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O’Donnell and Coons Denounce Gawker

NOW’s statement denouncing tabloid website Gawker’s anonymous article on Christine O’Donnell is mentioned in the New York Times’ The Caucus: “Both candidates’ campaigns have denounced an anonymously written story posted Thursday on the gossip Web site G…

When Women Don’t Vote, Extremists Win

NOW President Terry O’Neill writes on The Huffington Post: “Today people vote in one of the most pivotal elections ever for women’s rights. We are faced with the very real possibility of taking a major step toward losing one of our hardest won and most d…

On Balance, Progress for Women: Connie Schultz

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz writes about what the political coverage of women candidates in this mid-term election: “Fortunately, the National Organization for Women, the Women’s Media Center and countless bloggers immediately condem…

The Women-Hating Rage of the Republican Right

Amanda Marcotte writes on guardian.co.uk: “There are many beliefs that propel rightwing rage, but anti-feminism is one of the few that manages to inspire so much violence. Indeed, in all this talk about taxes, economic stimulus packages and other policy…

Five Myths About Female Candidates

Rebecca Traister writes in The Washington Post: “We’ve already heard a lot of grand pronouncements about what women will mean for the 2010 midterms — and vice versa. But from mama grizzlies to mean girls, much of the conventional wisdom about the women…