adds up and results in less money.

5 years ago

Anti-abortion-rights activists participate in the March for Life rally near the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

A world without legal abortion: How activists envision a ‘post-Roe’ nation

With the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, anti-abortion activists hope for a world where ending an unwanted pregnancy is not an option.

5 years ago

Philadelphia native Kristen Welker will moderate the presidential debate on Thursday. (Submitted)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

Mom says Philly native Kristen Welker will be the perfect debate moderator

Kristen, who co-anchors “Weekend TODAY,” is the first Black woman to moderate a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992.

5 years ago

Signs reflect the sentiments of the crowd at Saturday's We Dissent women's march in Philadelphia. (Katie Meyer/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

A newly energized Women’s March returns to Philadelphia

Four years after Trump’s election and the first Women’s March, feminists are taking to the streets again to protest the Supreme Court’s rightward shift.

5 years ago

Tarana Burke marches with others at the #MeToo March in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles in 2017
Community

On #MeToo anniversary, leaders say focus is on inequality

As the #MeToo movement marks its third anniversary, founder Tarana Burke is working to make sure it remains inclusive and reclaims its original intent.

5 years ago

Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 19 during the March for Life. (Susan Walsh/AP)
Health

Tough questioning at hearing on Pa. ban of Medicaid funding for abortion

Lawyers argued whether the law violates of the state constitution’s Equal Rights Amendment or reflects just one sex-specific issue Medicaid does not cover.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court
Health

Providers to argue Pa. ban on using Medicaid funds for abortions is illegal

Eight providers are suing the state’s Department of Human Services over the prohibition. Oral arguments are set for Wednesday in Commonwealth Court.

5 years ago

Princeton University will pay $925,000 in back pay and at least $250,000 in future wages as part of an agreement announced by the U.S. Department of Labor.  (Daryl Solomon / Getty Images)
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Education

Princeton University agrees to nearly $1 million in back pay to female professors

The Ivy League university will pay $925,000 in back pay and at least $250,000 in future wages, as part of an agreement announced by the U.S. Department of Labor.

5 years ago

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, meets with U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2020. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)
Courts & Law

Scalia ‘heir’ Barrett may be open to reversing Roe v. Wade

At the center of that shared philosophy is a strict form of constitutional interpretation called originalism, which Scalia championed.

5 years ago

The sun rises behind the Supreme Court in Washington
Courts & Law

Justices say women can get abortion pill by mail, for now

The court did little more than defer its first action on an abortion-related issue since the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month.

5 years ago

President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden's debate this week was low on substance and high on interruptions and aggression, particularly from Trump. (SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

How gender shapes presidential debates — even when between two men

Trump relentlessly interrupted his opponent Biden, who responded at times with personal insults. That event stands in contrast to recent debates with women candidates.

5 years ago

Museum of the American Revolution's
Arts & Entertainment

‘When Women Lost the Vote’: Philly museum tells the forgotten stories of Revolutionary N.J.

The Museum of the American Revolution’s new exhibit, “When Women Lost the Vote,” explores when women and free people of color were legally entitled to vote in New Jersey.

5 years ago

Last month, women left jobs at four times the rate that men did. A new school year with children staying home instead of returning to classrooms in person led many women to drop out of the workforce. (Tom Werner/DigitalVision/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Enough already: Multiple demands causing women to abandon workforce

Here's a stunning stat: Women are leaving the workforce at four times the rate as men.

5 years ago

Norma McCorvey,
Courts & Law

N.J. moves to codify abortion rights into state law ahead of Supreme Court vote

With another conservative nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy moves to codify abortion rights into state law.

5 years ago

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trumps nominee for the US Supreme Court, looks on during a meeting with Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) on Capitol Hill in Washington, October, 1, 2020. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)
Courts & Law

Barrett opposed ‘abortion on demand,’ raising doubts on Roe

President Donald Trump has nominated Barrett to take the seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an abortion-rights supporter who died last month.

5 years ago

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