Today’s roundup has a mix of older news and a healthy dose of features and commentary on the economy. Sports fans: LPGA updates at the bottom. Happy reading!

The Economy:

BBC’s Katty Kay and ABC’s Claire Shipman say women hold the keys to worldwide economic recovery (Washington Post Opinion):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR200907...

Massachusetts has eliminated funding for a program that works with nonprofits to lift single mothers out of poverty (Boston Globe):
http://www.boston.com/community/moms/articles/2009/07/09/scholarship_pro...

The New York Times reports a surge in homeless families in the city:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/nyregion/07summer.html?_r=3&hpw

Report details poverty trends among LGBT families (American Progress):
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/07/lgbt_rights.html

A Wall Street Journal story says men are experiencing the brunt of job losses in the U.S.:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020357730457427257014915301...

A Wall Street Journal article says rich women give more to charity than rich men:
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2009/07/13/rich-women-give-more-to-charity-t...

The Economy on the Blogs:


By the Fault blog looks at the power of girls to balance the world:
http://www.bythefault.com/2009/07/13/inside-story-to-tackle-overpopulati...

Health:

The FDA has approved a single-pill dose of Plan B – including over-the-counter sales for 17-year-old girls (U.S. News):
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/07/13/fda-oks-si...

President Obama appoints a family physician from Alabama as the next surgeon general (Washington Post):
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/07/13/obama_selects_alabama_doc...

U.S. News and World Report takes a closer look at Dr. Benjamin’s nomination:
http://health.usnews.com/blogs/on-women/2009/07/13/what-regina-benjamin-...

U.S. House looks at extending full federal benefits to gay couples (American Progress):
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/07/dpbo_hearing.html

Violence:

A letter to the Editor of the New York Times highlights the need for national attention on domestic violence:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/opinion/lweb12women.html

The BBC reports several women in Sudan have been lashed for wearing trousers:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8147329.stm

The Rething Afghanistan series in the Huffingtonpost takes a look at women’s rights and resurgent violence against women:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rethink-afghanistan/debunking-the-myths-ab...

Hot-button issue: Burqas:

Women on the Web looks at France’s uproar over burqas:
http://www.wowowow.com/politics/french-fashion-designers-churn-out-styli...

Filmmaker Kamran Pasha chimes in on the veil debate (Huffingtonpost.com):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kamran-pasha/lifting-the-veil-on-the-d_b_2...

Environment:

A New York Times feature profiles two women spearheading a recycling program in NYC’s public housing projects:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/science/earth/04recycle.htm

Sports:

Report: Carolyn Bivens to step down as LPGA Commissioner (New York Times):
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/sports/golf/13bivens.html?_r=1

South Korean wins U.S. Women’s Open (New York Times):
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/sports/golf/13lpga.html

Did I leave anything out? Let me know!