Maria Shriver to meet with Obama on Tuesday

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Maria Shriver on Tuesday will present President Barack Obama with a copy of her report on the economic status of women.

The report, “A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink,” tells the story of the financial insecurity of America’s families through the eyes of women. It finds that one-third of women are living near the brink of poverty despite making up half the U.S. workforce and two-thirds of the primary or co-breadwinners in their families.

Obama has been pressing Republicans to agree to extend unemployment insurance as he prepares to highlight income inequality in his State of the Union address on Jan. 28.

Shriver is a niece of President John F. Kennedy. She also is the wife of former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/01/13/maria_shriver_to_meet_with_obama_on_tuesday/

[niyad]

1. k and r

[Tx4obama]

2. More info regarding 'The Shriver Report', below

Shriver Report, website: http://shriverreport.org/

Shriver Report confronts wage gap, poverty rate

Article, hyper-link to a download of the report, and VIDEO here: http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/shriver-report-confronts-wage-gap-poverty

[Tx4obama]

3. VIDEO link below

Putting women at the forefront of economic solutions

Women are oftentimes on the receiving end of income inequality, stagnant wages, and poor job growth. Maria Shriver joins to talk about “The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink.”

VIDEO here: http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/putting-women-at-the-forefront-of-the-economy-114740803898

[Tx4obama]

4. The Kindle version of the Report for the 'next couple of days' is FREE on Amazon, link below

Here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Shriver-Report-Womans-Nation-ebook/dp/B00HNBD11Y/ref=sr_1_1

[rocktivity]

5. And her qualifications for this job are...?

rocktivity

[Drunken Irishman]

7. What are the qualifications of anyone here who thinks they know what the fuck they're talking about?

Bet they're nowhere near the level of her qualifications - someone who got her bachelor of arts degree in American studies from Georgetown University.

[cosmicone]

8. She is a writer

and former reporter for NBC News

[prairierose]

9. ...and her father, Sargent Shriver was one of the...

"architects of the War on Poverty". This report carries on that work by focusing on the economic problems of women in the US. 1/3 of US women live in or on the edge of poverty. That is a significant number and a significant problem that we need to be talking about and doing something about.

[Cha]

6. thank you, Maria & President Obama.

Thanks DV

[sheshe2]

10. Kick! n/t