Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly incited a firestorm of criticism and debate after she made remarks at a fundraiser that President Obama gained 70% of unmarried women’s votes because these women were eager to receive their government welfare checks.
“Unmarried women, 70% of unmarried women, voted for Obama, and this is because when you kick your husband [...]
At the moment, women still make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. President Barack Obama is now taking action to set things straight. In his statement released yesterday, he writes:
The gap is even more significant for working women of color, and it affects women across all education levels. As Vice President Biden and [...]
CNN really hopes to stir up some debate and their ratings with a yet-unnamed political debate show, and their first step, naming Co-Hosts Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker, did exactly this.
Eliot Spitzer, the former New York governor who got caught up in a high-profile prostitution ring, and Kathleen Parker, a self-described conservative writer, are an [...]
Stick with the Women’s Media Center this week as we track coverage of Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court hearing and the subsequent dialogue.
Media coverage has been unusually spare this week, giving some indication that Kagan is not sufficiently inflammatory for either party to worry over. Fox News, however, in its continued vendetta against [...]
On Congress.org Ambreen Ali takes a look at Progressive Women’s Voices alumna Deanna Zandt’s new book “Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking”, which faults organizations for treating Twitter and Facebook like broadcasting venues instead of places to have a conversation. Have you read Deanna’s book yet? What did you think [...]
To handle its ever-growing influx of 100,000 comments a day, the Huffington Post yesterday acquired technology startup Adaptive Semantics. Bringing their semantic-analysis engine JuLiA to the table, Adaptive Semantics cofounders Elena Haliczer and Jeff Revesz will significantly vamp up HuffPo’s ability to effectively flag inappropriate comments, hate speech, and spam.
With this announcement, the Huffington Post [...]
Women’s Media Center is pumped to have media technologist and Progressive Women’s Voices alum Deanna Zandt joining today’s She Party from 3-4 pm EST to discuss her new book Share This!: How You Will Change the World with Social Networking.
In this rockin new book, Zandt illustrates how sharing builds trust and empathy, explains the need [...]
Progressive Women’s Voices participant Sally Kohn does it again – this time with a love song for Elena Kagan. Kohn has put together several great videos since our new PWV video journalism training. Visit Movement Vision Lab to watch other music videos and vlogs, and check out the latest one below!
Elena Kagan Needs to Woo [...]
In honor of Mother’s Day, Progressive Women’s Voices participant and author of The War on Moms Sharon Lerner describes the fragile state of what she calls the “gender-equity bubble” on The Nation.
The Gender Equity Bubble Goes Pop!
by Sharon Lerner
Mothers are wonders! Or so said a Mother’s Day card I recently saw. One of many [...]
On Friday, Slate’s XX Factor blog featured Progressive Women’s Voices participant and author of The War on Moms Sharon Lerner’s thoughts on the best gift for all mothers – flexible work options.
The Best Mother’s Day Gift
by Sharon Lerner
Sure flowers and chocolates are great, but I think I know just the thing for Mother’s Day: [...]
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