Change Everything Blog http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org The White House Project Blog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:26:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 en HuffPo Readers Choose Ifill or Maddow to Anchor Meet the Press http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/26/huffpo-readers-choose-ifill-or-maddow-to-anchor-meet-the-press/ http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/26/huffpo-readers-choose-ifill-or-maddow-to-anchor-meet-the-press/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:22:58 +0000 marie http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/26/huffpo-readers-choose-ifill-or-maddow-to-anchor-meet-the-press/ Citing his close personal and professional relationship with Tim Russert, veteran anchor Tom Brokaw has stepped up to lead Meet the Press through the 2008 election season. It’s a good interim move to maintain the respect and high level of quality which the show has become famous for.

What the Brokaw [...]

]]> http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/26/huffpo-readers-choose-ifill-or-maddow-to-anchor-meet-the-press/feed/ Russert’s Legacy: A Woman Meeting the Press? http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/24/russerts-legacy-a-woman-meeting-the-press/ http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/24/russerts-legacy-a-woman-meeting-the-press/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:48:54 +0000 marie http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/24/russerts-legacy-a-woman-meeting-the-press/ As the second Sunday rolls around without Tim Russert, and while Brian Williams will be standing in this weekend, I am remembering the influence Meet the Press has had on the leadership of this country, due in part to the seriousness and poise with which Russert treated both his guests and those of us who [...]

]]> http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/24/russerts-legacy-a-woman-meeting-the-press/feed/ Giving the “Daughter Test” to Mainstream Media http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/16/giving-the-daughter-test-to-mainstream-media/ http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/16/giving-the-daughter-test-to-mainstream-media/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:45:57 +0000 marie http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/16/giving-the-daughter-test-to-mainstream-media/ Back in the 1980’s, I was on the NYC Human Rights Commission that held hearings on the pervasive problem of sexual harassment in the construction sector. The most moving story I heard during that period came from a male construction worker. He talked about what a typical day ensued, including the [...]

]]> http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/16/giving-the-daughter-test-to-mainstream-media/feed/ The Power of the Pipeline http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/12/the-power-of-the-pipeline/ http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/12/the-power-of-the-pipeline/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:46:03 +0000 marie http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/12/the-power-of-the-pipeline/ When Senator Clinton decided to suspend her candidacy after eighteen months of rigorous campaigning last Saturday, I just so happened to be in Ohio, among nearly 100 women who had come together to - of all things - learn how to run for political office. Imagine the odds; after so many months of speculation, calls [...]

]]> http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/06/12/the-power-of-the-pipeline/feed/ An Army of Women http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/05/03/an-army-of-women/ http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/05/03/an-army-of-women/#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 14:25:41 +0000 marie http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/05/03/an-army-of-women/ In this week’s Gallup Poll, national Democratic voters continue to be evenly split, with Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton each receiving 47% support for the party’s nomination.  Yet despite this neck-and-neck race to the partisan finish line, as Eric Boehlert recently surmised, the press has been pushing relentlessly to get [...]

]]> http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/05/03/an-army-of-women/feed/ Help Us Write “The Gender Speech” http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/24/help-us-write-the-gender-speech/ http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/24/help-us-write-the-gender-speech/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:09:03 +0000 marie http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/24/help-us-write-the-gender-speech/ When Senator Obama called on our nation to create a more perfect union, his appeal resonated deeply with Americans of every race. His words spoke to the legacies of the grief and guilt, anger and apprehension that we bear as a nation, remnants of a history which has never been remedied. We are all scarred [...]

]]> http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/24/help-us-write-the-gender-speech/feed/ Leading Like a Girl: For Men Only? http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/15/leading-like-a-girl-for-men-only/ http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/15/leading-like-a-girl-for-men-only/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:22:58 +0000 marie http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/15/leading-like-a-girl-for-men-only/ Recently, the financial gurus at Motley Fool ran a provocative piece on financial prowess. Their prime assertion: Warren Buffet invests like a girl. Indeed, author LouAnn DiCosmo attributes Buffet’s monumental success to his gender-bending ability, doing what women investors have long been shown to do: trade less often, conduct more research, and not limit their [...]

]]> http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/15/leading-like-a-girl-for-men-only/feed/ Women Bring the Big Bucks–So Why Won’t Corporate America Show Them the Money? http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/03/women-bring-the-big-bucks-so-why-wont-corporate-america-show-them-the-money/ http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/03/women-bring-the-big-bucks-so-why-wont-corporate-america-show-them-the-money/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:56:45 +0000 marie http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/03/women-bring-the-big-bucks-so-why-wont-corporate-america-show-them-the-money/ Last week marked the 22nd anniversary of the glass ceiling’s entrance into our vernacular — a phrase which cleverly described the invisible but extensive impediments to women’s ascent into positions of senior leadership. Over two decades have passed since we gave the problem a name, and while women’s collective gains in politics, business, media, and [...]

]]> http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/04/03/women-bring-the-big-bucks-so-why-wont-corporate-america-show-them-the-money/feed/ Remember the Ladies http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/03/25/remember-the-ladies/ http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/03/25/remember-the-ladies/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:40:24 +0000 marie http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/03/25/remember-the-ladies/ Like many of you, I listened to Senator Obama’s tremendous speech last Tuesday with equal measures of pride and awe: pride at this relatively young man’s attempt to bring race from the neglected sidelines of life to the center of our attention, and awe at his bravery in doing it. Facing history head-on is no [...]

]]> http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/03/25/remember-the-ladies/feed/ “Can You Be in Politics and Keep Your Integrity?” http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/03/14/can-you-be-in-politics-and-keep-your-integrity/ http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/03/14/can-you-be-in-politics-and-keep-your-integrity/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:51:15 +0000 marie http://blog.thewhitehouseproject.org/2008/03/14/can-you-be-in-politics-and-keep-your-integrity/ I’ve traveled from Minnesota to New York, Georgia to Colorado, helping my team at The White House Project inspire, inform, and equip a diverse array of women to take the political lead. Of the nearly 1,500 women we have trained thus far, many invariably ask the above question, and it seems to me a particular [...]

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