Ms. SUMMER 2007 ISSUE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letters Keeping Score
National	Global
Sticker Shock From Harlem to Hollywood Police Story A Window On Abuse It’s a No-Brainer Federally Funded Lies Short Takes Calendar	Women on the Verge Hong Kong Hustle Short-Order Courts The Woman Who Discovered “Eden” Women’s Words Short Takes
FEATURES
Cover Story 1–2 Punch The Bush Supreme Court delivers a pair of decisions that set back women’s rights A Major Blow to Roe | Allison Stevens The Carhart ruling chills doctors and shows no concern for women’s health Court Gives OK To Unequal Pay | Justine Andronici The Ledbetter decision guts anti-discrimination law; can Congress strike back for women and people of color? The Invisible Ones | Rebecca Clarren A Ms. investigation into the shadow world of sex and labor trafficking in the United States discovered not just the dimensions of the problem but the startling inadequacy of the federal response Extreme Makeover: Feminist Edition | Jennifer Cognard-Black The new pitch for cosmetic surgery co-opts feminism Bluegrass Liberation | Martha Burk Appalachian-grown bluegrass music remains a “boys club,” but there’s feminism at its roots and women topping its charts
DEPARTMENTS
Environment The Green Bottom Line | Laura Orlando Environmentally conscious, women-run companies do good and do well Law Happily Never Married | Nadia Berenstein But the system still favors hetero-sexuals who formally tie the knot Health Is Bone Testing All It’s Cracked Up To Be? | Beth Baker Women may be oversold on treatments for “osteopenia” Women's Studies Black Girls’ Dreams | Nikki Ayanna Stewart What can young women show and tell us about their world? Essay Conversations With My Son | Susan Miller The well-known playwright raises a feminist	Book Reviews Jennifer Pozner on Caryl Rivers’ Selling Anxiety: How The News Media Scare Women Helen Zia on Edwidge Danticat’s Brother, I’m Dying Julie Phillips on Doris Lessing’s The Cleft Nasrin Rahimieh on Gina B. Nahai’s Caspian Rain France Winddance Twine on Susan K. Cahn’s Sexual Reckonings: Southern Girls in a Troubling Age DVD watch: Four fantastic films for home viewing Great Reads for Summer 2007 Backtalk The Imus Effect | Donna Brazile No Comment