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We’ve just learned that Hillary Clinton will be delivering a major foreign policy speech next Friday, July 17th.
Foreign Policy reports:
…Clinton’s planned speech is clearly meant to raise her own profile as well. In her first six months as Barack Obama’s top diplomat, the secretary has faced something of an underappreciated challenge: proving that she is a loyal lieutenant to her former presidential primary rival while projecting that she owns the Obama administration’s diplomatic portfolio.
Now we don’t want to jump and take credit, but we do …

Cross posted from U.S. News & World Report with permission of the author. Opinions expressed herein are those of Chris Jahnke and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
Jenny Sanford
If you want leaders for whom the people not power comes first, women are the best bet
Want fewer embarrassing, distracting sex scandals? Elect more women.
Ann Richards said it best when she admonished the leadership of the Democratic Party with her line, “If you give us a chance, we can perform. After all, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did. She …

From the bloggers (clockwise) Wonkette, B Gal R State, and Linda Kellan at Blue Oasis
I’ve been both a regular NPR listener and contributor — even, until recently, had NPR in the family will.  That’s why your interview of Vanity Fair’s Todd Purdam was so painful for me to hear.   I’m not singling out your interview because it was the worst coverage of Gov. Palin’s resignation — far from it.  Rather, I’m singling out your work because as an NPR fan, I found your coverage to be the most personally disappointing.
Let’s skip over the part where …

On the world stage: Where's Hillary?
Remember Hillary Clinton? Ya know, the woman that is Secretary of State.  Has anyone seen Hillary lately?
Well I for one can’t seem to find her.  And I’ve looked all over the world stage.  And I’ve searched all over the press.  Can hardly find a mention of our Secretary of State’s whereabouts.
The folks over at HotAir report:
Week-by-week, world event-by-world event, the public humiliation of Hillary Clinton is taking place right before our eyes.
In more modern times, names such as Henry Kissinger, Cyrus Vance, James Baker, …

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Sonia Sotomayor’s journey towards becoming a Supreme Court Justice continues.  As with all nominees for the Supreme Court before her, Sotomayor’s involvement in different organizations has been scrutinized.  Most recently her previous involvement as a board member for the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, or PRLDEF, has come under the microscope.
The LatinoJustice PRLDEF states that it:
champions an equitable society.  Using the power of the law together with advocacy and education, LatinoJustice PRLDEF protects opportunities for all …

Hat tip to commenter Keesha, who alerted us to this blog post by Third Estate Sunday Review, run by six journalism students.  We share it here under the Creative Commons licence.  The authors present their own views, not necessarily those of The New Agenda.  Photos and some of the reference links were added by The New Agenda.
2008 was when feminism, the women’s liberation movement, ended up crashing.What should have been a year of highs was instead a year of lows. Women worked overtime to destroy Hillary Clinton’s run for the …

Andy Griffith had a wonderful way of allowing the character of Sheriff Andy Taylor to look foolish in order to teach  America lessons.  In this case, the lessons were of compassion, humanity, and equality.  Sadly, in the wake of Governor Palin’s resignation, it’s clear that those lessons are as relevant today as they were 50 years ago.

In the original show (episode 10 of season one, “Ellie for Council,” in reruns on TVLand), Andy redeems himself.  When he hears Opie bashing women, and realizes that the boy is just parroting his father, Andy …

It’s time to make a list.
Those of you that were part of The New Agenda early on will recall that in addition to our lofty goals of advancing women and girls, we also had one goal of accountability!
At our initial meeting, we unanimously picked Chris Matthews as the worst offender of sexist treatment against Hillary and got wide media coverage in the LA Times, AOL News, LA Times, Mediabistro, and Politico as we spoke about making people accountable for their actions.  And wouldn’t you know it, when Matthews decided not …

This post originally was published on Goldivas, “for women over 50 who are too young to be old.”  The authors opinions are her own, not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
I hear a whisper of wind that swirls the sparks around me before I hear the whooomp and feel the vibrations of an aerial shell that has successfully ignited and launched. All is the way it should be. I quickly move down the row of mortars and pull off another safety cap. I light another fuse and the fire-cycle is …

What am I going to tell my daughter?
From my daughter's school locker
That was the first thing that popped into my mind this afternoon after watching Governor Palin step down.
My 11 year-old daughter adores Sarah Palin. She is too young to understand pro-choice and pro-life. The difference between drilling and being environmentally cautions.  My daughter looks at Sarah Palin and she sees herself. My daughter plays point guard in basketball like Sarah. My daughter is a competitor and works really hard like Sarah. My daughter will …