A come-from-behind victory can be a potent propellant in politics. That may be the case for Senator Barack Obama, whose strong win in the Iowa caucuses may translate into strong momentum for the New...

The Iowa caucuses on Thursday represent a roll of the dice for many Democratic progressive institutions, not the least Emily’s List and major labor unions. Emily’s List spent more than $400,000 to...

My heart and thoughts are with the Pakistani people as they mourn the death of Benazir Bhutto. I extend my deep sorrow to her family and the millions of supporters who for decades have seen the Bhut...

It's been a very difficult fall at the box office for political films, especially for those about the Iraq war. But the most interesting political film this fall comes from the most unlikely source—...

Politics is not for the weak at heart. It has to be rough being any candidate, just waiting—and in many cases, cringing—to see what will be said next, or what unflattering photo of you will appear. ...

Jamie Leigh Jones was just 20 in 2005 when she took a leap of faith to work in Iraq for her employer, military contractor Kellogg, Brown & Root, then a subsidiary of Halliburton. She went on a mission she believed in. Shortly after her arrival in Iraq, however, Jones’ ambitions were dashed in an alleged gang rape by co-workers.

The last year I sent Christmas cards was 1968: a plain, black-bordered card, mourning the Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy assassinations and the ongoing Vietnam War, urging friends to don...

Just as Detroit is famous for making cars and Napa for producing wine, Cheng Hai in Guangdong Province, not far from Hong Kong, is known for manufacturing toys for children all over the world, espec...

The gladiators have moved into the amphitheatre. And who would have guessed such a spectacle would debut in Des Moines, Iowa, on a Saturday afternoon nearly a year before the presidential election? ...

Lucy Lippard is curator of Weather Report: Art and Climate Change, her first major exhibition in 20 years. The internationally renowned cultural and art critic, feminist and political activist has w...

“Who is this?” I groaned into the phone. It was before noon on a Sunday, and I was a student. Who was up this early? It was my father, having an apoplectic fit. “What the hell are you up to over the...

This year, my family’s Thanksgiving festivities included a trip to the multiplex to see the much-touted Disney film, “Enchanted.” Little girls in my family are affected by a deep touch of the prince...

On September 12, 2006 GreenStone Media threw a star-studded soiree for the official, public launch of its female-targeted radio network at New York City’s Museum of Television and Radio. Named promi...

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The past, present and future of feminism converged over the weekend in New York City to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first, and only, federally funded National Women's Conference. More th...

Of course Hillary Clinton is “running as a woman.” As former Colorado Congresswoman Pat Schroeder aptly reminded us when asked the same question during her 1988 presidential bid: “do I have a choice...

For Pinar Ilkkaracan, coming to New York from Istanbul to receive a prestigious human rights award last month was a welcome respite. “You are constantly struggling,” she said of her efforts on behal...

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Hysterectomy, the second most frequent major operation performed on women in the United States, has long been criticized as being over performed, especially for benign conditions. In the late sixtie...

During the past week, according to an AP report, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reached out to Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and others to discuss how to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Meanwhile, a delegation of Palestinian, Israeli, and international women are speaking out in California, New York, and Washington, DC, calling for a new, “consultative approach” to a negotiated agreement.

Two University of Colorado-Boulder women deserve their day in court, a federal appeals court has ruled. Lisa Simpson and Anne Gilmore charged that football recruiting programs sanctioned by the univ...

It seemed like shocking news last week when the telecommunications giant Verizon admitted it has readily allowed national security investigators without warrants to browse customer records on thousa...

We watch now with absolute disbelief as, once more, the courage of the monks and people of Burma are flashed across our television screens. They reject the brutal dictatorship of the junta and call ...

This year marks almost the halfway point in the 15-year time-span set in 2000 for the world to realize eight ambitious targets, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Still a millennium aw...

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize, shared between Al Gore and the UN’s climate science panel, is a victory for environmentalism and science. It underscores the gravity of global warming and leaves no sp...