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Join the Conversation – ProgressWomen Launches Today
A group of progressive women including Rep. Stacey Newman (D-St. Louis) have launched a new website designed for progressive women written by progressive women – www.ProgressWomen.com. In a campaign season (which seems to never end) with women’s issues being talked about on the national, state and local stage, ProgressWomen offers a distinct progressive viewpoint. Women care about more than just “abortion”! The…
Read MoreKentucky Senator Denise Harper Angel Attends Leadership Conference
Senator Denise Harper Angel (D-Louisville, KY) is one of 25 southern state leaders awarded a full scholarship to attend the 2011 Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills (CALS). The leadership program is sponsored by the Southern Legislative Conference of The Council of State Governments and Coastal Carolina University. CALS, which will convene September 24-28…
Read MoreSaudi Women Win Right to Vote
ABC News – Women in Saudi Arabia will be given the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, and will be appointed to the all-male Shura advisory council, King Abdullah announced today. Women will not be allowed to vote in municipal elections this Thursday, but will be able to in the following municipal elections…
Read MoreHillary Clinton Promotes Women’s Rights Treaty That U.S. Has Not Yet Joined
Huffington Post-– On the eve of high-level meetings for the United Nations’ general assembly, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended an event on Monday afternoon designed to highlight the importance of women’s participation in public life. Together with a selection of major female world leaders, including Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s top diplomat, and Michelle…
Read MoreNewsweek Magazine’s Global Women’s Progress Report: Where Women Are Winning
By Jesse Ellison for Newsweek – Just over a decade into the 21st century, women’s progress can be seen—and celebrated—across a range of fields. They hold the highest political offices from Thailand to Brazil, Costa Rica to Australia. A woman holds the top spot at the International Monetary Fund; another won the Nobel Prize in…
Read MoreAmerican woman violated and strip-searched after flying on 9/11
MSNBC – Shoshana Hebshi will never forget where she was on the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11. She and two other airline passengers were handcuffed and strip-searched after flying into Detroit on Sunday. No charges were filed against Hebshi, a self-described “half-Arab, half-Jewish housewife living in suburban Ohio,” or the two men sitting next to her,…
Read MoreElizabeth Warren: “I’m In”
Huffington Post – WASHINGTON — Consumer advocate and former White House official Elizabeth Warren will announce on Wednesday that she is running for the United States Senate seat currently held by Scott Brown (R-Mass.), a close source tells The Huffington Post. The announcement will not come as a surprise, as Warren has spent the last few…
Read MoreSenator Dianne Feinstein wiped out by scandal
POLITICO- Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she was “wiped out” by Kinde Durkee, a well-connected California Democratic political operative who served as treasurer for hundreds of state, local and federal campaign committees. Durkee was arrested by the FBI on Sept. 2 on allegations of fraud surrounding the diversion of more than $670,000 from the reelection committee for…
Read MoreCongresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Interview with Diane Sawyer Will Air November 14th
ABC News – Exclusive to Air During a Diane Sawyer Special on Monday, November 14 at 10:00 PM ET In a landmark television event, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Space Shuttle Commander Mark Kelly will share their remarkable story for the first time since the tragic shootings in Tucson, Arizona on January 8, 2011. Giffords’ story…
Read MoreF-16 pilot was ready to give her life on Sept. 11
By Steve Hendrix, Washington Post – Late in the morning of the Tuesday that changed everything, Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney was on a runway at Andrews Air Force Base and ready to fly. She had her hand on the throttle of an F-16 and she had her orders: Bring down United Airlines Flight 93. The day’s…
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