Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Education Department has been threatened with massive budget cuts, faced repeated risk of wholesale elimination and suffered many smaller blows adding up to significant injury— and students are feeling the pain.
Tag: 2018 Election
What’s at Stake for Women Workers in the 2018 Elections
The President’s bellowing about a “tremendous economy” and “rising wages” can’t mask the economic fact: Women are still feeling the brunt of financial pain in the country.
What the Midterms Could Mean for Survivors of Rape, Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
The very lives of women and girls—our safety at home, in school, in the workplace and on the streets—are at stake.
Affordable Health Insurance is on the Ballot in 2018
The thought of health insurance without coverage for contraception, mammograms and childbirth? Plainly, it makes us sick.
The Gender Gap and a High-Stakes Election
Voters this November will go to the polls to select governors and state legislators, and determine the makeup of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The stakes for women […]
What Ranked Choice Voting Means for Feminist Candidates
Ranked choice voting provides an opportunity for a wider variety of candidates—and voters—to make the political victories they want to see in their communities possible.
Girls on the Bus: Young Feminists are Reshaping Politics in Michigan
Two years after helping Donald Trump secure the presidency, Michigan has a new, diverse group of candidates on the ballot—and a sizable group of young women excited to cast a vote for the first time. Ms. spoke to a few of the young women forming a new backbone in Michigan’s political campaigns.
Are We Seeing a Historic Gender Gap? Not Exactly.
There has been an intense focus on gender in the 2018 midterms. How will it affect female voters in November?
Will Promoting Gender Equality Be a Winning Strategy for Women Candidates in the Midterms?
Will running on such gender equality platforms be helpful for Democratic candidates more generally—and women candidates, more specifically—come November?
Will Misogyny Disqualify Men from Political Power in 2018?
While allegations of inappropriate behavior and inaction to punish it have forced resignations and derailed campaigns in the past 18 months, voters’ intolerance for misogynist behavior and beliefs is far from universal.