This month, the presidential election is kicking into high gear with the first primaries of 2020. Today, candidates will vie for votes in the Iowa caucuses, followed by the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday the 11th.  There’s a lot at stake for these first states – since 1976, the eventual Democratic nominee has almost …

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: When Women Run FiveThirtyEight The U.S. has more women in politics than ever before. Still, gender remains a major theme of the 2020 election as the media and …

  Running for office isn’t easy. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez knocked on doors “until rain water came through” the soles of her worn sneakers. Trolls may spread nastiness about you on social media. Dialing for dollars can feel like a never-ending marathon.  Enduring long days, ugly attacks, and drudgery are constants that haven’t changed. What’s different now is …

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: The January Democratic Debate In 6 Charts Likhitha Butchireddygari, Laura Bronner and Anna Wiederkehr, FiveThirtyEight Before we dive into the debate recaps from last night, it’s …

  In April of 2019, I joined nearly 2,000 women of color gathered at Texas Southern University, a historically black university in Houston, for the first She the People Presidential Forum. At the event, nearly a dozen Democratic presidential candidates – including diverse candidates like Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Cory Booker, and Former HUD Secretary Juliàn Castro …

  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 more women run for office, child-care costs remain a hurdle Lindsay Whitehurst and Christina A. Cassidy, AP While women are still running for office in record …

  It’s officially the spookiest day of the year: Halloween. Instead of celebrating with scary movies or ghost stories, we’re diving into one of the scariest topics we know: stats about gender equality. At its current pace, it’s going to take the United States 208 years to close the gender gap. The world average is …

  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: An all-female panel will moderate the November Democratic debate By Li Zhou, Vox On Wednesday, MSNBC announced the moderators for the fifth Democratic debate—and none of them …

  The race to 2020 has seen a record number of women candidates, women on the debate stage and a DNC rule which requires at least one woman moderator for every primary debate. But, despite these historic accomplishments, “women’s issues” are almost invisible when it comes to the past four debate stages. Perhaps the problem …

  There were many heated exchanges on last week’s debate stage. But one, in particular, stood out to us, and to many women watching across the country, between Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden. If you were watching, you know the one we’re talking about. If you missed it, you can watch the exchange here: Here’s …