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Category: Politics
How Campus Activism Shaped California’s Legislative Agenda
After months of advocacy work by campus organizers and students, the California state legislature last week passed four bills—SB 24, SB 464, AB 963 and AB 59—that together will expand access to abortion care on college campuses, address disparities in maternal health care and increase civic engagement among young voters.
We Heart: Deb Butler’s “Melt-Up” on the North Carolina House Floor
North Carolina lawmakers weren’t prepared for battle on September 11—but Rep. Deb Butler, in the face of a sudden and unexpected legislative maneuver from her colleagues, still stood up for democracy.
How to Talk About Feminism in Politics When No One’s Asking
If there hadn’t been three female presidential candidates on stage, women in America would have been invisible last night—but instead, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar elegantly demonstrated how to talk about feminism when no one’s asking.
Trump’s Agenda is Taking a Terrible Toll on Mothers
Census data released this week shows that President Trump’s agenda is taking a terrible toll on women and families.
It’s (Not) the Economy, Stupid
As painful as it is to reckon with, we must now—after El Paso, after “send them back,” after Charlottesville and the astronomical rise in hate crimes—abandon the fantasy of benign voters led to the polls by the pull of the personal pocketbook.
What “Votes for Women” Means in 2020
The 2018 midterms demonstrated that when women run, we all win. This is something to celebrate today—and to repeat in 2020, on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
This Week in Trump’s War on Women: Trans People and Planned Parenthood Under Attack, and Trump Backtracks on Background Checks
The War on Women is in full force under the Trump administration. This week, Trump backtracks on background checks; Epstein survivors are denied the chance to take him down in court; Planned Parenthood is forced out of federal funding; and Trump asks to exclude trans people from workplace discrimination protections.
We Heart: Denmark Prime Minister’s Frank Rejection of Trump’s “Absurd” Offer
Mette Frederiksen rejected the possibility of selling Greenland to the United States as “an absurd discussion.” In response, the president called Frederiksen “nasty” and cancelled his upcoming September visit.
Stop Asking if Women are Electable
The cold hard facts show that women aren’t just electable—they’re empirically more electable than their male counterparts.