The state senator who helped Wendy Davis filibuster Texas' restrictive abortion law is joining her again -- this time in the race for governor. read more
African-American, Latina, and unmarried women turned out in numbers close to President Obama's 2012 election, giving Terry McAuliffe a win with women overall--and with them, the election. read more
Larry Summers’ days of failing upward in public life are over. That, at least, is the working conclusion from the Obama economic adviser’s withdrawal Sunday from the bizarrely public race for chair of the Federal Reserve. Now there's one fewer impediment for Obama to nominate the highly qualified, economically prescient and well-liked Janet... read more
Today is Women's Equality Day, the 93rd anniversary of the 19th Amendment granting women the vote. It's a moment to remember not just the activists who doggedly worked to include women in the democratic process, but also that process's unfinished business--and those who stood in the way. Below, a compendium of caricatures and... read more
By announcing she would challenge Sen. Graham in the South Carolina Republican primary, Nancy Mace didn’t just bring another threat to Graham from the right. read more
