Fear of a Female Fed Chief

Jonathan Chait writes for New York Magazine’s Daily Intelligencer: “The hard-money cranks of the right have spent the Obama years nurturing fears of incipient inflation that never seems to arrive, yet whose non-arrival never dents their airtight worldvie…

Choosing the Next Fed Leader

The Editorial Board of The New York Times writes: “Despite a campaign from allies both inside and outside the White House, the recent drive to install Lawrence Summers as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve seems to be faltering — and with good reas…

Another Reason Janet Yellen Should Run the Fed

Erika Eichelberger writes for Mother Jones: “If President Barack Obama nominates Janet Yellen, the second-ranking official at the Federal Reserve, to be the next chairman of the central bank, she would be the first woman to ever occupy the post. This fac…

The Power of Pissed-Off Women

As NOW feminists, our goal is nothing short of radical inclusiveness, as we work to build an organization, a movement, and a society that values diversity and upholds respect for every single woman and girl, no matter where she comes from, what she looks like, where she works or who she loves.

NOW Activists Buoyed by SCOTUS Decisions on Equal Marriage

The National Organization for Women is elated for the many same-sex couples whose loving, committed relationships will now be recognized in law a result of today’s Supreme Court rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8.