The Coast Guard has taken a leading role in efforts to push back against President Trump’s plan to ban transgender soldiers from military service. “The first thing we did was reach out to all 13 members of the Coast Guard who are transgender,” said Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft in remarks at the Center for […]
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Q&A: Virginia’s Danica Roem Aims to Fix Infrastructure — and Make History
If elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, Danica Roem would be the first openly transgender state representative in the United States. The 32-year-old Manassas native won a four-way Democratic primary on a platform of transportation, economic development, education, and inclusion, and is now running for Virginia’s 13th District against 11-term Republican incumbent Delegate Bob […]
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It Was Prejudice. It Was Economics. It Was Both.
New surveys show not all Trump voters had the same motivations.
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When Jail Is the Only Way to Get Prenatal Care
Why are we locking up pregnant women?
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New Initiative Takes on Fight for Women’s Leadership in the Labor Movement
Women are set to overtake men in union membership in less than a decade, but their representation in the labor movement’s leadership lags far behind. Georgetown and Rutgers are joining forces in a new project to help bridge the leadership gap. Women already make up nearly half of union membership, and the Center for Economic […]
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Everybody Needs to Stop Telling Hillary Clinton to Shut Up
Why are so many people so angry at her?
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New Stirrings in Trump’s Assault on Women’s Equality and Reproductive Freedom
The administration continues to lunge in the wrong direction and to threaten harm to women everywhere.
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Did Misogyny Drive Comey’s Subversion of Presidential Campaign?
The potential villains in the FBI’s anti-Clinton narrative were all women.
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Planned Parenthood Targets One Very Endangered Republican
Nevada Senator Dean Heller runs afoul of pro-choice activists in a state turning blue-ish.
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Ivanka and the 53 Percent
She’s the fairytale princess dressed up in false feminism, spinning a yarn of beneficent patriarchy.