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Fining Brett Favre with a $50K fine for failure to cooperate in an investigation is all the NFL thinks is necessary.  What about the sexual harassment?  5% of a single game pay is the lame, unacceptable fine.  One word comes to mind in this case…PATHETIC!

The following documentary stars Mariska Hargitay who plays Detective Olivia Benson on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and founded the Joyful Heart Foundation (JHF). JHF is a partner with The New Agenda in MADE (Moms and Dads for Education to Stop Teen Dating Abuse).
Told by the detective who led the case review, Telling Amy’s Story follows the time line of a domestic violence homicide that occurred in central Pennsylvania on November 8, 2001.
While we will never be able to change the ending to Amy’s story, …

Part I of our interview with Senator Bea Lanzi of Rhode Island was published last week. Senator Lanzi is in part responsible for the Lindsay Ann Burke Act of 2007, which requires dating violence education in public middle and high schools in Rhode Island. The law is the first of its kind in the country, and we discussed the Act in Part I of the interview. As promised, here’s Part II.
Your resume includes an impressive list of accomplishments, including 10 years in the Rhode Island House of Representative, …

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h/t midelind.

For years, I’ve watched the National Organization for Women (NOW) sit out some of the major fights around sexism (or worse, take the wrong side of the fight).  But this time, they are spot-on gutsy.
A California chapter of the organization has filed a complaint against the Hooters restaurant chain for being an inappropriate dining establishment for children.  The complaint argues that the restaurant violates the state’s sexual entertainment laws and, as such, should bar anyone under the age of 18 from entering.  In short, NOW contends that Hooters is a …

The New Agenda joins Women’s Media Center, Women, Action & the Media, and feminist bloggers in speaking out against progressives’ attacks against the women who were allegedly raped by Julian Assange.
The full article below, as reported by Caroline May, can be found at The Daily Caller.

A rift has emerged on the activist left, as some feminists turn on fellow progressives over the rape allegations against WikiLeaks director Julian Assange.
Feminist groups say that in rallying to Assange’s cause, many progressives have dismissed the …

Making Herstory is the title of our new interview series featuring women who are making history. The New Agenda will be conducting and publishing these interviews regularly in the future. Watch for them!

Rhode Island State Senator Bea Lanzi
Today’s Making Herstory interview features Senator Bea Lanzi of Rhode Island’s state Senate. Senator Lanzi is in part responsible for the Lindsay Ann Burke Act of 2007, which requires dating violence education in public middle and high schools in Rhode Island. The law is the first of its kind in the country.
Despite …

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
Fifty-five years ago this month, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. Historians call Dec. 1, 1955 the start of the Civil Rights Movement, when a 42-year-old seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama refused to cede her bus seat to a white passenger.
Parks was arrested for violating a city ordinance. But her decision to take a stand sparked a bus boycott that lasted 381 days. Martin Luther King, Jr. became the spokesperson for the boycott, …

This article has been cross-posted from Peacocks and Lilies. See update below the fold.

At the end of the last college basketball season I wrote about the University of Connecticut  women’s basketball team being within striking distance of beating the men’s record (UCLA) for longest winning streak. Since 1974, that record has stood at 88 straight wins.  At the end of last season, UCONN needed eleven wins. The new season has started and so far they’re still winning.
Today #1 ranked UCONN plays game number 10 at Madison …

When Julian Assange is questioned by an ABC reporter on in court testimony by a woman alleging rape — specifically about “forcibly spreading her legs” and “holding her down”, watch his response: