Susan Barnett

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Susan Barnett — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:06:00 +0000

Political pundits say the austerity cuts that kicked in in April are likely to be permanent – with just a few band aid fixes like the quick Congressional response to outrage over flight delays after cuts to the FAA. Meals on Wheels, Head Start, unemployment, food safety – they're all facing similar cuts. Terry O'Neill, the president of the National Organization for Women – NOW – argues many of those cuts target women and

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Susan Barnett — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:54:18 +0000

My mom's been gone since 2001 – and I never suspected that I'd still miss her every day. It's an inevitability we just don't like to think about – some day, our parents will be gone. For a man in Maine, it's a particularly big issue. Maine artist Jon Joyce has Downs Syndrome – and he's lived with, and depended on his mother his entire life. She's 94 – and he's her caretaker now. Producer Colleen Udis has more.

That story comes to us courtesy of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.

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Susan Barnett — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:11:53 +0000

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Susan Barnett — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:53:47 +0000

What is keeping American girls out of laboratories?

A study by the US Chamber of Commerce in 2011 found that women are vastly underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math – the fields known as STEM. Women make up half the workforce, yet they hold less than a quarter of STEM jobs – and women with a STEM degree are more likely to work in education and healthcare – not research. Yet women in STEM earned 33 percent more than comparable women in jobs outside the science and math fields.

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Susan Barnett — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:02:00 +0000

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Susan Barnett — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0000

State by state, the Supreme Court's forty year old ruling on abortion is being challenged.

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Susan Barnett — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:28:40 +0000

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Susan Barnett — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:43:32 +0000

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Susan Barnett — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +0000

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Susan Barnett — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:28:00 +0000

During Women's History Month, let's take a moment to consider what might hold women back from positions of leadership. For some, the turning point happens early.