Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : NOW Panel Urges New Political Party
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A National Organization for Women panel, meeting in Washington, urged that NOW help launch a new political party, free from what it called the corruption and hypocrisy of the Democratic and Republican parties. NOW created the Commission for Responsive Democracy last year to study the possibility of starting a new party that would include more women and minority members. The commission, made up of 40 social activists, conducted hearings around the country on how to improve the two-party system.
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