20 years after 9/11, Americans are dangerously divided
Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. We have several columns and an editorial about the horrific event and its aftermath. We also have two columns about women: one about motherhood and the workplace and another about abortion rights.
20 years after 9/11, Americans are dangerously divided
By The Editorial Board
After the nation was attacked on 9/11, Americans came together and for two decades prevented another major terrorist event here. After the nation was effectively attacked by a deadly virus the past two years, quite the opposite has unfolded.
America learned the lesson of unity on Sept. 11, 2001. Two decades later, Americans must learn it again.
Today's Editorial Cartoon
Corporations claim to support women. But do they support mothers?
By Bonnie Hammer
Parenthood doesn’t come with on-set tutors, craft services, or cleaning crews. And forget about a paycheck. Without exception, parenthood costs.
It costs money. It costs time. It costs ambition. It costs careers. And, according to economist Alicia Sasser Modestino, it’s even cost us an entire generation of hard-won gender equality at work over the last 18 months.
But the culprit isn’t kids. It’s a system that claims to care about kids while doing nothing to care for them. In almost every other developed country, childcare is a given. In America, childcare is given only if you give something else up.
Abortion law proves women's rights simply don't matter in Texas
By Connie Schultz
The minute this column goes live, I will start hearing from the usual critics demanding to know why no-longer-fertile me cares about other women’s right to safe and legal abortions. Their collective refrain: Sit down, Grandma.
I love being mistaken for harmless.
Women my age discover a whole new level of power once we’re no longer fretting about birth control and tampon supplies. We’re too young to give up and too old to shut up. For most women of my generation, it’s always been easier to fight for others, instead of themselves. This crisis calls to them.
More on the 20th anniversary of 9/11
- Heroes of Flight 93 gave their lives to save others
- 9/11 struck American Muslims twice, attacking our country and religion
- 9/11 united us 20 years ago. Nothing can do that for us now.
This column was compiled by Jaden Amos.