Women, the Recession, and the Stimulus Package  

Last winter, as Barack Obama’s transition team developed a stimulus package to jump-start the U.S economy, feminist economists and historians organized petitions, e-mails, and meetings to call attention to women’s needs. Their activism was unprecedented; I have not seen the …



Feminism After the Fall  

What are women to do in today’s political climate? More specifically, what should the organizations that represent them in Washington do for the next two years? In my view, the task for the women’s movement is clear. The task is …