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National Organization for Women

Another Problem with No Name: Boomers and Age Discrimination in the Workplace

Brent Green | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eeoc, Ageism, Age Discrimination, National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, MetLife Mature Market Institute, Politics News
Brent Green

Given extraordinary economic pressure to continue working beyond traditional retirement age, older workers nevertheless confront entrenched obstacles to staying employed and finding jobs.

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Abortion Is New Front in Health Care Battle

Wall Street Journal | FAWN JOHNSON and LAURA MECKLER | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, National Organization for Women, Naral, Death Panels, Reproductive Health, Pro-Life, Now, Planned Parenthood, Town Hall, Roe v. Wade, Health Care Reform, Birth Control, National Right to Life Committee, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life Democrats, The Family Research Council, Health Care, Politics News

Most versions of the Democratic health plan would create subsidies for lower-income people to buy private health insurance. If that insurance includes...

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What Now? Terry O'Neill for NOW President

Patricia Ireland | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Now Election, Women's Rights, National Organization for Women, Latifa Lyles, Now, Women's Issues, Now President, Terry O'neill, Politics News
Patricia Ireland

Only one of the leaders vying to become the new NOW president is running on the promise of restoring NOW's prominence and rebuilding NOW's activism.

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Letterman Should Call Himself Letterperson from Now On

Catie Lazarus | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mean Girls, National Organization for Women, Barbie, Liberals, Trig Palin, Nanny, Bridge to Nowhere, Immigration, Pro-Life, Feminism, Barack Obama, Teenagers, Stephen Colbert, Obama S Dog, Math, Jon Stewart, Jay Leno, Alpha Female, Sarah Palin, Illegal Immigrants, Teen Pregnancy, Jimmy Kimmel, Tina Fey, Pro-Choice, Jimmy Fallon, Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, David Letterman, Politics News
Catie Lazarus

Sarah, how creepy is it that NOW is jumping on your bandwagon? Trying to be friends with the alpha popular princess by sweeping abortion, pay parity, stem cell research under the rug!

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Jeff Muskus

Right-Wing Protesters: Birth Control Will Kill You

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Life League, National Organization for Women, Birth Control, Health, Thepillkills, Contraception, Now, Planned Parenthood, Kim Gandy, Birth-Control Protests, All, Politics News

Unable to turn the public against sex, the pro-life movement will be on the march Saturday trying to convince women that birth-control pills will kill...

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Mother's Day Special: Can Obama Deliver What Women Want?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, National Organization for Women, Women's Rights, Wanda Sykes, Blaise Nutter, Carrie Prejean, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Wilshire and Washington, President Obama, Ted Johnson, Ms. California, Now, White House Correspondents Dinner, Teresa Valdez Klein, Maegan Carberry, Kim Gandy, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

With Supreme Court buzz dominating DC, gender issues are suddenly back in style despite the President's recent declaration that protecting abortion rights was not a high priority on his agenda.

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Superbowl? Yes, Please! Sexist Ads? No, Thank You!

Meredith Lopez | Posted 03.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Yankees, National Organization for Women, Baseball, Advertising, Superbowl XLII, Football, Superbowl XLIII, Sexism, Bust Magazine, Feminism, American Sports, Nudity, Entertainment News
Meredith Lopez

Sexism in ads, to me, is not only offensive, it's beyond outdated to the point of being pathetic. Do we really still need half-naked women in bikinis to increase beer sales?

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NOW Endorses Feigenholtz In Emanuel Replacement Race

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: NOW Feigenholtz, National Organization for Women, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Il-5, Sara Feigenholtz, Chicago News

State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, was endorsed Monday by the National Organization for Women in her quest for the vacant congressional seat of W...

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What is an American Feminist Today?

Lindsey Horvath | Posted 11.29.2008 | Living

Read More: National Organization for Women, National Women's Political Caucus, Second Wave Feminism, Feminist, Feminism, Reproductive Rights, Sarah Palin, Living News
Lindsey Horvath

If your agenda does not include reproductive freedom, you do not value it. If those with whom you create your solidarity do not value reproductive freedom, neither does your movement.

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Sarah Palin: The Wrong Kind Of Woman?

Mark Joseph | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gloria Steinem, National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan, Emily's List, The White House Project, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Mark Joseph

Should these "women's groups" be seeking to advance women, any and all women, into positions of power or any candidate, male or female, who agrees with their politics?

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The Democratic Convention...and a Front Seat to Women's Issues

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Equal Rights Amendment, Democratic Convention, Center for the Advancement of Women, National Organization for Women, Kathleen Sibelius, Women's Issues, The 19th Amendment, Janet Napolitano, The White House Project, Nancy Pelosi, Ms. Foundation for Women, Hillary Clinton, Dnc, Susan B. Anthony, Claire McCaskill, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

Hillary Clinton didn't clinch the nomination, yet her impact on the process has been indisputable. There is a great deal for women to celebrate.

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Female Activists Quiet on Woman Vice President

Allison Stevens | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Organization for Women, Vice President, Ferraro, Clinton, Mccaskill, Woman, Obama, Sebelius, Napolitano, Smeal, Politics News
Allison Stevens

Instead of backing one of the many other women who could take Clinton's place as Obama's right-hand woman, womens' rights activists prefer to continue licking their wounds.

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Women's Equality ... Why Not Now?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, National Organization for Women, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Motherhood, Family and Medical Leave Act, Pat Schroeder, Women and Work, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Ron Dellums, Gloucester High School Pregnancy, Family Values, Lisa Witter, Women's Health, Women and Politics, Hillary Clinton, Women of Color Policy Network, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

Firecrackers and picnics aside, Abigail Adams didn't get to sign the Declaration of Independence, Betsy Ross sewed the flag, and how many people even know who Deborah Samson Gannett was?

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