Women’s groups push Janet Yellen for Fed job

Kevin Cirilli writes for Politico: “Women’s groups are intensifying their opposition to the possible nomination of Larry Summers to lead the Federal Reserve in an effort to pressure President Barack Obama to choose Janet Yellen for the job.”

Montana appeals 30-day rape sentence for former teacher

Laura Zuckerman writes for Reuters: “‘He needs to be removed from the bench. We will fight to the very end,’ said Marian Bradley, president of the Montana chapter of the National Organization for Women.”

Looks Like Larry Summers Nomination Doesn’t Appeal To Religious Groups, Either

Zach Carter writes for The Huffington Post: “The letter comes as a broad coalition of progressive political groups organizes to oppose a Summers nomination, citing his record of deregulatory judgments, derisive statements about women and his difficulty w…

Women play larger role in 2nd March on Washington

Gregg Zoroya and Eliza Collins quote NOW President Terry O’Neill in their piece for USA TODAY: “‘Fifty years ago, women were not up here speaking, but here we are today,’ Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, told a crowd that…

GOP has ‘doubled down on its war against women’: NOW president

Rachel Witkin writes for MSNBC online: “O’Neill cited the recent abortion bills brought up by Republicans in Texas, Ohio, and North Carolina as examples of the right’s failure to learn the lessons of 2012, when multiple Republican Senate candidates lost…