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: Mothers are increasingly running for office. Will COVID-19 sideline their momentum? Barbara Rodriguez, The 19th This election cycle, there has been a surge of mothers with children at …

Senator Kamala Harris is widely regarded to be a front-runner in Joe Biden’s search for a running mate. As the vetting operation continues, the process has begun to include sexist tropes and attacks on the leading candidates. Last week, a new report in POLITICO claimed that one former politician on the search committee was reportedly …

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: With His ‘Women’s Agenda,’ Joe Biden Acknowledges That Most Issues Are in Fact Women’s Issues Mattie Kahn, Glamour Joe Biden’s new “Agenda for Women” lays out his policy …

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: Joe Biden’s Vice President Could Be the Most Powerful in History Christian Paz, The Atlantic If elected, Joe Biden’s VP would have weighty responsibilities as the country combats …

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: ‘This Is Not a Boring History of Nagging Spinsters’ Jessica Bennett and Veronica Chambers, The New York Times The story of suffrage is often wildly incomplete, leaving out …

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: ‘It’s More Than a Seat at the Table’ Jennifer Medina, The New York Times The 2020 presidential primaries were all about one word: electability. The prevailing wisdom has …

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: ‘I want to see myself:’ Black women mount public and private campaign for Biden to pick a Black woman running mate Jasmine Wright, Abby Phillip, and Annie Grayer, …

Likeability is non-negotiable for women candidates: voters are willing to vote for a man they don’t like, as long as they think he’s qualified, but women don’t get that same treatment. On top of that, voters tend to assume male candidates are qualified, while women face extra hurdles in proving their qualifications. Because of this, …

2020 has been eventful, full of surprises, and as the November election looms, shows no signs of slowing down. One year in, Barbara Lee Family Foundation’s Executive Director Nicole Carlsburg and American University Women & Politics Institute Executive Director Betsy Fischer Martin weigh in on the state of gender in the 2020 election cycle. 1. …

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: The Black Women Who Paved the Way for This Moment Keisha N. Blain, The Atlantic Black women have been stepping up as leaders during the recent protests over …