Are women the bawdier sex these days?

From morning to night, we’re bombarded with crassness and vulgarity on television — reality and otherwise — in magazines and via blogs and Twitter. And it’s notable not only because there’s so much of it and because it’s so gross, but because these days, the worst offenders are women.

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  Public high school students will get help in becoming financially savvy thanks to a $10 million, five-year personal finance education program being unveiled Wednesday by Riverwoods-based Discover Financial Services. Discover’s Pathway to Financial Success program seeks to reach 500,000 students. It will provide grants to …Read More

• Race still matters, nonprofit leader says

  Race still colors everything, according to one of the most powerful women in the nation’s nonprofits. From disproportionate numbers of minorities incarcerated, to their high rates of unemployment, infant mortality and chronic diseases, America’s deep-rooted racism is to blame, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s vice president …Read More

• After an affair, a marriage heals

  It’s been a little over a year now since my friend “Denise” (not her real name) discovered her husband’s longstanding infidelity. Married over 20 years with children still at home, she experienced the betrayal like one might a hurricane. But more than a year later, she and her husband are still standing. And they are doing it together.