A light day for news about women and women’s issues as the media turns their eyes to Farrah and MJ. Happy reading!

The Economy:

New York Times Magazine previews a story in this Sunday’s issue, about GM and the fall of Detroit’s African-American middle class:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/magazine/28detroit-t.html

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on a study showing women working for the city earn less than men:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09176/979878-100.stm

The Economy on the Blogs:


Courtney Martin asks whether women are really risk-averse to investing? (Feministing)
http://www.feministing.com/archives/016315.html

Health:

A New York Times feature looks at maternal mortality levels in Africa – and the orphans left behind:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/world/africa/25orphan.html

An Ontario paper reports on province-wide research showing low-income women have more health problems:
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1628446

New York state will soon pay women to donate their eggs for stem-cell research, according to the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR200906...

Education:

An ACLU of Michigan report says the state’s inflexible expulsion rules are creating a school-to-prison pipeline (Associated Press):
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-studentdiscipline,0,687857....

Ms. Magazine reports on the announcement by the U.S. Secretary of Education that $2.4 million will be awarded to 13 groups for girls education:
http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?ID=11775

Violence:

Survivors of domestic abuse recount their experiences in an upstate New York paper:
http://www.lockportjournal.com/local/gnnlocalnews_story_176104526.html

The U.S. Attorney General pushes for hate-crimes legislation (CNN):
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/25/holder.hate.crimes/

A Montana NBC affiliate reports on a recent summit at the state capital on violence in Native American communities:
http://www.kfbb.com/news/local/49041121.html

A Guardian feature reports sexual violence was used to entrap a Palestinian women in spying for Israel:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/25/palestinian-collaborator-jai...

An NPR report looks at male cultural norms that lead to sexual violence in South Africa:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105893732

Philanthropy:

Makeup maven Bobbi Brown opens up to Forbes about philanthropy:
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/24/bobbi-brown-philanthropy-forbes-woman-q...

Sports on the Blogs:


Washington Area Women’s Foundation says girls’ lack of access to sports signals other inequities:
http://thewomensfoundation.org/2009/girls-lack-of-access-to-sports-often...

Celebrity:

The Los Angeles Times reports Farrah Fawcett left behind a legacy for how women are represented on TV:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-fawcett-appreciation26-2...