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The Democratic Party Platform: A Feminist Document?

by Cara August 13, 2008

That’s what Dana Goldstein argues. I personally wouldn’t go so far, but I do have to say that I’m very pleasantly surprised. From Dana: The draft of the Democratic Party platform, principally written by Obama’s Senate policy director, the estimable Karen Kornbluh, is a remarkably feminist document, one befitting of a political party that, this [...]

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Is it August yet?

by Cara April 22, 2008

The Pennsylvania Democratic primary is today. I could be slightly more enthused. In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve more or less dropped out of campaign coverage. The answer is simple: things have gotten ugly. And with apologies to Clinton supporters, I don’t understand why she is still in it (yeah, I know: “to win it”).

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