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The Monster, The Prince and the Good Ol' Boy

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics

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Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

The Democratic Party doesn't see itself for what it is -- a big tent party that alternates between pandering to non-whites and insulting them.

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And the Winner is...Democracy!

Marie Wilson | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Race, Presidential Primaries, Hillary Clinton, Gender, Politics News
Marie Wilson

Martin Luther King helped to make Sen. Obama's candidacy possible. But those of us who led the second stage of the women's movement know that Sen. Clinton's candidacy is part of that legacy as well.

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Real Race Issues Don't Get Addressed In Primetime

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, Debate, Obama, Clinton, Race, African American, Latino, Gender, Politics News
Jennifer Donahue

The candidates had to push the moderators to stop asking about the politics of race and force a discussion on actual challenges faced by minorities.

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A Real First: Chisholm's Democracy

Marie Wilson | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Hillary, Shirley Chisholm, Obama, Presidential Primary, Race, Gender, Politics News
Marie Wilson

Only when our choices, and our leaders, are an accurate representation of the face of our nation will race and gender fade to the background of any election.

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Gender Backlash

Bob Burnett | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Media Sexism, 2008 Election and Gender, Sexism, Gender, Politics News
Bob Burnett

On January 9th, Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire Democratic primary, much to the surprise of political pundits who had spent the previous few day...

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Clinton and Obama Joint News Conference on Race/Gender

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Barak Obama, Hillary Clinton, Campaign, Gender, Politics News
Tom D'Antoni

Sen. Obama: Let that moral compass come from us, by example. And with that... Sen. Clinton and Obama together: Let the best candidate win! And then I woke up.

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Race, Gender and Class in Twenty Aught Eight

Ann Medlock | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

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Ann Medlock

In the blue-collar world, in the world of conservative Christians, and among many of the military, "Iron my shirt" isn't an unreasonable order. It's the way things have been and ever shall be.

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The Fence

Rebecca Walker | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

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Rebecca Walker

The idea that young women are too naive to realize the pervasiveness of sexism is an old Second Wave feminist trope used to dismiss and discredit an entire generation, many of whom now support Obama because he doesn't insult them.

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I Love the 90s: Gender, Race and the Clintons

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Hillary has begun a campaign based on rigorous 1990s politics of identity, a game at which the Clintons excel, using one group against another as the need arises.

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How the Gilmore Girls Could Have Helped Hillary Clinton Predict her Political Fate

Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media

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Jennifer L. Pozner

Journalists have been quick to insist that we will pull the lever for or against Clinton based on whether or not she makes us feel all warm and fuzzy.

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Will Things Be Different When Michelle Obama Runs For President?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Chris Matthews, Gender, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Sexism, 2008 Election, 2008 Election and Gender, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

We should admit that being a woman is different from being a man and that expectations differ with regard to how we comport ourselves in private and public life.

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My God, Poor Hillary

Susan Braudy | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Cries, Hillary Clinton Crying, 2008 Election, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Politics News
Susan Braudy

Why are people so hot and bothered about Hillary? Is it just because men are freaked by the prospect of a powerful woman?

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A Novel Idea: Women Helping Women Win

Marie Wilson | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women's Vote, Obama, Presidential Primary, New Hampshire Primary, Hillary Clinton, Gender, Hillary Clinton New Hampshire, The White House Project, Politics News
Marie Wilson

In analyzing what brought Hillary's win about, the memory of another time when women came to her side en masse came to mind. It was when, as first lady, she became the proverbial "wronged woman."

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Hillary Can't Win

Alex Leo | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

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Alex Leo

Even if you don't support Hillary, how can we let sexist attacks that so debase us all continue?

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NH Primaries: Who's Man Enough for the Job?

Marie Wilson | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Obama, Rudy Giuliani, New Hampshire Primary, Hillary Clinton, Gender, Politics News
Marie Wilson

It is a mistake when Edwards turns into "one of the guys", or when media decries response tinged with emotion from a (woman) candidate.

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A Leader With a Clear Vision for Our Future

Kate Michelman | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics

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Kate Michelman

There is no one more dedicated to the issues most important to women. Edwards' commitment is based on where women are: in poverty, lacking health care, in low wage jobs.

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The Day After Iowa: What We Learned About Race, Gender and Class

Marie Wilson | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics

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Marie Wilson

It was women my age -- the 65 and over's -- who wanted all of our work to count last night in Iowa, women who don't want to die without seeing a woman president.

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Countdown to the Iowa Caucuses III -- Who's Woman Enough for the Job?

Marie Wilson | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

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Marie Wilson

We have race and gender at the top of the ticket of a major party. As a feminist and child of the civil rights movement, I don't know if I could have imagined this scenario.

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Countdown to the Caucuses II -- Gender and Race Matter When You're the One and Only

Marie Wilson | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

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Marie Wilson

In 1984 I won a hotly contested Des Moines City Council election against many men. But sometimes I think, the race was really all about my hair. Y...

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ENDA Will Never Be a Long Term Solution for Anyone, Anyway

Kate Bornstein | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics

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Kate Bornstein

ENDA would have mostly protected people who cleaned up well enough to get a job in the first place: straight-looking people.

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Former NARAL Pres: Clinton "Playing The Victim"

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 11.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Naral, Kate MIchelman, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Gender, John Edwards, 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Politics News

John Edwards campaign advisor Kate Michelman--former NARAL president-- is attacking frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton--the first female with a real c...

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Not Taking Girls for Granted

Cristina Pippa | Posted 10.26.2007 | Living

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Cristina Pippa

"Girls As Grantmakers" programs operate based on the principle that girls can learn to be philanthropists in the same way that they learn to be anything else -- through practical experience.

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Zephyr Teachout and Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 10.23.2007 | Home

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Zephyr Teachout and Kelly Nuxoll

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Communication Between The Sexes: Forget About Mars And Venus

Times of London | Ed Caesar | Posted 10.08.2007 | Living

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So it turns out that after all the rows about the washing up, the shopping and the school run, men are not from Mars nor women from Venus. Both sexes ...

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A Woman's Worth

Cheryl Saban | Posted 09.12.2007 | Home

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Cheryl Saban

What is a woman's worth? Is it synonymous with value? Who defines it? Is it a tangible thing? Are we born into it, marry into it, or do we earn it...

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