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Occupy, Obama and Buffett

Richard Brodsky | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Ows, Malcolm X, Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park, Bella Abzug, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Louis Brandeis, Barack Obama, Politics News

In spite of all the idiocies and unfairness, in spite of the impact of corporate wealth on campaigns and public opinion, elected leaders still have the capacity to translate mass movements into things that people can vote for.

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Woman-the-Barricades: We Need a Reinvigorated Women's Movement

Peter D. Rosenstein | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, Naral, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Richards, Now, Women Strike for Peace, Barbara Jordan, Betty Ford, Republicans, Women's Rights, Women's Movement, Politics News

One must legitimately ask where this assault on women will stop. What will conservative Republicans think they can get away with next if there isn't an uprising saying, "We will not accept this attack on women!"

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2012: The Gate to the Garden Is Open

Birute Regine | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Mayan Prediction, Leadership, Obama, Bella Abzug, 2012 Predictions, Robin Chase, Feminine Skills, Politics News

With 2012 a new Era begins, the Era of Women. Men, don't worry. In the Era of Women, women won't exclude men from the table of power as men excluded women in the Era of Man. Instead they will work together to create a more equitable and just world.

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Will 2012 Find America on the 'Right Side of History?'

Peter D. Rosenstein | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Latinos, Women, Cesar Chavez, Bella Abzug, LGBT Community, Enda, Martin Luther King Jr., Democratic Party, Republican Party, Politics News

With less that one year until the 2012 elections people who support full civil and human rights for all Americans will need to judge candidates and pa...

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On Women's Equality Day, Give Yourself Equal Time

Marlo Thomas | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Women's Equality Day, Marlo Thomas, Equality, Women, Suze Orman, Bella Abzug, Women News

In past years, I've honored this day by taking part in a march, or giving a speech, or writing an essay. But this year I'm asking myself, "Equal to whom? Equal to what?"

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How to Become the 51st State

Leon Friedman | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Politics, Bella Abzug, Constitution, Leon Panetta, Norman Mailer, New York City, Politics News

Some southern California counties have begun an effort to break off from the rest of California and form a 51st state. How difficult will it be for this group to take such a step?

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Gloria: In Her Own Words -- A Life in Activism

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Abortion, Ms. Magazine, Bella Abzug, Gloria: In Her Own Words, Flo Kennedy, Feminist, Gloria Steinem, Impact, Peter Kunhardt, Documentary Film, Feminism, The National Women's Conference, Beck Social Justice, Equal Rights Amendment, Hbo, Betty Friedan, Activism, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Era, Women's Liberation Movement, Sexual Harassment, Sheila Nevins, Second Wave Feminism, The Feminine Mystique, Impact News

Why did Gloria Steinem evolve into a symbol of so much to so many? It's impossible to know. She became a vessel through which some women discovered themselves, their potential, and the strength to advocate for their own truths.

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Gloria Steinem... the Icon, the Girlfriend

Marlo Thomas | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Bella Abzug, Feminist, Gloria Steinem, HBO Documentaries, Documentary, Feminism, Women's Rights, Gloria Steinem Documentary, Gloria Steinem Hbo Documentary, Female Friendships, Mondays With Marlo, Women News

Just so you know, despite her historic achievements as a feminist icon, as a girlfriend, Gloria Steinem is every bit as real as you and me.

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Gloria Steinem on Michele Bachmann and the Women's Movement

Regina Weinreich | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Candy Crowley, Gloria Steinem, Director Peter Kunhardt, Sheila Nevins, Betty Friedan, Hillary Clinton, Bella Abzug, Culture News

For a public person, Gloria Steinem, 77, the writer and activist who is for many people the face of feminism, knows how to get up close and personal.

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National Women's History Museum Placates Conservatives To Get Bill Passed In Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Abortion, Women, Women's History Month, Womens History, Historical Revisionism, Bella Abzug, Gloria Steinem, Smithsonian, Motherhood, Carolyn Maloney, Betty Friedan, Phyllis Schlafly, Conservatives, Margaret Sanger, Meryl Streep, Roe v. Wade, National Women's History Museum, Ralph Appelbaum, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Nearly a year after two alpha males on Capitol Hill slew a bill to allow a National Women's History Museum here, the head of the nascent...

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The Women's Movement

Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Gloria Steinem, Womens Rights, Betty Friedan, International Womens Day, Bella Abzug, Women News

Today is International Women's Day, and to celebrate I've created a slide show of inspiring photos of all the leaders of the movement in those days. I...

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'They Don't Make Movies About Boring People:' Two New Documentaries Tackle AIDS, Government

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Title IX, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Julian Shaw, Glass Ceiling, Aids Education, Patsy Takemoto, Desmond Tutu, P.W. Botha, Nelson Mandela, Golda Meir, Nancy Pelosi, Malcolm X, Evita Bezuidenhout, Richard Gephardt, Bella Abzug, Pieter-Dirk Yus, Dame Edna, Thabo Mbeki, Hiv, Mahatma Gandhi, Roy Cohn, Harvey Milk, Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority, George Carlin, Kinsey Sicks, Martin Luther King, Sarah Palin, Franklin Odo, Kimberlee Bassford, Patsy Mink, Film, Arts News

Imagine someone with the bluntness of the George Carlin, the wardrobe of the Kinsey Sicks, and the following of Dame Edna and you'll get an idea of what kind of social catalyst Pieter-Dirk Uys became for South Africans.

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Forgotten Women: Notorious and Notable

Gerit Quealy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Scaasi, Bella Abzug, Women's History, Grey Gardens, Slidepollajax, Museum of the City of New York, Big Edie Bouvier Beale, Jackie Kennedy, Christian Dior, Notorious--Notable-20th-Century-Women-of-Style, Slideshow, Chanel, Style News

The exhibit spotlights women whose 15 minutes of fame weren't quite met -- maybe they got 14, maybe only six or seven -- but whose stories are bright threads in the fabric of women's history.

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HuffPost Review: Stonewall Uprising

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stonewall Riots, Bella Abzug, Gay Rights, Ed Koch, Stonewall Uprising, Barney Frank, Mayor Koch, Jeff Merkley, Gay Pride, John Lindsay, Huffpost Review, Entertainment News

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"Media, We Have a Problem: Apollo 11 and NASA History Coverage Omits Women Astronauts"

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mercury 13, Eileen Collins, Women Astronauts, Nasa, Mercury 7, Women's History, Sally Ride, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Judy Chicago, Geraldine Ferraro, NASA History, Apollo 11, Elizabeth A. Sackler, Time Magazine, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Bella Abzug, Brooklyn Museum, Media News

My mission is to give the women's history perspective to today's news events.

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What Both Parties Can Learn from New York

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Koch, Bella Abzug, Michael Bloomberg, Mario Cuomo, World Trade Center, Democratic Party, Republican Party, David Dinkins, New York City, New York-New York, Politics News

If the Republicans were willing and able to nominate Bloomberg-type candidates in other parts of the country, the Democratic moment may dissipate pretty quickly.

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