The White House Project

Women as Peacemakers

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


Tabby Biddle

While I agree that women, like men, are competitive and have a strong warrior spirit, I do think there is a difference in how those characteristics get played out.

Do Women Need Their Own Space?

Indra Adnan | Posted 06.14.2009 | Media


Indra Adnan

Working alongside the men, rather than in the room next door, seemed to us the best way to reach the Downing Street Project's goal -- not just the women.

Bloggers: Get Thee to Congressional Staffs!

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics


Lorelei Kelly

You twenty-somethings who are reading this, if you can't take your day job after being part of such a political earthquake like last week's election, go find your local Member of Congress and apply for a job.

This Wednesday:Will we be Citizens Again?

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home


Lorelei Kelly

No matter what happens on Tuesday, the Obama campaign will have revisited a lost ideology of citizenship for Americans that has enormous potential for our nation.

Nature Abhors a Vacuum but so do Wingnuts: The Bailout and our National Security

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics


Lorelei Kelly

Conservative lip service to ideas like free markets and a strong defense produced neither. These "values" were never actually turned into priorities for policy making.

Sarah Palin: The Wrong Kind Of Woman?

Mark Joseph | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics


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?

Goodbye 'Mush' -- Don't Come Back

Eric Margolis | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics


Eric Margolis

Aside from senior army generals, the wealthy elite, and a handful of fat cat politicians, the widely hated Musharraf was left with almost no support at home.

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

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics


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.

Women Get Respect -- Part 2

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


Marcia G. Yerman

For countless women, Gloria Steinem is the personification of their own struggle with gender issues. From the stage, she paid homage to women of accomplishment in their respective fields that were in the audience.

Tim Meets The Ladies

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


It's not that there are never women on Meet The Press, and it's also not rare for the opening panel to consist homogeneously of one sex. It's just damned rare for that one sex to be female.