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Karen Handel

'Planned Bullyhood' Author Shakes Up GOP Primary

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

ATLANTA -- Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's public clash with Planned Parenthood, says she'...

Michael McAuliff

Dems Think They Have Shot At Georgia, Kentucky

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.11.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Democrats may not be running with one of their top choices in Georgia's U.S. Senate contest, but they still think they have a formula to...

Laura Bassett

Karen Handel, Former Komen Executive, Issues Warning To Cecile Richards

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.14.2012 | Politics

Karen Handel, the former executive at Susan G. Komen for the Cure who instigated the breast cancer charity's plan to pull grants from Planned Parenth...

Former Susan G. Komen Executive Reportedly Considering Senate Bid

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.21.2012 | Politics

Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive who drove the charity's attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, is considering running fo...

Laura Bassett

Karen Handel: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Threatened Susan G. Komen Founder In 'Extremely Ugly' Call

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.11.2012 | Politics

In her new tell-all book, "Planned Bullyhood," former Susan G. Komen executive Karen Handel paints Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) as one of th...

Laura Bassett

'Planned Bullyhood:' A Tell-All Memoir On Planned Parenthood-Komen Dispute

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.10.2012 | Politics

Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen executive who spearheaded the effort to stop sending breast cancer screening grants to Planned Parenthood, all...

John Celock

GOP Taps Anti-Abortion Figure To Head Women's Group

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 07.27.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A Republican campaign group has tapped the architect of the Susan G. Komen Foundation's policy to cut cancer screening funding to Planne...

ReThink Review: Pink Ribbons, Inc.

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.06.2012 | Women
Jonathan Kim

This film urges us to look hard at what charities like Komen are really saying about breast cancer, those who have it and the companies trying to "pinkwash" themselves, insulating themselves from criticism.

Laura Bassett

More Top Komen Executives Resign Amid Reports Of Internal Troubles

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 03.20.2012 | Politics

Two top executives at Susan G. Komen for the Cure have announced their resignation, amid reports that the breast cancer charity is struggling to raise...

Laura Bassett

Komen To Donors: Should We Apologize?

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.23.2012 | Politics

After Susan G. Komen for the Cure's controversial decision several weeks ago to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, and the subsequent reversal of that...

For Komen To Survive, Brinker Family Must Give Up Control

Jeffrey Campagna | Posted 04.16.2012 | Politics
Jeffrey Campagna

Handel was only a symptom. The real problem at Komen is the board and CEO that hired her in the first place.

Shades of Pink: Komen and Planned Parenthood

Deborah Stambler | Posted 04.14.2012 | Politics
Deborah Stambler

Frankly, I am tired of this controversy. It's a private matter for women and those she chooses to share with. The laws in this country are not dictated by religious beliefs, no matter how powerful the beliefs of those running for public office.

Halftime in Pink America

William O'Rourke | Posted 04.09.2012 | Politics
William O'Rourke

It's been another bad week for the GOP, because of yet more Hail Marys: the Susan G. Komen for the Cure pink ribbon flap, defunding Planned Parenthood, and, consequently, the women of America reacting and Komen's decision eventually reversed.

WATCH: Breast Cancer Survivor Gives Stirring Response To Komen Controversy

Posted 02.08.2012 | Politics

Linda Burger, a 56-year-old breast cancer survivor from Las Vegas, Nevada, filmed an emotionally charged message earlier this month, expressing her pe...

Ex-Komen Board Member: Planned Parenthood Reversal Is Not Enough -- Brinker and Board Must Go

Jeffrey Campagna | Posted 04.09.2012 | Politics
Jeffrey Campagna

Eve Ellis, the former board member of Komen NYC who last week urged progressives to stay "far away" from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is not ready to put the Planned Parenthood fiasco behind her.

Laura Bassett

Handel Breaks Her Silence

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.07.2012 | Politics

Karen Handel, the politically embattled former vice president of public affairs for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, has broken her silence about her role...

Laura Bassett

Susan G. Komen Official Quits Over Planned Parenthood Dispute

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 04.08.2012 | Politics

Karen Handel, vice president for public affairs at Susan G. Komen for the Cure, resigned on Tuesday following public outcry over the announcement Kome...

Karen Handel Needs to Resign

Shaunna Thomas | Posted 04.07.2012 | Politics
Shaunna Thomas

Handel's continued presence as a leader at Komen threatens to undo all of the work they do on behalf of women and breast cancer awareness -- even if the effectiveness of that work is under legitimate scrutiny.

Why Komen Is Small Potatoes

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.07.2012 | Women
Dr. Peggy Drexler

The Planned Parenthood flap will come and go in a couple of news cycles -- instructive, but ultimately harmless. But if the gains for women in the Affordable Care Act go down with the ship, it may take decades to get them back, if we can get them back at all.

Laura Bassett

Komen Insider Says Anti-Abortion VP Drove Planned Parenthood Cut-Off

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.06.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the nation's leading anti-breast-cancer charity, has insisted that its since-reversed decision to pull fund...

Laura Bassett

What Drove Komen To Cut Planned Parenthood Grants?

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.01.2012 | Politics

Breast cancer charity giant Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Tuesday did not renew a grant to Planned Parenthood to fund breast exams. The move comes le...

Men Up, Grizzlies Down

Melanie Billings-Yun | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Melanie Billings-Yun

Of all the many lessons we can draw from this election, the one that looms out for me is that wanton attacks on another candidate's gender don't win v...

Georgia Candidate Paid Nearly $100K To Bring Palin To Rally

Yahoo! News | Holly Bailey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Karen Handel's campaign to win the GOP gubernatorial nomination in Georgia got a big boost when she was endorsed by Sarah Palin this summer. But it ca...

A New Kind of Toughness?

Marie Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Marie Wilson

Balancing toughness and empathy has always been a slippery slope for women leaders to navigate. Will a trend of women in power pushing these boundaries result in the policies that will benefit us all?

Karen Handel CONCEDES Georgia Runoff Race Against Nathan Deal For GOP Nomination For Governor

AP | SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

ATLANTA — As antiestablishment anger swept other parts of the nation, Georgia Republicans tapped an 18-year congressional veteran dogged by ethi...