Stories by Ruth Rosen
Ruth Rosen is a historian and journalist who teaches public policy at UC Berkeley. She is a senior fellow at the Longview Institute.
Posted on Oct 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Why are women more psychologically prepared for old age?
Posted on Sep 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Baby boomers did not contribute to the economic decline of America. Actually, they helped create consumerist prosperity with teenager allowances and middle age purchases.
Posted on May 13, 2011, Source: Dissent Magazine
"Between Two Worlds" takes us on a journey of the increasingly contentious factions within the American-Jewish community.
Posted on Nov 4, 2010, Source: AlterNet
History reminds us that any social movement that changes the terms of debate will eventually change the national conversation. Why don't Democrats have the guts to do that?
Posted on Jul 5, 2010, Source: openDemocracy.net
Without its grassroots female supporters, the Tea Party would have far less appeal to voters frightened by economic insecurity and the disappearance of a white Christian culture.
Posted on Jun 17, 2010, Source: AlterNet
We will know a critical threshold has been reached when every magazine asks of every news story, "What does this mean for women and girls?"
Posted on Jan 18, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Flame retardants in everyday products cause cancer, birth defects or endocrine disruption in every animal species studied.
Posted on Apr 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The country I care so much about has breached some of the most important international conventions. Yet no one has been held accountable.
Posted on Feb 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Advocates of women's equality have mobilized to make sure women are included in the "new" New Deal.
Posted on Jan 30, 2009, Source: Religion Dispatches
Dems struck a family planning provision from the stimulus bill. What happens to the economy when a woman has a child without the means to support it?
Posted on Aug 30, 2008, Source: AlterNet
McCain's veep pick is a proud member of Feminists for Life, which tries to convince young women that choice means giving up the right to 'choose.'
Posted on Aug 6, 2008, Source: Wellesley Centers for Women
The oral testimonies in this biography offer a textured portrait of one of the most powerful women to challenge and change American society.
Posted on Jul 5, 2008, Source: Truthdig
A new book explores the real populist vision that lies behind the shallow rhetoric to which we've been subjected during this election year.
Posted on Sep 10, 2007, Source: TomDispatch.com
How the Bush government is now trying to prevent you from being able to use the Freedom of Information Act.
Posted on Feb 27, 2007, Source: The Nation
Though most mothers are in the workforce, Americans remain trapped in a time warp, convinced that women should and will care for children, the elderly, homes and communities.
Posted on Feb 1, 2007, Source: AlterNet
If progressive causes are to get anywhere in the next Congress, we need to challenge the ingrained belief that the market can solve our problems.
Posted on Dec 13, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Bettina Aptheker's memoir shows how she broke free from her father, the most famous Marxist historian in the United States -- and the man who molested her.
Posted on Oct 5, 2006, Source: TomPaine.com
America's child care crunch is more dire than ever, thanks to Bush's gutting of government programs that assist working families.
Posted on Jul 14, 2006, Source: TomDispatch.com
Behind the rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and her family lies a far larger story of what's happened to women in Iraq since they were 'liberated' by the Bush administration.
Posted on May 11, 2006, Source: TPMCafe
What women talk about when men are not listening. (Hint: it's not sex.)
Posted on Apr 13, 2006, Source: TPMCafe
Contrary to what the right would have you believe, our tax dollars really are hard at work.
Posted on Oct 14, 2005, Source: AlterNet
A new book that tracks women's voting trends doesn't tell us enough about how women will vote in the next elections.
Posted on Sep 29, 2005, Source: TomPaine.com
The Bush administration only believes in accountability and personal responsibility when it involves women's sexuality and their reproductive choices.
Posted on Apr 1, 2005, Source: The Nation
An army of economists and pundits have debunked the president's claims that Social Security is in "crisis." What they don't publicize, however, is that the president's plan for private accounts would deepen the crisis faced by vast numbers of elderly women.
Posted on Feb 21, 2005, Source: Dissent Magazine
In one of the most remarkable tales ever told about the environmental justice movement, an African American community fought for, and won, the human right to breathe clean air.
Posted on Aug 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The momentous events of the summer of 1964 – forty years ago – created many of our current cultural, social and political divisions.
Posted on May 2, 2004, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
The SF Chronicle has retracted this story.
Posted on Apr 20, 2004, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
A new generation of activists is galvanized against the assault on choice. At Sunday's March for Women's Lives, the generations will meet to defend against the erosion of rights.
Posted on Apr 2, 2004, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
The Pentagon and the World Bank have both issued dire warnings about global warming but the Bush administration refuses to confront this growing threat to national security.
Posted on Mar 2, 2004, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
The Democratic nominee will be drawn into a political and cultural fray over issues that galvanized a generation during the 1960s -- racial equality, abortion, gay rights and more.
Posted on Feb 29, 2004, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
In some states, a young offender could finish probation, work and pay taxes, but never be able to vote again -- a clear instance of taxation without representation.
Posted on Feb 17, 2004, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Unmarried women are the demographic-swing group that could decide a close election, oust President Bush and alter the political landscape in Congress.
Posted on Feb 1, 2004, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Striking workers in California aren't just fighting for their rights. If corporations come out on top, everybody loses.
Posted on Jan 21, 2004, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
A single-payer health care program is on the table in California, proposing to drastically reform the broken system.
Posted on Nov 5, 2003, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
The super-store's 'lowest possible prices' may come at a steep price for one community.
Posted on Jul 15, 2003, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Bush pressed Congress to pass legislation that would allow states to "opt in" and to match block grants to participate in the program. Sounds generous and inclusive, doesn't it?
Posted on Jul 10, 2003, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Bush sent enough troops to secure Baghdad and a quick military victory, but not enough personnel to keep the peace. And, most ominously, there is no exit strategy.
Posted on Jun 30, 2003, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Hundreds of communities are staving off the encroachment of the discount chain’s mega-stores, emboldened by studies that show they’re bad for local economies.
Posted on Jun 20, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Hormone therapy was promised to give postmenopausal women protection from serious medical problems -- not to mention the glow of eternal youthfulness.
Posted on Jun 9, 2003, Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Congress must now hold the kind of public hearings that unmasked the secrets in the Watergate scandal.
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