NOW Applauds Guilty Verdict in Roeder Trial
The National Organization for Women commends the jury in the Scott Roeder trial for its swift guilty verdict and for not being fooled by the outrageous defense claim of justifiable terrorism.
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Women Writers: Late-Night’s Real Problem
Comedy writers — male and female — dish about the strange, men-only world of late-night TV. By Lynn Harris for Salon.
NOW Congratulates Former President Kim Gandy on new VP Post at Feminist Majority
The National Organization for Women congratulates former NOW president Kim Gandy on her new position as vice president and general counsel at the Feminist Majority and the Feminist Majority Foundation. Gandy served in the national NOW office for 22 years, including two terms as the organization’s president, ending in July 2009. She recently completed a resident fellowship at the Harvard Institute of Politics, where she taught a series of seminars on “Winning Across Progressive Movements.”
A Peril in War Zones: Sexual Abuse by Fellow G.I.’s
Steven Lee Myers writes for The New York Times: “Sexual harassment and sexual assault, which the military now defines broadly to include not only rape but also crimes like groping and stalking, continue to afflict the ranks, and by some measures are risi…
National Organization for Irresponsible Women
The Post Chronicle’s Mona Charen writes about NOW’s position on the controversial policy that threatened to court martial pregnant soldiers. Was NOW and the U.S. Senators who spoke out against this harsh policy “irresponsible”?: “After taking fire, Cuc…
