Bans on taxing menstrual products are growing around the country. Advocates are cheering the victories, but they want legislatures to take faster action because of the ongoing effects of the pandemic.
Two women lawmakers share what happened behind the scenes when they helped lead Democrats off the floor of the Texas House.
From the founding of this nation through the modern day, women and members of marginalized communities have faced forced sterilization and other reproductive coercion.
In a 24-minute statement, Spears said that under conservatorship she was forced to keep an IUD in despite wanting to have another child.
The New York City mayoral race is the latest example of how an election system that gives voters the option to choose multiple candidates can change the dynamics of campaigning and shatter electability myths.
The country's first new federal holiday since 1983 is the fruit of a decades-long push to acknowledge the importance of emancipation.
They are lawmakers, community organizers and relatives of victims. And they’re a microcosm of the gun violence prevention efforts playing out in statehouses across the nation — amid congressional gridlock and daily shootings.
Rep. Stephanie Byers of Kansas, Sen. Sarah McBride of Delaware and Rep. Taylor Small of Vermont entered office during a year of record anti-trans bills. They’re advocating for policies that help LGBTQ+ people.
Some state lawmakers have sought to make changes, but others have perpetuated rape myths in response to bills.
Govs. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico and Kate Brown of Oregon are raising money to elect more Democratic women governors. Research shows it’s one of the most underrepresented areas of government for women.