Absent Voices – Women Under 40
By Kathy Groob – Women aged 40 and younger are nearly absent from elected office and their voices are needed to help shape policy and offer the perspective as working professionals, mothers,…
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In a Life Filled With Firsts, One More – Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Become First Democratic National Committee Chairwoman
New York Times – Open lunchboxes are sprawled on the kitchen counter. Four dogs dart in and out. And three children rummage through backpacks. With the predawn bedlam at its height, the…
Read MoreGabrielle Giffords showing ‘more independence’
POLITICO- Doctors say Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can walk a little and is even trying to improve her gait. But the report Sunday in The Arizona Republic adds the congresswoman herself is planning…
Read MoreThe New Anti-Abortion Math
Gail Collins, New York Times – One of my favorite stories about the Texas State Legislature involves the time Senator Wendy Davis was trying to ask a colleague, Troy Fraser, some questions…
Read MoreWhy aren’t we having a conversation about Donald Trump’s hair?
By Kathy Groob – If Donald Trump was a woman looking to make a run for president of the United States, you can bet your dollar that pundits, media-types and average Joe’s…
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Wis. court challenger will seek statewide recount
MSNBC – MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Supreme Court challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg asked election officials Wednesday for a statewide recount in her flagging upset bid against Justice David Prosser, a race that marked yet another…
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Emerge Wisconsin Takes Bold Steps to Address 2012 Election
In direct response to the ongoing divisive overreach of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his Republican rubber-stamp Legislature; Emerge Wisconsin has changed the dates of its 2012 training program in order…
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Female Genital Mutilation In Kenya: Local Girls Fight Back Against The Controversial Rite
Huffington Post – Two teenage girls in Kenya have attempted an unprecedented rebellion by refusing one of the most controversial rites of local womanhood: genital mutilation. As the Guardian is reporting, the procedure has bewildered…
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