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:   Twitter’s ‘safety mode’ could shield politicians from harassment. It could also silence critics. Cristiano Lima, Washington Post   For the past couple of months, Twitter has …

  The upcoming 2022 primary and general elections will be historic for LGBTQ+ women running for office. There will be record numbers of queer women running for at all levels of government – from gubernatorial and Congressional candidates down to city council. This milestone is good news for progress; however, on the campaign trail LGBTQ+ …

  As we celebrate the men and women who have bravely donned our country’s uniform this Veteran’s Day, fewer veterans are serving in Congress today than at any point in our nation’s history. At the same time, hyper partisanship, disinformation, and a lack of confidence in politicians and public institutions have eroded our faith in …

  This is the third post in our Gender on the Ballot series on women governors. In the first post, we highlighted trailblazing women governors; next we celebrated the eight women leading states as of July 2021. Today, as Kathy Hochul takes the reigns as the leader of New York state, we are diving deeper into …

  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 …

“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman,” once quipped the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher. That idea seems to be behind the high number of women who ran for office in 2016 and the continued increase in women running now. In cities …

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: Black women are running for mayor — and winning Barbara Rodriguez, The 19th On Tuesday, Tishaura Jones made history as she was elected the first Black woman Mayor …

“The Year of the Woman,” a moniker given to 1992, when a number of women assumed leadership positions in the US Senate, an enclave of power previously dominated by men. In 2018 “The Year of the Woman” had a rebirth when a record 103 women were elected to the US House of Representatives, not to …

The ascension of Senator Kamala Harris to Vice President of the United States was an overdue historical moment for women in American politics. Her new role created a vacancy for a United States Senator from California. California Governor Gavin Newsom opted to fill the seat with a man: Alex Padilla. This selection left the US …

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: Many of Biden’s nominees of color run into turbulence in the Senate Annie Linskey, The Washington Post Activists have raised concerns that many of President Biden’s Cabinet nominees …