The New Agenda is again speaking out to urge President Obama to include more women for important roles within his administration.
In the upcoming days,  Obama will also be choosing a replacement for Larry Summers.  Will Obama continue to keep a circle of predominantly men?
Here’s what TNA’s Amy Siskind told the LA Times:
Women’s advocates have urged the White House to appoint more women to high-profile posts. While women hold senior positions and are deeply involved in the everyday work of the West Wing, with a few exceptions they …

You have to watch this video. Honestly.
See all that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has accomplished in her two years in the Senate. She was appointed to take Secretary Clinton’s open senate seat in January 2009. It’s remarkable. No, it’s beyond remarkable. Even Jon Stewart was at a loss for words.

Kirsten Gillibrand

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Jon Stewart’s loss for words, is why, in my opinion, he used the term “adorable” towards the end of the clip above. I did receive several emails about that comment – a couple a bit turned off, …

UPDATE: The Washington Post is reporting that Obama will likely announce his new chief economic adviser on Friday.
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The New Agenda is urging President Obama to pick from a list of qualified women to join his economic team – a team that is sorely lacking in women!
Our suggested list of candidates include (in alphabetical order):
Brooksley Born
Ursula Burns
Zoe Cruz
Anne Mulcahy
Laura Tyson
You can hear The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind speak out on this issue on NPR’s All Things Considered and Marketplace Public Radio here.
You can also read POLITICO ( Female CEO sought for …

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There is a new reality TV show called Bridalplasty. In this “Showbiz Tonight” HLN video you will see young brides competing to have plastic surgery done before they get married! While women have always been concerned with how they look, this is a new LOW!
I just finished re-reading Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963. This was a very different time but I can see similarities with what is happening now.
In The Feminine Mystique …

Dilma Rouseff was sworn in this Saturday as the first woman president of Brazil, highlighting the trend of women presidents in Latin America, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was there to congratulate her.  Rousseff has vowed to open spaces for women at top government levels by appointing more women to her cabinet.
She has already started the trend, with “her security detail [which] is comprised [by] six young women, clad in black and running alongside the car through the downpour” during her inauguration.
Ms. Rouseff …

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Many people, including the media, were not aware of the two Scott Sisters, Jamie & Gladys Scott, who served 16 years for armed robbery, netting them $11.00.
Last week Govern Haley Barbour granted them clemency. You can reach his statement here. I believe that part of the reason the media did not have coverage of this case is because there are more males in prison than …

With the intervention of Black leaders, former senator Carol Moseley Braun will be the only major African American leader to run for mayor of Chicago.
The New York Times reports:
Conversations among black leaders began shortly after Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago’s longest-serving mayor, announced in September that he would not run for re-election. But as Mr. Emanuel began gaining in the polls and announced — to the dismay of some of the black candidates — that former President Bill Clinton would campaign for him here in January, African-American leaders once again …

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With the New Year approaching, we find ourselves in front of the mirror again, determined to eradicate traces of belly pouches, sagging flesh, and declining youth. We consider new resolutions that will make us look better, younger, and slimmer, but why not make 2011 a revolutionary year? Instead of focusing on physical flaws, why not empower ourselves by composing resolutions that foster self-love and acceptance? Here are some suggestions for the New Year that …