By Amy Siskind on Apr 3, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Reprinted in full from The Daily Beast with the express permission of Amy Siskind, founder and president of The New Agenda. Fewer women seem to be climbing the corporate ladder on Wall Street these days. Amy Siskind says it’s time to get rid of bad managers with gender bias—it would only be good business. Where [...]
By Amy Siskind on Mar 19, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Editor’s Note: This is The New Agenda Mentor Up! announcement from its blog. This is living proof that we can affect lives every day, especially in our contacts with young women. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : [...]
By Amy Siskind on Feb 28, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Editor’s Note: From The New Agenda’s vibrant blog, re-published at The Huffington Post. Amy Siskind is the founder and leader of TNA. The following op-ed is featured at The Huffington Post. Let’s face it, CNN has a women problem. Need proof? Do the math. Last year, seven major anchors left CNN. Of the seven, five [...]
By Amy Siskind on Feb 23, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
I’ll admit: I was shocked. After TNA released episode 3 of Searching for Sexism, Their Eyes Are Watching, I discovered that my daughter’s middle school curriculum does not cover teen dating violence and eating disorders. And I’m not alone. I’ve received emails from concerned parents all around the country who watched the video, called their [...]
By Amy Siskind on Feb 17, 2011 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Editor’s Note: Reprinted from the blog for The New Agenda (TNA) with the express permission of its founder Amy Siskind. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : [...]
By Amy Siskind on Jul 21, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Editor’s Note: Reprinted with express permission from Huffington Post and the blog for The New Agenda, which Amy Siskind founded. Of note, I include links to additional highly relevant articles at the end, including Larry Doyle’s latest contribution. When FDR devised the policies which led our country out of the Great Depression, he had a [...]
By Amy Siskind on Jul 2, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Editor’s Note: Reprinted from Huffington Post with the express permission of Amy Siskind, founder of The New Agenda. There must have been some major high-fiving when CNN announced that Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker would be taking over Campbell Brown’s 8 p.m. slot. High-fives between Bill O’Reilly and his producers, and Keith Olbermann and his [...]
By Amy Siskind on May 26, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Editor’s Note: Reprinted from the blog for The New Agenda with the express permission of president and co-founder Amy Siskind. The New Agenda is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. Join today. ———————————————————- Sign up for The New Agenda email alerts, including action alerts, here. Dear Friends, We have some [...]
By Amy Siskind on May 18, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Editor’s Note: Reprinted from the blog for The New Agenda with the express permission of president and co-founder Amy Siskind. The New Agenda is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. Join today. ———————————————————- A month ago, The New Agenda called on Sarah Palin to embrace her gender in an op-ed [...]
By Amy Siskind on May 4, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Maria Bartiromo, Host of CNBC’s Closing Bell, Opens “Blazing A Path To Parity” With Introduction of Lynn Forester de Rothschild The New Agenda Embarks On A New Vision For Gender Equality At Event Honoring Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild 04.28.2010 – NEW YORK CITY—A national women’s organization will honor Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild in [...]
By Amy Siskind on Feb 21, 2010 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Cross-posted from The New Agenda. Honoring Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild: The New Agenda has some exciting news to report and we invite you to join us! We will be HONORING Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, who has been an inspirational force in the formation and growth of our organization, on Thursday, May 6th, 2010. [...]
By Amy Siskind on Dec 24, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Editor’s Note: Reprinted from The Daily Beast with the express permission of Amy Siskind, president and co-founder of The New Agenda, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. —————————————————————— Elise Amendola / AP Photo Chris Matthews, former poster boy of sexism, was educated. Martha Coakley won a Senate primary because of [...]
By Amy Siskind on Nov 23, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Reprinted from The Daily Beast with the express permission of Amy Siskind. The House Speaker pushed the Stupak amendment through—then moved to block the woman bidding for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. Amy Siskind on how the most powerful woman in politics betrays the sisterhood. Is there an extra seat on Air Force One? Given women’s [...]
By Amy Siskind on Nov 12, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Reprinted from HuffingtonPost.com with the express permission of Amy Siskind, founder of The New Agenda, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. After yet another evening of being thrown under the bus, it is high time that women’s organizations drastically change their approach! Women in the Democratic Party have been taken [...]
By Amy Siskind on Nov 10, 2009 in Current Affairs | View Comments
Reprinted from TheDailyBeast.com with the express permission of Amy Siskind, founder of The New Agenda, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls. Jose Luis Magana / AP Photo The health-care abortion mess is just the latest example of how Barack Obama took women’s votes—then let the country’s majority constituency down. We [...]