Pregnancy vs. Readiness

The Army Times reports on the controversial policy that threatened to court-martial any pregnant soldier in northern Iraq: “Army Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo, commander of Multi-National Division-North in Iraq, learned a thing or two about messaging after t…

The Evil in Congo

Mary Lou Hartman recounts her experience of being raped for the Washington Post with the following words: “I did not feel lucky 4 1/2 years ago, when I was raped, but I do feel lucky today as I read about the unfathomable violence that is being unleashed…

Full Participation for Our ‘Sisters-in-Arms’

Donna McAleer and Erin Solaro write for the Washington Post that while “U.S. women are fighting on all fronts of the war on terrorism and are regularly engaged in combat operations, there are still barriers to their work and promotion.”

NOW Congratulates Massachusetts Primary Winner Martha Coakley, Looks Forward to Feminist Candidate Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling in January

The National Organization for Women congratulates Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley for her overwhelming victory in the Democratic primary in the special election to fill the late Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat. If Coakley prevails as expected in the Jan. 19 general election, she will be the first woman senator from the state of Massachusetts, and she will double to two the number of women in the state’s current 12-member congressional delegation. The NOW Political Action Committee proudly endorsed Coakley in her run.