The voting rights activist’s hard work in registering and energizing people is paying off at one of the nation’s most pivotal moments.
Susan Collins, outspent but underestimated, was among the Republicans who prevailed.
Advocacy organizations have often sued public officials friendly to their causes with the strategic goal of overturning policy.
A coalition of frustrated liberals, engaged Latinas and disaffected suburban Republicans have laid the groundwork for a potentially historic year for Democrats in the Western state.
The Latina electorate has the potential to flip swing states and congressional districts. This may be the year it does.
The issue has been largely absent from the debates and campaign rallies at a time when parents seem to care about it most. But as with so many topics, the pandemic has made it political.
How some tribal women are getting out the vote in communities long beset by voter suppression and newly impacted by the deadly coronavirus.
Mississippi’s only woman in Congress is running against the state’s potential first Black senator since Reconstruction. Will COVID-19 get in the way?
“The moment was supposed to be a bright spot in an otherwise chaotic and uncertain year,” wrote Errin Haines, The 19th’s editor-at-large. “Instead, it would leave me feeling that chaos and uncertainty more acutely than ever.”
Here’s what that means for everything from abortion access to LGBTQ+ rights.