On Tuesday's 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen, U.K. officials unveiled a new £10 banknote featuring "the mother (of) the English novel," making her the first woman besides the Queen on their currency. Woefully, someone wasn't reading their Pride and Prejudice. The note's quote - "I declare, after all there is no enjoyment like reading!" - is a bogus claim by a woman wooing a suitor. A better choice these days: "It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do."
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"In their corporate literature, these companies present themselves as champions of women and gender equality. But they have collectively donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians seeking to roll back reproductive rights."
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Shanahan worked at Boeing, one of the world's largest defense contractors, for...
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