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...first piece of real legislation Barack Obama signed as the 44th President of the United States helps ensure that workers discriminated on the basis of gender have a fair chance to sue their employers. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is named after a woman who was paid less than her male co-workers at an Alabama tire factory. Ledbetter did not set out to be an activist; she did not even involve herself in politics much. But after the Supreme Court ruled against her, she decided it was time to start. (See pictures of Barack Obama's Inauguration...
WASHINGTON—Barack Hussein Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States yesterday before a record crowd of onlookers, taking his place in history as the first black commander-in-chief while calling on Americans to join together to confront the deepening financial crisis...
Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President Edited by Mark Green and Michelle Jolin Basic Books; 665 pages...
...mission for the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives: "The 44th president should indicate his intention to reform the Bush initiative by issuing a new executive order within his first 100 days in office to reauthorize and renamed the Faith-Based Office...The White House should make clear that the central mission of the office is to support an agenda to fight domestic and global poverty...
...make no mistake: Michelle Obama arrives in Washington with a more recognizable and distinctive style than any other First Lady in recent memory. And while Michelle might not yet know what she will wear when her husband is sworn in as the 44th President of the U.S., the fashion world has been feverishly wagering on who will create her Inaugural wardrobe. Odds favor Chicago-based designer Maria Pinto, 51, an Obama favorite, and Thakoon Panichgul, 34, a Thai-born designer whose name went viral when Michelle wore his red floral-print dress on the final night of the Democratic National...