17 places lower than we did in 1960 and we're now behind cuba, the czech republic and hungary and we're tied with poland and slovakia. while 163 other countries on the planet, offered paid maternity leave, and 45 provide paid paternity leave, the united states does not. unpaid leave, if you can get that, is the best we do. the majority of poor people in the united states are women. and the gap in poverty rates between men and women is wider in america than anywhere else in the western world. but all of these issues and facts remain erased in the country's news media. katie couric and diane sawyer aside. in 2006 of the 35 hosts or co-hosts of prime time cable news shows, 29 are men. on the sunday talk shows, men outnumber women by 4-1. home wood is still very much run by men. we all applauded katherine big

states not one of them is in cuba. can america say that? while lee is watching, obama takes a step closer to the presidency and an african proverb comes to mind. one that his black countrymen tried to describe the dilemma and post-apartheid era. a got a stone but not a nut to crack, got the not know stone to brackett with. south africa's black majority government build homes for the people that left them without the money to pay their rent provided them with running water but shut off the tap when they couldn't pay the bill. replaced names of bullheaded white segregationists on the public school houses with those of black liberation heroes but didn't replace the shoddy roofs. ordered companies to hire blacks but permitted them to slash their wages. so it goes for the new south africa where a small white minority continues to inhabit a splendid country, splendid country that is for all intensive purposes canada while

what good is a dummy prisoner of your jailer looks like cuba does not set you free? black south africans turned to one of their own to govern but wasted the opportunity to transform the values opposed on their country by outsiders and he can hardly bear the thought of, repeating the mistake. in south africa's case, lee believes the mistake was looking at the west generally and to washington, d.c. specifically to solve the problems of african people. and as was the case with apartheid there's nothing in americans fetish for democracy but the free-market for people of color. what is it the cubin -- what is it the cubans say? each day in the world to hundred million people sleep in the streets, not one of them is in cuba. can america's a that? while lee is watching, obama takes a step closer to the presidency and an african proverb comes to mind. one of his black countrymen often try to describe the dilemma in the post-apartheid era got a stone but not a not to crack, not a not a that no stone to correct it with. the south majority government built homes for the people

sam's entrÉe into the johnson administration was secretary secretary of the treasury cuba: who faced a colossal task of financial reconstruction. convincing congress to support his plan would not be easy. one of those to whom he turned for help with sam who could both talk the talk of finance and more importantly, bring together men of opposing views to talk over their differences. and sam was happy to oblige. for new headquarters on east street, sam set of 20 victory for macola cookery with a treasury paying the bill. dan was delighted when reporters place the cost of the suppers for the secretary of the treasury at $12,000. soon the key senators and representatives on both sides of the currency debate were sitting down to dinner at sam's table. although macola was disappointed when he didn't get all he wanted, he was not disappointed in sam who claimed credit for the partial victory. thanks this work for macola in a string of successes with other kinds, sam star was rising. tuccillo he boasted he was a figaro, everyone calls me, everyone wants me. but what exactly do they want from