*This post of mine is also published on The Huffington Post.* One of the things that I love about a brand new year are all the possibilities. That’s the great thing about resolutions- they aim to give us hope in everything we can accomplish in the year ahead. But 2016 is different and in Washington, […]
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With Hillary Clinton officially in the race for President, naturally there will be endless segments on gender, but I thought today’s segment on CNN with Carol Costello gave a different perspective on gender politics. I joined the Executive Director of IWF (Independent Women’s Forum), Sabrina Schaeffer, who is also a fellow PBS To The Contrary panelist,
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There really are so few shows on US TV like PBS’ To The Contrary that analyzes news on women’s rights from diverse female perspectives. This week we talked about female genital mutilation (FGM) rising in the US, Clinton vs Warren and the Hobby Lobby family wanting to build a church on the National Mall. The issue of
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Disgraced democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, has been garnering just as much press as her scandal-ridden husband in the wake of Rep. Weiner admitting that he not only sexts, but has had online relationships with as many as six other women. Normally when a politician is caught with his pants down, on or
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The world’s largest maternal health conference Women Deliver 2010 opened in Washington, D.C., Monday morning. The conference intends to hammer home the point that maternal and reproductive health is a global priority. And the Ms. Blog is there on the scene! My fellow Ms. Magazine Bloggers and I are live-blogging for you all this week
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During the 2008 Presidential Campaign, I felt as though coming to the defense of Hillary Clinton was my job. I think it is fair to say that the level of attacks- both personal and professional- that were mounted on this woman were of a height and intensity rarely seen. Anybody remember the Hillary Clinton nutcracker
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