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Hidden Costs of Incarceration, Part 3
Like all League of Women Voters position statements, its Impact on Issues statement about incarceration is the result of national studies. (Read the previous column from the first week of…
Read MoreHidden Costs of Incarceration: Part 2
EDITOR’S NOTE: The writer of this column knows subjects of this story through family and friendship. Maria Reynolds-Weir is married to Joel Weir and has known Zach and Trudy for…
Read MoreHidden costs of Incarceration: Part One
EDITOR’S NOTE: The writer of this column from the League of Women Voters knows the subjects of this story through family and friendship. Paul is a pseudonym to protect his…
Read MoreWell-Read Citizen Wrapped, With Eye on ‘25
Have a book you’re itching to talk about with others? If only others read this, you might think, as you fan the pages of what? The magical realism of Colson…
Read MoreChildcare, Where It’s Been, Where It’s Going
Gloria Riviera’s mom took a job to support the family while her husband worked on his degree. It was the 1960s, and she’d never heard the word “daycare,” so she…
Read MoreA Roundup of Reviews
With the election weeks away, it’s time to make sure you’re registered to vote, to know where to go and to make a plan for either voting early or when…
Read MoreYou My Not Have Heard These Stories
In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf wrote“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.” For millenia, most women’s stories slipped into anonymity or oblivion, such that half of…
Read MoreFor Women’s History Month midwifery then and now
Happy Women’s History Month! We turn to one of the oldest professions for women, relevant in a county where maternal healthcare options have been decreasing. “Midwifery is an ancient practice,…
Read MoreVoting Rights: Today’s LWVs And The 1972 Party Platforms
This is part two of a series testing the claim that the LWV 2023 stances have remained stable for decades as evidenced by comparing to the GOP and Dem Party…
Read MoreIn Perspective: Is LWV Liberal?
On Sept. 30, our local League of Women Voters of Montgomery County hosted presidents from other Leagues statewide, during which one president shared that some non-League people believe the League…
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