Please Vote: Jimmie Briggs for GQ’s Better Men Better World Search
V-Day’s Eve Ensler is asking us to vote for V-Men’s Jimmie Briggs in GQ’s The Better Men Better World search. Mr. Briggs is a gentle giant, shy, award-winning journalist who co-founded The Man Up Campaign, a global movement to end violence against women and girls: Most men don’t rape women, they don’t hurt women … Read more
Melinda French Gates Honored with Global Trailblazer Award
Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be presenting the Vital Voices Global Trailblazer Award to Melinda French Gates because she redefines the role of women leaders in global development. Mrs. Gates is the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation here in Seattle. The award is part … Read more
Hillary Rodham Clinton: “It feeds my heart.”
Today is former president Bill Clinton’s birthday. I think he’d say “he’d be honored” if I celebrate it with a tribute to his wife’s work. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s style is to work with quiet effectiveness behind the scenes. While others toot their own horns, she’s been getting it done with little fanfare or press as First … Read more
