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Friday, August 04, 2023
Advocates push for more representation of Black women in politics
NJ Spotlight News
Advocates are pushing for more representation of Black women in politics. According to a recent report from the Higher Heights Leadership Fund and the Center for American Women and Politics, less than 6% of Black women hold offices in Congress,...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Analysis: Why there aren’t more women in the 2024 Republican presidential field
PBS News
As Republicans keep jumping into the 2024 race for president, one demographic group seems notably lacking: women. More than a dozen candidates are seeking the nomination, including several long shots who announced their bids in recent weeks, in what...
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Monday, June 26, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
A year in post-Roe America: The biggest surprises on abortion and politics
Flipboard
One year ago, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade along with 50 years of legal precedent. We asked experts across the political spectrum about how the end of Roe would change U.S. politics, and whether liberal or conservative, they agreed the...
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Source: Ms Magazine
Friday, June 09, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Amplifying women’s congressional power
Ms Magazine
Having women represented in legislative bodies makes for better governing. Intentional efforts can amplify women’s power—and staying power—in the halls of Congress. Dr. Maya Kornberg has spent a lot of time thinking about congressional committees...
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Source: Le Monde
Tuesday, June 06, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Age is a double standard when it comes to women in U.S. politics
The Highlander
Calls for the resignation of California Senator Dianne Feinstein, age 89, have swept the U.S. Senate due to her multiple months’ absence due to shingles. Entering the Senate floor two weeks ago in a wheelchair, Senator Feinstein’s return to...
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Pelosi has repeatedly condemned heated and violent Republican rhetoric in recent years. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Monday, October 31, 2022
Attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband follows years of GOP demonizing her
The Washington Post
A man with right-wing views who broke into the House speaker’s home yelled “Where is Nancy?” before assaulting Paul Pelosi with a hammer, police say. In 2010, Republicans launched a “Fire Pelosi” project — complete with a bus tour, a #FIREPELOSI...
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Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin (Andrea Medichini, Associated Press)
Monday, August 29, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Are women in politics held to an unfair standard?
KSL
SALT LAKE CITY — Women on the internet are posting videos of themselves dancing, singing and partying as a political statement. The trend began when Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin drew sharp criticism after a video of her dancing and singing...
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Stacey Abrams, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Georgia, speaks during a campaign event in Reynolds on June 4, 2022. Abrams faces GOP Gov. Brian Kemp in the general election in November. (CNN)
Tuesday, July 05, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
After year of historic political gains, Black women continue push toward governorships
CNN
(CNN)In 2018, Stacey Abrams came within 1.4 percentage points of clinching the governor's mansion in Georgia. Her stinging loss to Republican Brian Kemp is still on the hearts of many of her most fervent supporters some four years later. Though...
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Women gather in front of City Hall to celebrate the first-ever female majority on New York City Council the 2021 primaries. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Friday, June 03, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Are large donor networks still needed to win in a fairer election system?
Fulcrum
Chan is a research associate at RepresentWomen with a focus on ranked-choice voting. Last fall, New York elected a majority-women city council for the first time ever. This also happened to be the first time the city used ranked-choice voting and...
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CAWP
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Academic Paper / Article
Are women reshaping the political donor class in the USA? Money matters in the upcoming races for Governor
CAWP
Within the next two years, 38 states will hold gubernatorial elections, including two states - Virginia and New Jersey – who will hold gubernatorial elections in November 2021. These elections provide multiple opportunities for women. Nine women...
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Friday, November 06, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
A groundbreaking election for women in Congress?
The New York Times
Women across the United States made several gains in this week’s election, producing a string of firsts down the ballot and nudging up representation in both the House and the Senate. A total of 131 women will serve in the next Congress, according...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
A historic gender gap: why men and women are voting differently
Financial Times
Genevieve Woodard Hartley and her husband used to vote for the same presidential candidate. Not this year. While both describe themselves as Republicans, the couple, who live in Houston, Texas, is “splitting” its ticket. Ms Woodard Hartley will vote...
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Monday, October 26, 2020
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A record number of indigenous women are running for office this year
Vogue
A report from the Center for American Women and Politics states that, in 2020, 18 Native American women—nine Democrats and nine Republicans—will have run as congressional candidates. This is the largest number of Native American women who have run—...
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Friday, October 23, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls out casual contempt for women in last night’s presidential debate
Stylist
Whether it’s Nobel prize-winners reduced to the title of “wife” or female professors routinely called “Miss”, women’s names are a constant battle line in the ongoing fight for gender recognition. The frustrating inability to address a woman as she...
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Thursday, August 13, 2020
At least 11 women have vied for U.S. vice president. Here’s what happened to them
National Geographic
Biden announced that Kamala Harris would be his running mate in the 2020 presidential election, making Harris, a senator from California, the first Black woman and the first Asian-American woman to run for U.S. vice president on a major party ticket...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2020
A century after women gained the right to vote, majority of Americans see work to do on gender equality
Pew Social Trends
A hundred years after the 19th Amendment was ratified, about half of Americans say granting women the right to vote has been the most important milestone in advancing the position of women in the country. Still, a majority of U.S. adults say the...
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Monday, June 22, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
A quiet revolution for women in US foreign and security policy?
The Hill
The Departments of Defense, State, USAID and Homeland Security recently launched plans regarding women in U.S. foreign and security policy. The joint rollout unveiled the Trump administration’s roadmap for changing the way America and its allies and...
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Friday, May 15, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
A ‘feminine’ crisis? Something unique about the coronavirus may be widening the political gender gap
Seattle Times
By Danny Westneat, I’ve been getting a barrage of feedback on the big bind we have facing us — which is when, and how, we should go back to normal life and work amid the continuing threat of the coronavirus. Most of the hundreds of emailers or...
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