Campbell Brown: Free Sarah Palin

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2008 The CNN anchor has had enough of the McCain campaign "treating Sarah Palin like she is a delicate flower that will wilt at any moment." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Sexist Two-Step

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Sep 16, 2008 The great lipstick-on-a-pig campaign imbroglio, if we are lucky, will mark the moment Republicans jumped the shark with their cries of alleged sexism toward vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Live From New York, It’s Sarah Palin

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2008 Tina Fey returns to "Saturday Night Live" to play the Alaska governor side by side with Amy Poehler's Hillary Clinton, who offers to lend the media a pair. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Palin on the Economy, Abortion, Sexism

Staff / Truthdig Sep 13, 2008 On Friday, ABC aired another set of excerpts of the interviews of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin by the journalist her team picked to pose the questions, Charlie Gibson. In these clips, Palin appears slightly more relaxed than she was the previous day, but some of her answers still were fuzzy, especially when it came to whether her personal views on certain issues would influence her policy decisions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sarah Zamboni Clears the Ice

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Sep 11, 2008 Let us remember that Republicans had long targeted working mothers as the centerpiece of the culture wars. Now their heroine is the in-your-face governor who once said: "To any critics who say a woman can't think and work and carry a baby at the same time, I'd just like to escort that Neanderthal back to the cave." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Giving Hillary Clinton Her Due

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2008 Regardless of the end result of her efforts, Hillary Clinton has endured a grueling trial by fire in recent months in her historic bid for the presidency The Nation's Katha Pollitt points out the gains she believes Clinton made for women in and beyond the strictly political realm, arguing that " Women and men of every party and candidate preference, and every ethnicity too, owe Hillary Clinton a standing ovation, even if they can't stand her" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clinton and the Rage of Women

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 30, 2008 How much anger is there among women about how Hillary Clinton has been treated during this campaign? Some of the nation's leading female politicians will tell you: quite a lot. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Farewell to the ‘Hillary Nutcracker’ and Other Obscenities

Marie Cocco / Truthdig May 13, 2008 What is more frustrating? The sexism Hillary Clinton had to endure, or that so many were oblivious to it? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Culture of Misogyny

Marie Cocco / Truthdig May 6, 2008 There is a link between the horrific violence committed against the women of the captive Austrian family and the apparent abuse of teenage girls in Texas, and it is the same unbroken chord that connects them tangentially -- but significantly -- to Hannah Montana's fall from grace. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Mother-Daughter Divide

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Apr 3, 2008 Many families are split when it comes to the race for the Democratic nomination, and that says something about the dialogue between generations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ferraro Resigns, Clinton Apologizes

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2008 After a good 48 hours or so of pandemonium triggered by her racially charged comments about Barack Obama's candidacy, a still-not-sorry Geraldine Ferraro resigned Wednesday from her post as "Honorary New York Leadership Council Chair" for Hillary Clinton's campaign Meanwhile, Clinton herself said she did regret Ferraro's comments and then some. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Defiant Ferraro Defends Her Obama Comment

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2008 As Barack Obama supporters reacted angrily to her claims that the Illinois senator wouldn't have gotten as far as he has in the '08 race if he was white or female, former VP candidate and Clinton fundraiser Geraldine Ferraro said her statements were taken out of context and warned that Obama "shouldn't antagonize people like me." Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )