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...America's larger companies any time soon. One reason cited by Rand's Smith: "There will always be women who will choose to stay home for family reasons, and either not have a career or drop out of their careers." But whether financial need or ambition sparks their pursuit of a career, the majority of women are choosing to work. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more women are working today than ever before, 55% in the latest survey...
Still, there is more than a little irony in the cries of foul coming from CBS's corner. TV's fact-based dramas frequently heighten conflict in their pursuit of entertainment. Complex issues are simplified; black hats and white hats are clearly marked. Indeed, Murrow's dramatic liberties are less egregious than those of many other recent TV docudramas, among them CBS's own The Atlanta Child Murders. The problem with Murrow is that its chief black hat is attached to a real-life figure, Frank Stanton, who is still widely admired. As always, the toughest audience for television...
...praised for its progress on human rights or criticized for its continued failings? Probably both. According to human-rights monitor John Kamm, some 3,000 people are sentenced for nonviolent political and religious offenses every year. And yet, China's people have gained room to maneuver, especially in pursuit of their livelihood. That has set off shock waves--huge income disparities and corruption--that could threaten party control. By official accounts, there were 58,000 protests in 2003, as workers, peasants and even stock-market investors fought everything from corruption to overtaxation. China can't stop the outbursts...
...target back in the U.S. "Wal-Mart is both a beneficiary and a driver of the race to the bottom in the global economy," says Alejandra Domenzain, an associate director of Sweatshop Watch, a U.S. advocacy group. "It has enormous leverage, and how it uses that leverage in the pursuit of ever cheaper labor has enormous consequences for communities in the United States." But that may be less true now than it was 20 years ago. The production of most of the goods Wal-Mart sells in the U.S. left American shores long ago, mainly for other countries in East...
...voluptuous redhead into a skinny blond, LINDSAY LOHAN still can't blend into Los Angeles enough to shake off the paparazzi. So she's trying something new--fighting back. The Herbie: Fully Loaded star is pressing charges against a photographer who she says rammed her Mercedes last month in pursuit of a shot. The accident spurred the Los Angeles police department to launch a probe into the increasingly aggressive tactics paparazzi employ to catch celebs in such newsworthy acts as picking up dry cleaning. Freeway shootings and gang violence are important too, but someone's got to protect a starlet...