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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘Up And Working’ After Breaking Ribs, Nephew Says
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is “up and working” and making jokes after being hospitalized with rib fractures, her nephew said on Thursday at the premiere of a new movie about her early career fighting for women’s equality. Daniel Stiepleman, who wrote the script for the film “On the…
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The Schmooze A Prayer For Hospitalized Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been hospitalized after an injury, The New York Times reported on Thursday morning. Justice Ginsburg fell in her office on Wednesday night, the paper reports, but was brought to George Washington University Hospital on Thursday morning where she was admitted, having broken three ribs on her left side….
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized With 3 Broken Ribs
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Thursday morning with three broken ribs, after falling in her office Wednesday evening, the New York Times reported. Ginsburg went home after her fall, but experienced discomfort throughout the night, Kathy Arberg, a Supreme Court spokeswoman, said in a statement. Doctors at George Washington University Hospital found three broken…
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Fast Forward Like A True Model Citizen, RBG Hit The Polls Early
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fulfilled her civic duty this week, electing to vote early in the midterm elections. Ginsburg was spotted handing her ID to poll volunteers on Tuesday, as seen in photos tweeted by Matt McDermott, a senior analyst at New York-based Whitman Insight Strategies. A friend spotted RBG voting early today. Be like…
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Fast Forward RBG Adds A Very Jewish Scrunchie To Her Collection
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s commitment to her Jewish identity has long been documented. Now she will be showing it in the form of her favorite accessory— a scrunchie. Rabbi Yael Buechler, founder of Midrash Manicures, a company dedicated to “creative religious expression,” recently sent RBG a Hanukkah scrunchie to add to her collection, according to Hey…
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Culture The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Strictly Scrutinized
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life By Jane Sherron De Hart Alfred A. Knopf, 752 pages, $35 Among the virtues of Jane Sherron De Hart’s magisterial and timely biography of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is that it prompts reflection on what it takes — for a woman in particular — to reach the…
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Fast Forward Sign Here If You Want A Brooklyn Building Named After RBG
There might soon be a building named after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced Thursday that he is lobbying to rename the Brooklyn Municipal Building after Ginsburg, in honor of her 25th anniversary serving on the Supreme Court, Gothamist reported. On the online petition, which will be sent to New York…
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The Schmooze 12 Uplifting RBG Quotes To Get You Through Today
It’s a hard day for women. It’s a hard day for anyone who has ever been made to feel small, or unheard, or powerless. We turn now to the words of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or The Notorious RBG. On the necessity of social justice movements:…
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