Gender/GLBT
Gender/GLBT
Of cats and conformity
The Daily Planet's top ten stories of 2008
It’s been quite a year in the Twin Cities, and the Daily Planet has been on the scene. With the help of our media partners and our tireless citizen journalists, in 2008 we published over 10,000 articles, blog entries, photos, and event listings. When we saw that the Minnesota Independent had tallied their top ten most-read articles for the year, we were inspired to check the stats and see what articles Daily Planet readers found most fascinating in 2008. MORE »
Girl-focused education
Cindy Reuther knows sex discrimination firsthand. The businesswoman remembers learning, shortly out of college, that she was earning less than male colleagues doing the same job. “I couldn’t believe it,” she said. But that was just the beginning. MORE »
Where the boys aren’t
by Jeff Fecke
Dollar diva$: Women-specific advice for weathering economic storms
To get the real scoop on women, money and the economy, we talked with four top executives in the Twin Cities banking industry about how women are reacting to the economic crisis and about their own personal money philosophies. MORE »
Amy Johnson takes the helm at OutFront Minnesota
When she was five, Amy Johnson’s mother took her to a counter-protest at the then-new Planned Parenthood clinic on Ford Parkway in St. Paul. Facing off against abortion opponents, she was handed a placard to hold, she recalls, and with three words — “Come on, honey!” — “an activist was born.” MORE »
Caroline Kennedy Sexism Watch
by Jeff Fecke
Gay community slams Obama on inauguration pastor pick
by Andy Birkey
