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(VIDEO) Gabby Giffords: A Stateswoman Steps Down

By Diane Vacca
By Diane Vacca

On the first anniversary of the shooting, Giffords decided to resign her seat, announcing her intention in a video she posted on Facebook. Most reactions included admiration for her tenacity, praise for her as a person and encouragement for her continued recovery.

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Health

Video Pick: Gabrielle Giffords, One Year On

By Women's Voices For Change
Hard to believe–and in some ways, not so hard–that it’s been a year since the Tucson, AZ shooting that killed six people and injured several others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. We’ve kept up somewhat with some of the criminal-justice debate that followed the shooting, and with Rep. Giffords’ grueling recovery, including her return to Congress and her new memoir with husband Mark…
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Film & Television · News

Wednesday 5: Women on Screen

By Women's Voices For Change
The Hollywood Reporter brings together six incredible actresses from films in 2013 in a dynamic roundtable discussion; five Oscar-worthy documentaries directed by black women filmmakers; the culture of trauma and victimization increasingly evident in Downton Abbey; an inspiring commerical by Bing on even more inspiring women; and director Jane Campion leads the Cannes 2014 jury.
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News

Thoughts on the TIME 100

By Carla Baranauckas
By Carla Baranauckas

Time Magazine has again come up with its list of 100 people it deems the most influential in the world. The amount of discussion and debate that followed would almost make one think that something actually is at stake here. Is there?

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Lifestyle

On “Fighting Spirit”

By Joann Ferrara
By Joann Ferrara

As a physical therapist for more than thirty years, I have witnessed time and again patients who surpass their expected potential due to sheer willpower and “fighting spirit.”

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