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...that women had limited access to the vote until suffrage was granted in 1920, that until quite recently women could not have their own credit lines without the approval of their husbands or fathers, the fact that women still earn substantially less than men on average. And of course race and class influence one’s access to the rights and privileges of citizenship in concrete ways as well, usually in conjunction with notions of sex difference. If we mean “sex” as sexual orientation and/or erotic desire, we should consider how dominant understandings...
...been a media phenomenon. He's a favorite guest on cable news shows, where he opines about Wall Street and regulatory reform. As he struggles to redefine his legacy, he is helped by the plunging standards for public figures; we seem to live in the midst of an endless race to the bottom, where it is nearly impossible to become permanently discredited. The ineptitude of his successor in the governor's office, David Paterson, who is embroiled in scandals of his own and is facing calls for his resignation, has fueled nostalgia for Spitzer's onetime image of official competence...
...public view, eager to chime in on everything from the Treasury Secretary to the significance of the Democrats' loss of Ted Kennedy's Senate seat. Meanwhile, his friends are busy fanning rumors that he may again run for office, hinting in the press that he is "considering" entering the race for Senator, state comptroller or even mayor of New York City. ("You Can't Keep a Bad Man Down: Spitzer Is Eyeing a Comeback," read a headline in the New York Post, one of his main antagonists.) "Politics gets my heart pounding faster than buying a building and raising rents...
...much power and surrounded by cronies. But getting to the right of Perry, especially when her issues were stale, proved difficult, Jillson says, and her cause was not helped by the confusion last year over when she would quit her Senate seat to focus entirely on the governor's race. Even as the primary election approached, it was still not clear when Hutchison would step down. She had previously said she would leave Washington in October or November, no matter the outcome of the election, but her staff said last week she could stay until January to ensure the defeat...
...ruling, the court said the referendum law presented "substantial violations to the democratic principle" and that its passage was laden with irregularities. Uribe said he respected the court's decision, which cannot be appealed. With Uribe now barred from running, the ruling throws open the electoral race - as well as the legacy of his brand of politics, known as Uribismo. (See how Colombia's Uribe has been trying to keep up with Venezuela...