Curb cuts in sidewalks, Remote Working, Audiobooks: In the words of Professor Aimi Hamraie, “when disabled people enact politics, they also design and build new worlds” for us all. So it’s plainly essential that our political system becomes accessible to all as well.   From the attitudes of party gatekeepers to the absence …

  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:   Lauren Underwood’s Long Game Kim Brooks, Chicago magazine Lauren Underwood is the youngest ever Black woman to serve in the House of Representatives—she flipped her Illinois …

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: The Midterms Will be Crucial for Women. Why Are So Many Disengaged? Katelyn Fossett, Politico Between the disproportionate impact of job losses due to Covid falling to women, …

  On July 26, the Biden administration announced eight nominations for United States Attorney positions, including three women who will make history: Rachael Rollins, the district attorney in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, who would be the first Black woman to serve as U.S. attorney in that state, Trini Ross, a veteran federal prosecutor, who would be …

  As we look ahead to the 2022 election season, Gender on the Ballot is zeroing in on women governors. Our first post in this series celebrated the women who blazed a trail to the governor’s office, and coming up we will look at the challenges and opportunities that face women when they run to …

  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: More than a laugh: Kamala Harris’ is a sound check for a divided country Noah Bierman, LA Times From former President Trump making fun of it, to …

  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: ‘We’re going to run this city!’ Majority of NYC city council likely to be women Henry Rosoff, PIX11 News The incoming class of New York City’s Councilmembers …

  Although it may feel like 2020 just ended, we are already halfway to 2022—a year that will bring the next major wave of elections across the country. Included among those elections will be at least two of the country’s eight women governors: Kay Ivey of Alabama and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico have …