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Women as Peacemakers

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Women Global Leaders, Ms. Foundation, Marie Wilson, The White House Project, Women as Peacemakers, Empowering Women Around the World, Rwanda Women, Peace X Peace, Hillary Clinton, The Women's Conference, Jean Shinoba Bolen, Christiane Northrup, Women's Global Leadership, World News
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.

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Do Women Need Their Own Space?

Indra Adnan | Posted 06.14.2009 | Media

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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.

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Bloggers: Get Thee to Congressional Staffs!

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama’s Chances, Sunlight Foundation, Youth Vote, Participatory Democracy, Civic Participation, Conservatives, The White House Project, President Obama, Influence Peddling, On the Ground 2008, Bloggers Obama, Congress, Community Organizing, Obama Transition, Progressive Politics, Politics News
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.

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This Wednesday:Will we be Citizens Again?

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, New Mexico, Bailout, The White House Project, Obama 2008, Progressive Movement, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Civil Rights, Home News
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.

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

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Wall Street Crisis, Conservatives, National Security, Terrorism, Missile Defense, The White House Project, Congressional Oversight, Sarah Palin Vice President, Political Corruption, Alaska, Palin Biden Debate, Counterinsurgency, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Politics News
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.

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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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Goodbye 'Mush' -- Don't Come Back

Eric Margolis | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

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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.

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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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Women Get Respect -- Part 2

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women & Girls Collective Action Network, The Jewish Women's Archive, Migrant Health Promotion, The White House Project, Gloria Steinem, Barbara Dobkin, Fema, Ms. Foundation for Women, Marie C. Wilson, Suzanne Braun Levine, Women's Voices for Change, Ms. Magazine, Feminism, Gloria Steinem New York Times, United Houma Nation, The International Museum of Women, Democratic Primary, Politics News
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.

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Tim Meets The Ladies

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Meet the Press, Judy Woodruff, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Women and Media, Women on TV Talk Shows, The White House Project, Women and Politics, Kate O'Beirne, Sally Bedell Smith, Stephen Colbert for President, Who's Talking Report, Women Opinion Makers, Tim Russert, Media News

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.

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