Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: Sarah Huckabee Sanders announces gubernatorial campaign Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill On Monday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she will be running for governor of Arkansas. The former White …

(Updated as of June 2023) On the road to building a team that “looks like America,” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have made diversity a priority, and their administration is on track to becoming the most LGBTQ-inclusive in history. These LGBTQ appointees to the Biden administration, which includes the first openly LGBTQ …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: Vice President Harris: A New Chapter Opens in US Politics Kathleen Ronayne & Alexandra Jaffe, AP News When Kamala Harris was sworn in on January 20th, she broke …

On January 5th the Georgia Senate Runoff election was the culmination of a sprint by Democratic organizing groups to flip two Republican-held Seats in a state that hadn’t had Democratic Senators in a generation. The groundwork for the Senate flip was laid almost a decade ago by Black and other women of color leaders, most …

Today’s inauguration marks the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration and the historic Vice Presidency of Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris’s trailblazing rise to Vice President has changed the face of politics in our country, and today’s transition of power brings other shifts to the landscape for gender in national politics. With a potentially unprecedented number of …

You’ve been following our series on the notable women appointed to the Biden-Harris administration. As the inauguration on January 20th approaches and we wrap up this series, we will be continuing to update the list of trailblazing women on our tracker. Check out Women on Wednesdays, a virtual conversation hosted by The Women & Politics …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: Pelosi’s House Impeaches Trump for Historic Second Time Amanda Becker, The 19th On Wednesday, Donald Trump became the first president to be impeached twice following the U.S. House …

I was initially optimistic about the start of 2021 and was stunned, horrified, and heartbroken by what transpired in the last week. I watched last Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol with a mix of grief and anger. In any horrible situation, though, our founder and President Barbara Lee often urges us to “look for the …

A Personal Reflection on the Capitol Attack As the horrific attack on our Capitol and its public servants played out in real-time on television and on my Twitter feed, my first thoughts turned to family and friends at work that day in the building. My husband, a reporter for The New York Times, returned home …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: Raimondo selected for Biden’s Commerce secretary Tyler Pager, Doug Palmer & Gavin Bade, Politico On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden announced he’s tapping Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo as …