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...Palfrey said. “Without such awareness, we can miss causes for children’s problems.” Palfrey noted that nine million American children are uninsured and said that she will continue the academy’s efforts to “close the gap.” She said that under her leadership, the academy will continue to press Congress to renew and expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, a bill that would provide health care coverage to four million children in addition to the 6.6 million already enrolled. The bill...
...comfortable, safe feeling of the apartment is a stark contrast to the bare, unknown hospital space. Separating the two is the park bench where Callie and Sara share their “stop kiss.” Throughout the play, the bench remains as a constant reminder of the gap between where the characters are and where their emotions are leading them.“Stop Kiss” brings its audience on the journey of bridging that disconnect. It uses its story not as a statement about politics, but about overcoming doubts and letting love run its course unhindered...
...what you’re judged on is how many goals you score.” Harvard ended the game with a 25-7 lead in shots on goal over Yale, an advantage not seen in the final score. However, the margin did help to close the offensive gap between the Crimson and its opponents, as Harvard entered the contest with a 69-79 shot deficit for its season. The lack of scoring may have been slightly affected by external factors. Forceful winds plagued the Crimson during the first half of play, frequently sending the ball off course...
...good news is that the gender wage gap has narrowed. In 1978, full-time women workers earned just 61% of what full-time men did, compared to 79% now. But what to make of the big difference in the experiences of those transgenders who have become women versus those who have become men? Schilt, one of the authors of the new article, interviewed a female-to-male transgender attorney a few years ago. As a younger attorney, the lawyer had been Susan; now he was Thomas. He told Schilt that after he transitioned from female to male, another lawyer mistakenly...
Still, the paper is complex, so it's useful to step back first and look at where the larger debate over the gender wage gap stands. After all, isn't that gap narrowing to the point of obscurity? Actually, no. The Russell Sage Foundation published the most authoritative work on the gender wage gap in 2006, The Declining Significance of Gender?. In the book, Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn, both Cornell economists, show that the average full-time female worker in the U.S. earns about 79% of what the average full-time male worker makes. Women employed full-time actually...