Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up: Debate Edition. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Here’s what caught our eye this week: PBS and Politico journalists are tag-teaming December’s Democratic debate Li Zhou, Vox Before we dive into the debate recaps from last night, it’s just as …

  We’re officially halfway through the promised 12 Democratic primary debates and, during last night’s debate in Los Angeles, there were only two women on stage (as opposed to four during last month’s match-up). The Barbara Lee Family Foundation has studied the obstacles and opportunities women face when running for office for the past 20 years, …

  According to data from the Pew Research Center, about 44 percent of Americans used Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as sources of information for the 2016 Presidential campaign, with 35 percent of 18-29 years old saying that social media was their primary source of political news. With this in mind, it makes sense that universities, …

  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: Why Aren’t More Women Breaking Out In The Democratic Primary? By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, FiveThirtyEight Last week Kamala Harris dropped out of the presidential race. While sexism is …

  Next week’s Democratic primary debate will be held in Los Angeles, CA, and will feature the smallest debate field yet: only 7 candidates will take the stage. As we head into the sixth Democratic primary debate of the cycle, here’s what I’ll be looking at: Moderators making history. When PBS NewsHour senior national correspondent …

  When the 7 top Democratic candidates for the White House debate next week, the race will take a different tone with the absence of one-time contender Kamala Harris. Amanda Hunter joins Jim Lokay to explain the changing role of gender in the election, as well as Nancy Pelosi’s approach to impeachment.

  Black women are woefully underrepresented across all levels of government – check out the numbers here. While institutional barriers for Black women are ever-present on the campaign trail, here are three I’ve seen time and again: 1. Money First and most importantly, raising money is harder for Black women. While there are Black people …

  For all the challenges for women running for public office, it’s even more challenging when you are woman of color, specifically a Black woman. This was much of the frustration vented last week when Senator Kamala Harris abruptly bowed out of the race for the Democratic nomination for President. It was a sad end …