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Selected Articles by Sharon Lerner

 

The Washington Post

The Nation

Slate.com/DoubleX

GRITtv

The New York Times Magazine

WNYC Radio

The Village Voice

 

 

The Washington Post

 

Why Unpaid Leave Isn't Enough / June 13, 2010

 

 

The Nation

 

The Gender Equity Bubble Goes Pop! / May 7, 2010

(or why Mothers Day makes me think about boiling frogs...)

 

Nowhere to Hyde / April 18, 2010

 

Tiller's Killer Puts Abortion on Trial / January 28, 2010

 

Round Two: The Coming Battle Over Abortion Funding / November 23, 2009
The prochoice movement stops playing nice in the fight over abortion coverage

 

Where's the Birth Control? / October 30, 2009
None of the reform bills emerging from the House and Senate cover a woman’s well-visit

 

Healthcare Reform--at the Price of Women's Health? / September 24, 2009
The Senate Finance Committee considers two anti-choice amendments considered

 

Why Women Need Healthcare Reform / August 21, 2009
Under the current healthcare system, many women have become a medical underclass.

 

Senator, Let's Talk About Sex / September 12, 2008
With his deceptive ad linking Obama to condom ed for kindergartners, McCain broaches a topic he'd best avoid.

 

The Kids Aren't Alright / November 12, 2007
President Bush's neglect of government-sponsored childcare programs has a steep price. Children are paying.

 

Missouri's Female Trouble / September 30, 2004
Women may decide Kerry's fate.

 

 

Slate.com/DoubleX

 

Yes, You Can Get Fired After Taking Maternity Leave / August 17, 2010

The confusing state of family-leave policies.

 

How Could One of America's Most Sexist Companies End Up on Working Mother's Best 100 List? / May 24, 2010

And what does that say about American employers' glowing reports about their own “family-friendliness”?

 

Will Obama Help You Get Decent Child Care? / February 17, 2010

He's the first president to care about it, at least.

 

Why Doesn't Health Care Cover Birth Control? / November 12, 2009

Politicians won’t address the subject.

 

The Real Reason American Women Are So Unhappy / October 1, 2009

It's not because we have too many choices.

 

 

GRITtv

 

Raul Grijalva & Sharon Lerner Talk Healthcare Reform

 

 

The New York Times Magazine

 

The Motherhood Experiment / March 4, 2007

 

 

WNYC Radio

 

“Growing Up Positive”
Five-part Radio Documentary

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five

 

“Working New Yorkers Struggle to Find Childcare” / February, 2006
Two-part series on childcare
Part One
Part Two

 

Surprise and Relief for One High School Graduate / June 27, 2005

 

 

The Village Voice

 

A New Kind of Abortion War / October 18, 2005
Stealth Pro-Life Campaign Erodes Reproductive Rights

 

Here Comes John Roberts, There Goes Roe v. Wade / September 27, 2005
Supporters of abortion rights prepare for the worst as chief justice wins confirmation

 

Sex and the Kiddies / August 2, 2005
The city is launching a new sex ed program—minus a few key points

 

A Political Circus Comes to Its Personal Close / March 29, 2005
Terri Schiavo is gone

 

The Schiavo Circus / March 22, 2005
The Brothers Bush turn flips—no net!—for right-to-lifers

 

When There Was No Choice / January 11, 2005
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the memory of illegal abortion fades

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