Linkfluence map of the feminist blogosphere showing Reclusive Leftist
At the Fem2pt0 conference yesterday, the new Linkfluence map of the feminist blogosphere was unveiled. We’re happy to note that two of our contributors have blogs listed among the top 30 most influential websites: Violet Socks, who blogs as the Reclusive Leftist (and is also the editor of this website), and Ann Bartow, who runs Feminist Law Professors.
Here’s the list of the top 30 sites, which includes blogs as well as sites like NOW, Planned Parenthood, …

New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg (R) – Obama's 17th man
Last Friday we reported speculation that New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg would be Obama’s 16th man, and that Obama would appoint him as Secretary of Commerce in hopes of getting a Democrat appointed to fill his seat in the Senate, thereby giving the Dems the 60-seat majority needed to halt a filibuster.
Today we learned from Jonathan Martin of Politico that Gregg has stated as a condition of his acceptance that a Republican be appointed to replace him:
A source familiar with the …

NOW NY press conference in Albany
Hats off to our friend Marcia Pappas, President of NOW NY for organizing a press conference in Albany, NY this past Saturday to speak out about Hiram Monserrate.   Marcia was quoted in The Record as saying:
Although there is probably no legal bar to Monserrate being seated as a state senator, his elevation to a leadership position is a slap in the face for every woman in New York state — he must be asked to step down.
For those of you new to the story, read …

What Every Woman Should Know is a bi-weekly series on American Women’s History at The New Agenda.
One day every child in our nation will learn the unified history of America, including the acts of statesmen, the battles, the struggles and organizing, the treatment of people already here, as well as the plain ingenuity of surviving that is the whole honest truth about where we came from and how we got here, and what we did while we were here. That isn’t the history that American children learn today, but it …

It has been yet another amazing week at The New Agenda.  There is an undercurrent of change rising from the embers of the 2008 Presidential Election.  The women and like-minded men of our country want change.  The women of this country deserve respect!
Here are a few of the highlights from the past week:

Grassroots – TNA continues to sprout chapters throughout the country.  Not only in our local communities, but also on college campuses.  This week we will hold a grassroots meeting in Washington DC.  Let us know if you can …