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If the Justice Department intervenes for Trump in his defamation lawsuit, the case would ‘just end there’
Constitutional law expert Leah Litman explains the latest twist in E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against the president.
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This state auditor is leading a national effort to improve COVID-19 data tracking
Kathy McGuiness, Delaware’s first woman state auditor, has launched a multi-state initiative to collect better data about the coronavirus pandemic. Will it work? She sees no downside in trying.
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Landscape for women U.S. Congress candidates changed little by New Hampshire and Rhode Island primaries
Rhode Island is the only state in 2020 to have no women candidates, while in New Hampshire, two incumbents move ahead.
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Pregnancy-related death is a national crisis. Medicaid expansion could help address that.
A new study found that when states expanded Medicaid eligibility, pregnant people were less likely to lose health insurance postpartum. That's a big deal, experts said.
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Labor union president Mary Kay Henry on the reckoning and resolve for 'essential' workers
A Q&A with the Service Employees International Union president.
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Biden surrogates hit campaign trail with a focus on safely reopening schools
Teachers are ‘scared they’re going to have to stand in front of kids and make promises they cannot keep,’ Biden surrogate Rep. Jahana Hayes told The 19th.
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Lawmaker who brought her newborn to the California statehouse joins other elected women challenging outdated notions around parenthood
Weeks after Buffy Wicks gave birth to her daughter, the lawmaker was denied a request to stay home and have someone vote at the state Capitol on her behalf. There are lessons for other legislative bodies to do better, warn women in elected office.
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Energized by Kamala Harris, South Asian voters may head to the polls in larger numbers
Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial ethnic group in the electorate, and Indian Americans are the second-largest immigrant group in the country.
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U.S. House battles in Massachusetts to feature at least one with two women
There are now at least 51 House of Representatives races in November with women facing off against women.