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"Women Have Always Been the Heart of the Climate Change Movement": Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation

By Cynthia Richie Terrell

https://msmagazine.com/2022/04/22/women-climate-change-women-politics-representation/

"Forty-five women have served as governor in the history of the United States, including New York’s Kathy Hochul who was sworn in on August 24, 2021, just minutes after the former governor stepped down. Hochul is now running for reelection while modeling a new style of leadership in Albany and across the state, according to this piece by Jessica Bennett in The New York Times:

'After taking office, Ms. Hochul moved quickly to change the temperature in the Capitol. She converted Mr. Cuomo’s office into a conference room and replaced a sculpture of what she described as 'a man beating a horse with his gun' with suffrage posters and a tribute to Sojourner Truth. And she turned up the thermostat more than 10 degrees.'"

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"Survivor describes fear of ‘3-Strikes’ rapist’s pending release"

By Dori Monson

https://mynorthwest.com/3609009/dori-survivor-describes-fear-of-3-strikes-rapists-pending-release/

“'I don’t understand why they (lawmakers) would do something like that,' Marie said. "What does this do to victims? I’m sorry. I’m overcome with emotion. It’s unbelievable. They just aren’t thinking about what this does to us.'”

Governments are tasked with dealing with information and finding newer and better ways of doing things.