‘Intersectionality’ scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw thinks it’s time for everyone to talk back
In a new memoir, the legal expert shares how her experiences as a Black woman gave rise to frameworks the far-right has tried to weaponize.
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Tulsi Gabbard is the latest woman to leave Trump’s Cabinet
Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, announced she is resigning to care for her husband, who was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer.
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Anti-trans amendment puts women's history museum on pause
The Democratic Women’s Caucus pulled support after Republicans amended the legislation to require that the museum exclude transgender women.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms is Democrats’ pick in high-stakes Georgia governor’s race
The former mayor of Atlanta could be the nation's first Black woman governor.
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Jasmine Clark is poised to be the first Black woman Ph.D. scientist in Congress
Clark, a Georgia state representative and Ph.D. microbiologist, won the Democratic primary to represent a safely blue House seat in Georgia.
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Georgia is the main character of 2026
Multiple Black women have a chance to make history in an election year shaped by affordability and the Supreme Court’s decision on political maps.
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This ‘daughter of the Deep South’ is fighting for Black voting rights through storytelling
After the Supreme Court’s recent Voting Rights Act decision, Southern states are redrawing their voting maps in ways that could dilute Black political power. Alabama’s Anneshia Hardy said ‘our ancestors left us a blueprint’ to guide the battle ahead.
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Gen Z’s political gender divide is now showing up in schools
Young men and women split sharply in 2024. Teachers and students say that rift is reshaping classrooms, friendships and dating.
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The word ‘Black’ has disappeared from a set of bills aimed at addressing Black maternal health
Why does the federal Momnibus now only say 'Black' one time? The answer depends on who you ask.
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For Susan Collins and women with tremors, the real problem is everyone else
Reactions to the senator’s disclosure of a longtime essential tremor, a relatively common condition, have reminded women with the same disorder how stigma still shapes perceptions of competence.