Product Description: Noted political commentator Laura Flanders investigates the state of American politics from the bottom up With her trademark wit and indefatigable reporting, Laura Flanders, host of RadioNation and bestselling author of Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species, reveals as only she can the state of progressive America today...read more

Argues that the lines between blue and red political belief systems are not as cut and dried as popularly believed, identifying unexpected regions in the country where progressive changes are taking place while making provocative observations about the real reasons why people vote Republican, in a survey that outlines an incisive strategy for future Democratic wins. By the author of Bushwomen and The W Effect.

A look at five of the contenders in the 2008 American presidential race discusses their chances in the election, what the big issues are, and how they relate to each other and the current administration.

Product Description: The Right has been using the culture wars to divide and conquer for years, but in 2004, that strategy was given a new twist. In an election where women’s votes were key, the Bush team used highly placed female appointees to run cover for the most reactionary administration of our time...read more

Feminist voices come together in a collection of reports, essays, and observations on the incursion into and erosion of women's rights over recent years, including sexual freedom, public health policy, and affirmative action, as well as providing provocative ideas for the future of women's rights. Original. 15,000 first printing.

The women appointed to President Bush's cabinet and subcabinet, fronts for an extremist administration, are revealed in how they arrived in office, where they are headed,and what their power means for women's equality, in protraits of Secretary of the Interior Gale Ann Norton, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, Condoleezza Rice, Lynne Cheney, and others.

Analyzes the structure and habits of commerical news media and finds that, while more women are working in the U.S. news media than before, coverage of women's issues is still inadequate