
What Everyone Should Know is a bi-weekly column on women’s history. Elizabeth Jane Cochran, a.k.a Nellie Bly (1864-1922) My interest in women’s history was sparked at a young age by the story of one woman: Nellie Bly. I ...

It’s now been a year since the 2008 elections have been over and almost two years since the politicking for it took off. We all remember the early primaries. ...

The following op-ed written by The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind is now featured on the home page at The Huffington Post. The piece among the most commented on HuffPo: feel free to leave a comment there. This piece is bumped up from earlier posting. ...

Rudy Giuliani may be running against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in 2010. Our viewers will recall that Senator Gillibrand was appointed by Governor Paterson to take the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton when she was appointed by President Obama as his Secretary of State...

The following is op-ed by The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind is published at The Daily Beast. Is there an extra seat on Air Force One? Given women’s fury last week over the Stupak amendment, Speaker Nancy Pelosi should have hitched a ride with Obama out of town. But she did not. Sp...

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda. Dear TNA, I am now a Principal Engineer at a prestigious government laboratory. When I first started as a Sr...

Well Sarah Palin is back in public life and the hate affair continues. In fact, it might even be gathering steam. As an avid Hillary Clinton supporter, I thought that I had seen it all in 2008...

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda. And now, an entirely new argument for sexism: She asked for it! Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Sarah Palin complains that her Newsweek cover is sexist. ...

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and not necessarily those of The New Agenda. For decades doctors have urged women to get frequent mammograms starting in their forties...

Politico reports that Speaker Pelosi saying that the Stupak Amendment is being used to scuttle the healthcare bill. Well, hello…. Wasn’t Pelosi the one who met with the Catholic Bishops and who allowed this atrocity to women to be part of the healthcare bill? I ...

The Hate Affair continues. One of the most recent and most disgusting shots fired at Sarah Palin, in what appears to have escalated to an all out war, is this picture from “comedian” Lee Campfound at the Huffington Post. I...

The new mammogram guidelines set forth by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force this week that say women don’t need regular mammograms until they are in their 50’s rather than 40’s, and even then not as often. This...

Bumped and updated from an earlier posting. Okay everyone, fasten your seatbelts. We’re in for quite a ride this week now that Sarah Palin’s book, Going Rogue: An American Life has come out. Th...

The ever glamorous Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall was awarded an honorary Oscar this weekend during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2009 Governors Awards.In keeping with her reputation as in independent outspoken woman, Bacall shooed away an escort who tried to help her to the p...
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