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1 week ago
Law

RBG award ceremony canceled amid controversy over recipients

The selection of male recipients for the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award caused controversy.
The Opperman Foundation decided to cancel the award ceremony after facing criticism from Ginsburg's family.
Above the Law
2 months ago
Law

Fantastic New Children's Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Out Today

Bestselling author Brad Meltzer explains the importance of teaching children about the law and its impact on society through his book 'I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg.'
Meltzer aims to help kids build character, kindness, and compassion by highlighting real heroes in his 'I Am' book series.
Brooklyn Eagle
3 months ago
Law

Brooklyn Bar Association hosts seminar on the life and legacy of the borough's own supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Brooklyn Bar Association held a seminar honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her impact on gender equality and civil liberties.
The seminar delved into Ginsburg's legal career, including her work with the Women's Rights Project of the ACLU.
Rudy Carmenaty, deputy commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Social Service, spoke at the seminar.
www.nytimes.com
1 week ago
New York City

Ira M. Millstein, Corporate Lawyer With Public Impact, Dies at 97

Ira M. Millstein had a significant impact on corporate governance and public authorities, advocating for more independence and oversight by directors.
He played a pivotal role in steering Ruth Bader Ginsburg onto the federal bench, while also assisting New York City in avoiding bankruptcy in the 1970s.
Above the Law
2 months ago
Books

Fantastic New Children's Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Out Today

Bestselling author Brad Meltzer explains the importance of teaching children about the law and its impact on society through his book 'I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg.'
Meltzer aims to help kids build character, kindness, and compassion by highlighting real heroes in his 'I Am' book series.
Above the Law
2 months ago
Books

Fantastic New Children's Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Out Today

Bestselling author Brad Meltzer explains the importance of teaching children about the law and its impact on society through his book 'I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg.'
Meltzer aims to help kids build character, kindness, and compassion by highlighting real heroes in his 'I Am' book series.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Books

NPR's Nina Totenberg discusses her longterm friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Steve Inskeep talks with NPR's Nina Totenberg about her upcoming book, "Dinners with Ruth," and her decades-long friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and others in positions of power.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

Why One Virginia Auction House Keeps Getting Rare Items

If you're the kind of person who's interested in quirky old stuff, perhaps you've come across the Potomack Company over the past few years: The small Alexandria auction house has been in the news selling items from the estates of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Colin Powell, and Art Buchwald, among others, along with White House dessert molds, Picasso paintings, and historical letters from various Founding Fathers.
Advocate
1 year ago
LGBT

Meet the Grandmother of the Trans Legal Rights Movement

Phyllis Frye's statusas the "grandmother of the transgender legal rights movement" was always partly the handiwork of her stalwart support system, second wife, Patricia "Trish" Dooley Frye, whom she was wed to for 47 years.Frye is now navigating life without Trish, who died in 2020.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Girls

Nina Totenberg Opens Up About Her Friend Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The relationship began in 1971, after Totenberg, then covering legal affairs for The National Observer,read Ginsburg's now famous Supreme Court brief arguing that women were a group to whom the 14th Amendment applied.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

DC Distillery Releases Dissent Gin in Support of Abortion Rights

Ivy City distillery Republic Restoratives produced Rodham Rye to celebrate Hillary Clinton and Madam whiskey as an homage to VP Kamala Harris.Its latest political product?
Nytimes
2 years ago
Girls

Becoming a Woman Without Her

In my mother's absence, I'm learning how to construct a sense of self - and femininity - from fragments, friends, music and memories.
My mother told me not to start shaving my legs without telling her.
Washingtonian
2 years ago
Washington DC

March 2022: Our Pets

For a certain set of Washington parents, lost time and pandemic guilt are the ultimate excuse to throw their kids a next-level birthday bash.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
NYC music

Madonna no se ira con delicadeza

Madonna ha vuelto a infiltrarse en la esfera de la cultura pop.La cantante de 64 anos anuncio su duodecima gira mundial un recorrido por 40 ciudades y cuatro decadas de exitos titulado Celebration a traves de un video en blanco y negro de cinco minutos que la muestra como anfitriona de una cena con un surtido de amigos famosos tan llamativo como uno esperaria.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

Where to See Beautiful Christmas Trees Around DC

Rejoice!The holidays are near!DC may not have skyscrapers, but it does have elaborate Christmas trees that reach for the stars.Here's a look at some of the prettiest trees in the city:
Riggs900 F St., NW Jewelry designer Alexis Bittar had a hand in decorating this Penn Quarter hotel's "Menagerie a Tree."
Washingtonian
2 years ago
Washington DC

6 Food and Drink Specials for Women's History Month | Washingtonian (DC)

Tonight, March 8, women in the sake industry are coming together at Cranes ( 724 Ninth St., NW) to highlight and educate about Japan's famous drink.There's a $325 omakase menu with five sake pairings.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

How a DC Photographer's Portrait of RBG Became a Stamp

For stamp collectors, seeing their artwork turned into postage would be a little like a Swiftie having a breakup featured in a Taylor tune: a VERY BIG DEAL.That's certainly how Philip Bermingham feels.The local photographer, whose portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the basis for an eagerly awaited stamp that comes out in 2023, started collecting when he was five years old, and he's grown into an avid philatelist.
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