Like everyone else in America, I was waiting to see how the match up between Palin and Biden would transpire. Beyond the giddy atmosphere that was building (somewhat between a sporting event and a game show), was a deeper, darker space. It was a low, wide valley occupied by symbols...

Donna Brazile was the keynote speaker at the St. John's University School of Law's presentation Making History: Race, Gender, and the Media in the 2008 Elections.

Brazile, the first African American to lead a major presidential campaign (Gore-Lieberman 2000), wowed the assembled crowd with a combination of...

Washington, D.C. - September 24. Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director of MomsRising, and fifteen local Mothers were prevented from delivering a letter signed by 22,000 voters to the office of Governor Sarah Palin.

The letter, which I wrote about previously, was to ascertain where Palin stands on...

New York -- On Sunday, September 21, Women for Obama held a press conference on the steps of City Hall. Arriving early, after navigating the security point guarding the government edifice (referred to by one official as "the house of the people"), I had a chance to interview some of...

A "grassroots" letter that will be presented to Sarah Palin by MomsRising is currently on their site, available for signature. To date, 20,000 women's names have been collected. The question is asked of Palin, "Where do you stand on issues that matter to me?" After extending heartfelt congratulations...

Washington - Top leaders from women's rights groups gathered to announce their support of
the Barack Obama - Joe Biden ticket at an emotionally charged press conference on Tuesday, September 16th. Qualifying that it was an unusual move for her organization to make an endorsement, Kim Gandy, chair...

You can not live in New York City, and not have
clearly etched memories of where you were that bright, sunny day in September 2001.

I lived on East 28th Street. That morning I was out walking my four-month old puppy.
My attention was centered on the...

While I was trying to make it through Wednesday's lipstick news cycle, I had to wonder if everyone else was suffering from amnesia.

Doesn't anyone remember when John McCain made an ugly "joke" (that most newspapers wouldn't print) about Hillary Clinton, Janet Reno, and Chelsea Clinton?

Or the sterling moment...

Who thought that John McCain and the Republican ticket would be the ones to open the Pandora's box of issues and questions about Motherhood that are always brewing in an ongoing stew? With the choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, he has brought the kettle to a high...

For those that did not tune in to the Democratic convention before prime-time, they may not know that Barack Obama's name was placed in nomination by a man who identified himself as "a life-long Republican and an Iraq war veteran." His name is Michael Wilson; he served as an Air...

The Lifetime Poll that I previously wrote about for HuffPo clearly outlined that for the majority of women voters queried on the Vice-Presidential slot, gender did not matter. McCain's choice of Gov. Sarah Palin will make no difference to 62% of the female electorate.

Ironically, the statistics gathered showed...

Victoria Hopper and Jamie McGurk, co-founders of the Los Angeles based SeaChange Communications, decided that with all the progressive movers and shakers that were going to be assembled in Denver, an opportunity to create a meaningful dialogue was presenting itself.

The two activists came up with a four-day...

From 8am-2pm, a symposium entitled Unconventional Women was held. The lead organizer of the event was former U.S. Ambassador to...

With events planned rivaling the scope of the Olympics, there promises to be a plethora of panels, screenings, and "conversations" to complement...

As the countdown to the conventions heats up, every day brings new numbers and polls about the impending election. One of the groups that will be a deciding factor in the selection of the next president, is women... who comprise more than half of the United States electorate. Their hearts...

Watching MSNBC last Thursday morning,
I caught a segment entitled Michelle Obama --
The Charm Offensive. Two talking heads
were on to deconstruct the latest appearances
and photo covers of Michelle Obama.

Viewers also got a breakdown of polls in "three states"...

As every media outlet dissects John Edwards' thud to earth, my mind keeps skipping over the tawdry details and necessary questions about his behavior - and lands on the same focal point...Elizabeth Edwards.

I have heard all the sound bites, starting with Edwards himself. McCain and Hillary gave terse responses...

The Personal Democracy Forum, titled "Rebooting the System," took place in New York City in late June. Producers Andrew Rasiej and Micah L. Sifry put together a two-day event that examined "the big picture of how politics is being reshaped by internet-powered mass participation." My focus was...

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists held a screening this week of Frozen River, which opens on August 1st. Their stated mission is to "support work by and about women (both in front of and behind the cameras) to assure that women's perceptions about film are represented in the...