SAVE THE DATE!

About the Event
Did you know:  1 in 3 teens who date experience sexual abuse, physical abuse, or threats of physical harm.
Did you know: almost half of teens blamed Rihanna for Chris Brown beating her up.
It’s time for a conversation with our children.
Join The New Agenda Foundation for a breakfast panel to discuss the facts about this crisis, how to have a conversation with your teen, and what to do in your community. The panel will include national experts Jane Randel of Liz Clairborne Inc. and Casey Corcoran …

In the coming days, The New Agenda will be launching our new website for The New Agenda Foundation, our 501(c)(3).  The Foundation’s work will be educational, and our primary issue will be teen dating violence and the sexualization of our teenage girls.
Please also be on the lookout for information on an educational event on teen dating violence co-sponsored by The New Agenda Foundation and Liz Claiborne Inc. (commitee in formation).
And for those of you thinking, well maybe elsewhere, but not in my community, think again.
Everything I’ve read in the …

Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball recently moved Mississippi’s 1st House District from “leans Democrat” to “leans Republican”. This is good news for Angela McGlowan who, if elected, will be the FIRST WOMAN ever elected to represent Mississippi in Congress – House or Senate.
Ms. McGlowan also recently received a very high profile endorsement, the famous Judge Joe Brown.
On Friday, Feb. 18, Judge Joe Brown will be on campus at Ole Miss to address the students and people of Mississippi and give Congressional candidate, Angela McGlowan, his official endorsement. Judge Joe Brown, the …

Congratulations to Meg Whitman! As the San Francisco Chronicle reports:
Meg Whitman may not be fond of referring to herself as a Republican in her ubiquitous radio ads — and Steve Poizner was the GOP guv candidate snuggling with the right-wing at the CPAC confab last week along with US Senate candidate Chuck DeVore– but it was Meg who snagged some big time conservative love Monday when the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Group PAC endorsed her.
Straight from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association website:
High taxes and out-of-control spending have pushed California state government …

The New Agenda is inviting our DC viewers to attend a lunchtime event today on teen dating violence hosted by our partner in MADE, Liz Claiborne.
Top teen dating violence experts, parents, educators and teens from around the country are gathering on Capitol Hill to draw attention to the urgent problem of digital dating abuse, and to call for increased prevention efforts.
Here’s a note from The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind:
I’ll personally vouch for how important and very real this issue has become. A girl in my daughter’s 7th grade …

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
We are currently gathering a list for action against Glenn Beck. Our fight against sexism continues. We defend women of all parties, and we protest against sexism from all parties. The sexism is nearly identical across the board. Let me share some similarities with you.
On November 7, 2008, Chris Matthews described Hillary Clinton as giving a
“barn-burner speech, which is harder to give for a woman; it can grate on some …

Recently Apple surprised the tech world by banning some “sex-tinged” apps from their iTunes store.
Brava Apple! First, they acknowledge that interactive images which are degrading to or sexually exploit women are bad for families. Second, they realize that such things are bad for business. When it comes to their bottom line, Apple sees value in “putting kids and parents first.”
For those who aren’t familiar, the iPhone apps are developed by individual developers who can sell their products at the iTunes app store and Apple keeps a percent of each sale. …

After hearing barely the utterance of a women’s issue out of Harry Reid’s mouth for as long as I can recall, imagine my surprise yesterday to hear  Senator Reid speaking out on domestic violence.
What you might ask gave Senator Reid this epiphany on this escalating crisis in our country?  While violence generally in our country has been flat to down for the better part of a decade, violence against women continues to soar.  And of course, the untold crisis of teen dating violence continues to froth unnoticed by politicians like …

We’ve written extensively here about Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson and her bid to become governor of Texas.
Hat tip to Ann MacNaughton for letting us know:
No one in Texas worked harder for Hillary than my good friend Barbara Ann Radnofsky.
Well that certainly got our attention!
Barbara is running unopposed in the Texas Democratic primary on March 2 for attorney general.
You can read more on Barbara’s campaign website here. And some highlights courtesy of Ann’s ActBlue page
1. BEST QUALIFIED. Named among the “Best Lawyers in America” for the last 17 years, …

Senator Scott Brown and his daughter Ayla have a challenge for President Obama: see you on the court!
You’ll recall that in November, The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind spoke out on CNN about Obama’s lack of women in his White House basketball games.
Sen Brown wasted no time proposing a game of hoops. Politico reports:
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and his daughter, Ayla, say they’re serious about their proposal to play hoops with President Barack Obama at the White House.
And now the father-daughter team is taking it a step further: They’d like …