Ms. SPRING 2008 ISSUE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letters Keeping Score
National	Global
Saving a Last Resort Ethel’s Legacy State of the Union Count Count Revolution! Truth Serum New Rules for Saipan? Subprime Pain Short Takes Calendar	The New Abolitionists Better a Small Fish Her Brief Shining Moment Tragic Epidemic Who Is Pratibha Patil? Short Takes
FEATURES
Cover Story Your Money, Your Vote | MARTHA BURK With a sour U.S. economy that often ignores women’s particular needs, it’s time for us to wise up about government money matters—and then use our proven political clout to make our interests count. Snapshot: The Women’s Vote, 2008 | CELINDA LAKE AND MATT PRICE Which issues most concern women in this historic election year, and how do they differ from men’s concerns? These pollsters asked, and here’s what they found out. Too Poor to Parent? | GAYLYNN BURROUGHS Black children are twice as likely as white children to enter U.S. foster care. The culprit: Our inattention to poverty. Full Court Press | MICHELE KORT A California state university pays a high price for sex discrimination in its athletic department. Out-of-Body Image | CAROLINE HELDMAN Self-objectification—seeing ourselves through others’ eyes—impairs women’s body image, mental health, motor skills and even sex lives.
DEPARTMENTS
Law Stall Tactics | JUSTINE ANDRONICI & DEBRA S. KATZ Supreme Court further erodes workplace justice; will the Senate restore pay equity? Health Why We Can’t Sleep | BY GAYLE GREENE It’s not just in our heads, but in our hormones. Remembrance Barbara Seaman | BY CINDY PEARSON Remembering the path-blazing health writer and activist Art Brush with Life | Barbara Carrasco powerfully mixes art with race, class and gender politics. Bookmarks Great reads for spring 2008	BOOK REVIEWS Diana Postlethwaite on Louise Erdrich’s The Plague of Doves Gail Tsukiyama on V.V. Ganeshananthan’s Love Marriage Carole Boyce Davies on Helene Cooper’s The House at Sugar Beach: A Memoir Brenda R. Weber on M. Gigi Durham’s The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It Layli Phillips on Gary L. Lemons’ Black Male Outsider: Teaching as a Pro-Feminist Man—A Memoir DVD Watch Feminist films available for home viewing Backtalk Black. Woman. | BY DONNA BRAZILE No Comment