Butt pinches, threesome requests and a glass ceiling: sexism is systemic in Michigan’s political culture
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A woman stands underneath the glass ceiling on the ground level at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing Michigan. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
There’s a glass ceiling in the Michigan Capitol.
Designed as a glass floor for the building’s rotunda, it’s a big draw for school groups and other Capitol visitors. Little girls lay on it, faces pressed to the cloudy glass to see if they can make out shapes moving one floor down.
But to the women entering below – staff, consultants, public relations professionals, interns, journalists, lobbyists and lawmakers – it’s a visual reminder of what they’re pushing up against.
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Broken glass in the door to the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol after Jan. 6 assault by a pro-Trump mob; the FBI is investigating the involvement of far-right extremists in the attack.
John Farmer Jr.’s immersion in the world of extremist terrorism began in the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 12, 2001 when he was New Jersey’s attorney general. On board a state police helicopter, he looked down on the smoldering remains of the two World Trade Center towers that had been razed the previous day by al-Qaida terrorists. He asked himself, ‘How the hell did they pull this off?’” in America.
If the deaths of two congressional-level Republicans after contracting coronavirus are grim markers of the virus’s toll, their two widows campaigning to take their place may be symbols of perseverance and renewal after the pandemic.
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Nationâs stormy politics could unsettle California recall (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, Governor Gavin Newsom addresses a press conference held at the launch of a mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. California could become the next testing ground for the nation s roiled, unpredictable politics: It s possible the state known as a Democratic stronghold and beacon for progressive ideals could dump Newsom.
By: Associated Press
and last updated 2021-02-07 19:11:31-05
LOS ANGELES (AP) â California may become the next testing ground for the nationâs roiled, unpredictable politics as an effort to give voters a chance to fire Gov. Gavin Newsom moves closer to reality.