“She’s Running” Says New Yorker

By Kathy Groob | December 3, 2012

Hillary is Running: A Dispatch from the Saban Forum : The New Yorker. Hillary Clinton is running for President. And the Israeli political class is a full-blown train wreck. These are two conclusions, for whatever they are worth, based on a three-day conference I attended this weekend at the annual Saban Forum, in Washington, D.C.…

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‘It Takes Generations’: Sen. Boxer On The Gender Gap

By Kathy Groob | December 3, 2012

by NPR Staff Sen. Barbara Boxer says we can finally stop using the term “Year of the Woman” once the Senate reaches a 50-50 split of men and women. “That’s the goal,” she says. We’re not quite there yet. But in 2013, more women will be serving in Congress than ever before. There will be…

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Why did women do so well in 2012? Because gender bias is declining

By Kathy Groob | November 26, 2012

Why did women do so well in 2012? Because gender bias is declining. When the 113th Congress convenes in January, women will occupy more seats than ever before. Eighty-one in the House, and 20 in the Senate. Amy Klobuchar better get ready for more traffic jams. Why did women, most of whom were Democrats, do well…

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Filmmaker Kamala Lopez Setting American Women’s Date with Equality

By Kathy Groob | November 18, 2012

Open Letter to David Axelrod by Kamala Lopez. Mere days after winning the 2012 election with 332 electoral votes (in what some would call a landslide), you said, “Presidents always say, ‘I have a mandate’; that’s a foolish word and generally untrue.” A mandate is, by definition: A command or an authorization given by a political electorate…

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