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With Summers Out, Will Obama Turn To Yellen For Fed Post?

Avie Schneider writes for WNYC: “As Zarroli reports, Summers has long been unpopular with women’s groups because of comments he made as Harvard president about women’s aptitude for science. But Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Wo…

Janet Yellen Now Fed Chair Front-Runner, Sources Tell The Wall Street Journal

Ashley Alman writes for The Huffington Post: “A coalition of progressive groups and big donors pressed Senate Banking Committee members to oppose a Summers nomination before the former secretary withdrew. Among the groups were UltraViolet and the Nationa…

With Summers Out, Will Obama Turn To Yellen For Fed Post?

Avie Schneider writes for WAMU: “As Zarroli reports, Summers has long been unpopular with women’s groups because of comments he made as Harvard president about women’s aptitude for science. But Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Wo…

Larry Summers’ Federal Reserve Job Sunk By Liberal-Populist Coalition, Deep-Pocket Donors

Ryan Grimm writes for The Huffington Post: “Meanwhile, a coalition of progressive groups — which included UltraViolet and the National Organization for Women, two powerful women’s groups — teamed with the big donors and grassroots advocacy groups to pr…

Watch 100 Women Risk Arrest for Immigration Reform

Von Diaz provides video via Colorlines of the September 12, 2013 immigration reform civil disobedience.