ON THE DEBATE RADAR: Democrats are prepping to travel to Westerville, Ohio, for the party’s primary debate on Tuesday. The New York Times, which is hosting the forum along with CNN, is billing it as the “Biggest.Debate.Ever.” The debate will feature 12 candidates on one stage at Westerville’s Otterbein University. While this debate may seem like …

  Tonight, Bernie Sanders takes the stage for the first time since his heart attack two weeks ago. The Washington Post reports that some voters are “wondering whether Sanders has the stamina for one of the world’s most grueling jobs.” However, it’s also been noted that “compared to the relentless media reports about Hillary Clinton’s …

  Twelve candidates are on stage. Will some of them come back? The forum will be the largest single primary debate yet, with 12 candidates, and will also feature the most women on a single debate stage in U.S. history, according to Gender on the Ballot. However, the field could significantly shrink between Tuesday’s debate …

  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: As Elizabeth Warren Rises, the G.O.P. Deploys an Old Tactic By Thomas Kaplan, New York Times This week, Elizabeth Warren faced allegations that she lied about being …

  If you were to ask when the first televised presidential debate took place, most people would probably say 1960. That was the year that John F. Kennedy, a young senator from Massachusetts, took on Richard Nixon, Vice President to Dwight D. Eisenhower. However, the truth is that the first televised presidential debate took place …

  I was talking about leadership to a group of successful men the other day, all CEOs and tech superstars, when the conversation turned to whether leaders are born or made.  As someone who spends my life training young women to be political leaders, I clearly believe leaders can be made.  But the group disagreed.  …

THE DEBATE STAGE — Four women will be on the Democratic primary debate stage next week: Sens. Kamala Harris, Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. That’s a new record for the number of women in a primary debate, per Gender on The Ballot’s Amanda Hunter (which is a joint project between the Barbara Lee Family Foundation and American University).

  As we head into the fourth democratic primary debate of the cycle, here’s what I’ll be looking for: History in Progress: A record number of women on the debate stage We’ve heard a lot about the record number of candidates that will take the stage next week – 12 in total, but that’s not …

  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: I’m a First Lady, and It’s an Incredibly Weird Job By Eliza Reid, New York Times Eliza Reid knows better than anyone that the First Lady is …