On a hot day at the end of her hard-fought Senate primary campaign in 1976, Congresswoman Bella Abzug shot her mouth off one time too many. In whatever way Hillary Clinton recasts her campaign after the lessons of Iowa and New Hampshire, she will not make such a foolhardy mistake.

In the midst of the U.S. presidential election, with leaders focused on bringing change to Washington, the brutal murder of Benazir Bhutto halfway around the world is a powerful reminder that change...

For liberals and progressives, the presidential primary season of 2008 is a breathtaking moment. Historic "firsts" are represented by the candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama; add in John...

Our national conversation is a messy collision of race and gender, with ageism and the questionable state of our media tossed in as collateral damage. The 2008 presidential race is making us think...

Hillary Clinton triumphed in New Hampshire due to a huge surge of women voters into the Democratic primary. Women comprised 57 percent of Democratic voters compared to 43 percent men. And she won th...

THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer, married a corporate lawyer and is the mother of two little girls, ages 9 and 6. Herself the daughter of a white Ameri...

A survey released by Lifetime/Zogby at the end of December and targeting New Hampshire women voters specifies a significant problem for those who would predict the primary outcome: more than 40 perc...

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...

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. ...

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? ...

“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...

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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...

The opinions expressed here are those of the author alone, and not those of the Women’s Media Center. As a 501(c)3 organization, the Women’s Media Center does not endorse or support candidates for e...

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.

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...

Pinky Bhutto—Benazir’s school nickname in Karachi—is coming back. Will she become prime minister of Pakistan a third time? Will three be the lucky number allowing her to complete a full term? Will a...

One thing that definitely hasn’t changed since Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during the October 1991 hearings that confirmed his seat on the Supreme Court: Thomas is still ...

Consider these two images from recent news events: 20,000 monks marching past Burmese Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s home to protest the democracy leader’s 11-year house arrest and the country’s ...

I watched as much of Hillary Clinton as I could yesterday—it was almost an all day affair. In a well orchestrated media blitz, the Clinton campaign managed to squeeze in lengthy interviews on all fi...

Last night at the Emmy Awards, Sally Field, in accepting her honor for best performance in a dramatic series, gave the best performance as a real-life thinking mother who found herself in the privil...

When Karl Rove took repeated swipes at New York Senator Hillary Clinton last month, she seemed to savor the attack as recognition of her front-runner status. She played with it and got laughs with a...

It was inevitable that Senator Barack Obama would be asked the usual, much ballyhooed question at his appearance earlier this month before the National Association for Black Journalists conference a...