Celebrate black history month by reading about some truly inspiring African American women.

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See photos from the January 27, 2007, March on Washington.

Fans of political journalism and plain old common sense suffered a great loss with the unfortunate passing of syndicated columnist Molly Ivins on Jan. 31. A true woman of the people, Ivins never missed an opportunity to question authority. Her wit was sharp, her way with words enviable, and her purpose sincere.

Today the National Organization for Women marched with more than 500,000 people in Washington, D.C. — calling for an end to the war in Iraq. NOW President Kim Gandy addressed the crowd on the National Mall.

"NOW is marching Saturday because our daughters and sons, sisters and brothers, friends and partners are dying in Iraq. We want our soldiers to return home, but not in flag-draped caskets," said NOW President Kim Gandy. "Countless Iraqis are dying as well, all for a war based on lies and greed."

Kim Gandy writes in her biweekly Below the Belt column: "Decades from now, when this country finally catches up with the rest of the developed world with regard to women's rights, we will look back on the Bush presidency as a temporary detour from our long history of building democracy one right and one freedom at a time. The eight years of mis-rule by this President will be seen as a profound embarrassment that was eventually overcome. I guarantee it."

NOW has worked since 1966 for economic justice, especially equal pay and fair wages for women, many of whom must work multiple jobs to support their children and families. Our members have lobbied hard, and we celebrated when 315 members of the House of Representatives recently voted to increase the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour.

The National Organization for Women is proud to be a part of this powerful coalition calling for an end to the war in Iraq. Saturday's mobilization of people coming to our nation's capital from all over the country will demonstrate one more time to the Bush-Cheney administration and to Congress the level of disapproval at the continuation of the disaster this war has brought to Iraq, to the Middle East, to the United States, and to the world.

NOW President Kim Gandy responds to Bush's State of the Union speech: "He didn't extend his conciliatory tone to the programs he offered, or to the ones he didn't offer. And warm words can't change the sorry shape the country is in, after six years of Bush and the Republican-led Congress running it."

Includes the stories of real women whose lives would be improved by an increased federal minimum wage.

With the Democrats now in charge of Congress, several key committee chair positions are now in the hands of women's rights proponents.

Organizing for Women: Kim Gandy, President of the National Organization for Women "...on the status of women in 21st Century America."

Hear audio from "Media Policy is a Civil Rights Issue" workshop at the National Conference for Media Reform. Workshop features NOW President Kim Gandy

In its opening comments the NOW Foundation argued that the public interest is best served by maintaining or tightening the existing broadcast ownership rules. These reply comments were filed in response to industry commenters who support relaxing media ownership limits because they claim government regulation is unnecessary in this age of expanding new media. We argue that even though there may be diversity of opinion available on the internet, many people are unable to access, use or afford the new media. Additionally we argue that preserving ownership limits is in the public interest because such limits promote the public's first amendment right to diverse sources of news and information on the public airwaves.