[Imc-chicago-audio] In These Times March Highlights

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In These Times March Issue Now Available! 

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In the Spotlight

Cutting Women Out by Erika Falk

Is the media biased against Hillary Clinton? Falk provides compelling evidence that it is. But Falk, author of Women for President: Media Bias in Eight Campaigns (University of Illinois Press, 2008), has a much larger point to make. Media bias against Clinton should not be surprising; it has been a persistent feature of coverage of women presidential candidates. Surveying eight female presidential candidates from 1872 to 2004, Falk shows that women have been unfairly treated in multiple ways. Compared to male candidates of similar stature running in the same race, female presidential candidates on average received 50% less press coverage, 68% less discussion of their policies, four times as much coverage of their appearance, and twice as many references to their emotions. Falk offers hope, though, that this bias can be overcome, and she offers concrete strategies to confront it. 

Silenced in the Barracks by Jessica Pupovac

Pupovac examines why sexual assault in the military is prevalent even after much-publicized reforms. Pupovac's interviews with nine current and former military personnel, including seven sexual assault victims and a sexual assault investigator, reveal myriad causes. Victims face formidable risks in reporting sexual assault, including accusations of lying, reprisals from their assailants, shunning from other soldiers, and even discharge from the military. Flawed investigations, such as failing to collect evidence of acquaintance rape, result in relatively few criminal charges. More fundamentally, military cultural norms such as sexism and the glorification of violence and domination create a climate that both fosters sexual assault and discourages taking it seriously.

It's Also the Congress, Stupid by David Sirota

Sirota argues that in deciding whom to support for president, progressives not only should examine Clinton's and Obama's stated policies. Voters should also consider who would work best with progressive congressional leaders to pass much-needed reforms. Sirota argues that one candidate is more likely to exert a strong influence over the crafting of legislation, to veto legislation, and to join with Republicans in supporting conservative measures. This candidate, Sirota warns, is less likely to cooperate with progressive committee chairs' legislative agendas.  

Highlights

Escape From Recession by Jared Bernstein and Lawrence Mishel

What you should know about the economic stimulus plan.

The New Cartographers by Jessica Clark

What does it mean to map everything all the time?

Joys of the 'The Wire' by Brian Cook

Some critics have called HBO's hit series 'depressing' and 'nihilistic.' They couldn't be more wrong.

How Black Is Obama? by Salim Muwakkil

Why some fear that Obama's rise could set back the struggle for racial equality. 

But Wait -There's More!

Visit the In These Times website for our complete March lineup. 

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