Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” was published fifty years ago on February 19th, 1963.  Michigan State University history professor Kirsten Fermaglich, who is the co-editor of a new critical edition of the seminal book, discusses the legacy and importance of Friedan, her contributions to the feminist movement, and how ideas in “The Feminine Mystique” relate to other social justice struggles of the 1960s. Rowan University in New Jersey hosted this event.

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Administration officials in charge of food safety testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and related agencies.

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Guests Charles Evans Jr. and Victor DeNoble discuss the documentary film that chronicles DeNoble’s unexpected discovery of an ingredient in tobacco which, the data revealed, when coupled with nicotine makes cigarettes more addictive. The research and the company’s attempts to keep it private lead to Congressional testimony before a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The movie details how this public revelation of DeNoble’s findings led journalists, politicians, attorneys and scientists to join forces against the tobacco industry,  which ultimately resulted in the first ever federal regulation of the tobacco industry. Evans discusses how and why he went about making the film, which began when he first watched Dr. DeNoble’s testimony on C-SPAN in 1994. DeNoble talks about growing up in New York, his early work at the Philip Morris Company and what it was like to testify before Congress on such a controversial subject.

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The Senate Banking Committee hears an update from regulators on the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) held a briefing by the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee on financial regulation issues.

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Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin (D) holds at town hall meeting at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to discuss how the impending budget cuts, known as sequestration, could impact federal jobs and funding.

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Pres. Obama delivered remarks at the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center and discussed gun violence prevention with local leaders and law enforcement officials.

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A panel of experts and activists address the unregulated nature of domestic work and its resulting potential for abuse in a discussion hosted by the Aspen Institute.

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President Obama met with members of the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriffs Association to discuss gun control. The president spoke to media during a brief photo-op in the meeting.

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CEOs from Nike, Procter & Gamble and Alcoa gathered at the Brookings Institution Tuesday for a day-long series of panels addressing job creation, economic competitiveness and innovations in technology. Participants included: Philip Knight, chairman and co-founder of Nike; Robert McDonald Chairman, president and CEO of Procter & Gamble and Klaus Kleinfeld, chairman and CEO of Alcoa.  They discuss a range of topics from local innovation to global competition.  

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