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Washington Watch with Roland Martin: The Dangers Associated with Racial Profiling in the Wake of the Boston Marathon Bombing

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Michelle D. Bernard joins Washington Watch with Roland Martin to discuss calls for the racial profiling of Muslims in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing.

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When will real action be taken to end sexual assault in the military?

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Until the investigation and prosecution of allegations of military of sexual abuse are outside of the chain of command and the Uniform Code of Military Justice, rape will continue within the military.

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Washington Watch with Roland Martin: George Zimmerman Waives Stand Your Ground Hearing and the Death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez

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Michelle D. Bernard joins Washington Watch with Roland Martin to discuss George Zimmerman waiving his right to a “Stand Your Ground” hearing in the Trayvon Martin murder case, and reaction to the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez world wide and US foreign policy interests in Venezuela.

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The Washington Post’s She The People: An Ashley Judd candidacy? Women voters may be the key

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Judd has survived the gender politics of Hollywood and if she chooses to do so, can navigate her way through political high jinks and gender politics of a campaign in Kentucky.

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The Daily Run Down with Chuck Todd: President Obama and Dinner Diplomacy

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Michelle D. Bernard joins The Washington Post’s Nia Malika Henderson and Ruth Marcus on MSNBC’s The Daily Run Down with Chuck Todd to discuss president Obama’s dinner diplomacy and Senator Rand Paul’s (R-Ky) 13 hour filibuster.

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The Washington Post’s She The People: Despite the Tremendous Risk, African American Women Marched for Suffrage Too

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  One hundred years ago this month, 5,000 women marched on Washington. The Women’s Suffrage Parade, organized by activist Alice Paul in support of a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote, took place one day before Woodrow Wilson became the 28th president of the United States. On March 3, 1913, protesters were pushed, shoved, tripped, spat upon and injured […]

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NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin: Do We Still Need a Women’s Movement?

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Michelle D. Bernard, president and CEO of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy, Danielle Belton, Editor-at-Large of Clutch magazine and founder of The Black Snob, and Joan Wages, president and CEO of the National Women’s History Museum join NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin to discuss where the women’s rights movement […]

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The Washington Post’s She the People: A Bone to Pick with the Oscars

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The Academy Awards can teach us so much about who we are as Americans and as citizens of the world. So why did the Academy ignore Kerry Washington’s portrayal of Broomhilda von Shaft in “Django Unchained”?

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The Diane Rehm Show: Fifty Years After “The Feminine Mystique”

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Fifty years ago, Betty Friedan published her groundbreaking book “The Feminine Mystique.” Diane Rehm considers its relevance today and the ongoing debate over gender equality at work and at home.

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MSNBC’s The Daily Run Down with Chuck Todd: Sequester Politics, Karl Rove and the Republican Party and Senator Pete Domenici’s Announcement

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Bernard Center president & CEO Michelle D. Bernard joins Chuck Todd, NBC’s Kristen Welker, and Clinton 2008 Campaign Manager Patti Solis Doyle to discuss sequester politics, Karl Rove’s view of the Republican Party and New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici’s announcement about having a son.   Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about […]

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