Equal pay goals hinge on more high paying Iowa jobs
University of Iowa sociology professor Jennifer Glass urges creating more high paying jobs to close the gender wage gap. She notes two thirds of Iowa women work outside the home in low paying roles and few reach management or executive positions. Studies by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research also highlight broader autonomy, health, and family issues shaping pay equality.
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OWA
Jennifer Glass
University of Iowa
Iowa
Glass
United States
Institute For Women’s Policy Research
We Are Cleaner Healthier and Better Off Yet Men Won’t Do Housework
A British Gallup style poll mirrored 1954 Britain and the United States, noting shifts in work hours laundry habits and attitudes. It contrasts air smog and polio vaccine gains with rising upward mobility and changes in family views while reflecting on American social changes and a church ad controversy.
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Gallup
Great Britain
Independent
England
United States
London
New York Town
Joanna Bourke
Birkbeck College
Atlantic
Jersey City
Phoenix
Life Magazine
Eisenhower
White House
Joseph McCarthy
U.S. Information Agency
Henry David Thoreau
Asia
Conservatism and economic critique call for reform
The letter critiques holiday language censorship and calls for teaching foundational US documents. It argues against welfare stigma and praises progressive programs, condemns corporate greed, tax dodging, and unchecked free market excess. It urges conservatives and liberals to unite for national needs.
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United States
China
North Korea
United States of America
Weight and health beyond size obsessions
A parent recalls pressuring a 2-year-old to eat oats to meet a mythic weight, then reflects on the harm of size-based judgments. The piece argues health is not determined by BMI and critiques society push to "lose weight" over genuine well being, noting CDC overestimation of weight-related deaths.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Liberal message disputed in Kerry loss claim
Tom Harkin contends John Kerry lost because the Democrats failed to get their message to voters. The speaker suggests critics are out of touch and mocks liberal dogma and sex education policies praised by opponents.
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Tom Harkin
John Kerry
Will Hillary Clinton Become a Born Again Politician
Kathleen Parker cites Hillary Clinton’s Tufts remarks linking Democrats to Bible use. The piece questions whether Clinton will publish a further book and if she will pursue a “born again politician” image for votes.
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Hillary Clinton
Kathleen Parker
Tufts University
Hillary
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