The New Orleans group Women of the Storm, which commissioned the video, hopes the sheer number of voices -- both ordinary and superstar -- will influence Washington politicians preoccupied with the economy, illegal immigration and getting re-elected.

Other big names appearing in the video include chefs Emeril Lagasse and Leah Chase, "Mad Men" actor Bryan Batt, actress Alfre Woodard, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and…

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Most American women might presume that the dangers of maternal mortality are a concern and problem only in developing nations. They’re wrong. A March 2010 report put out by Amnesty International entitled, Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA, highlights eye-opening findings. The data is based on research carried out during 2008 and 2009. The organization has framed their conclusions as a call to action for women’s human rights in… Continue

A number of years ago, I had a part-time gig at

an elementary school where I taught afterschool classes in art and film classics. One warm June day, it was decided that the

kids could spend thirty minutes in the playground. As I watched a scene that was…

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A full 40% of board members at major Norwegian companies are women—they have to be, by law. In 2002, the Norwegian parliament gave companies six years to comply with the new mandate. Spain has introduced a quota requiring that women comprise 40% of boards by 2015. Italy, France, and Belgium are considering similar bills

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The WSJ has an article about ABC's "The View," which has become "a must-stop" for politicians trying to reach women voters.

June 10, 2010

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"ABC's daytime talk show is planning more frequent political guests in the run-up to the 2010 midterm elections. Women, mostly…

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When the story broke, the tabloid headlines screamed that Hall of Fame football star, Lawrence Taylor, had been arrested on Thursday, May 6^th, for having sex with a 16-year-old-prostitute. One publication referred to her as a “teen hooker.”…

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Another tragedy is unfolding. Another One!, I scream irately and angrily to the heavens.

How can this be? How unfair and how are we going to, now, survive this,…

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Here in Arkansas red reflects not only fealty to the Razorbacks but the color of many residents', both native and transplanted, conservative politics and unflinching-to-the-grave conservative social thinking. With the passage of the health bill I am already seeing Facebook references to the defunct USSR which is the original red thinking. We are a rather oddly voting state in that we tend to vote for Republican presidential candidates while frequently electing… Continue

I am a white woman. I was raised in a middle-class household in Pennsylvania, in a town where we still have mostly white residents. My father picked this town as our home primarily because of its racial make-up. He and my mother were raised in Pittsburgh, and had both been the targets of racial attacks by blacks during their time in the city. My father never gave the details of what happened to him, and only said that he'd been beaten in school by black boys. My mother told the story of how she… Continue