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April 13, 2018
USA: Female candidates take on taboos in new campaign ads

 Women are increasingly spotlighting gender as they run in record-breaking numbers in 2018.

April 11, 2018
There is an 'avalanche' of women running for office in the United States

(CNN) The 2018 midterm elections are already historic when it comes to the number of women candidates running.

April 9, 2018
USA: Hundreds of Former Staffers Urge Senate to Act on Sexual Harassment

Senate leadership to receive letter following recess

March 28, 2018
United States Senate’s female members push for harassment vote

The Senate's 22 female members joined together Wednesday in a bipartisan push for their leaders to overhaul its workplace misconduct rules, airing "deep disappointment" that the chamber hasn't already moved.

February 26, 2018
As midterms near, more women plunging into campaigns across the United States

Nearly a year after her hopes for the first female president were dashed, Beth Vercolio-Osmund contemplated her own political debut.

February 13, 2018
A huge 2018 story: More than 500 women are running for major office

WASHINGTON — No matter which party ultimately triumphs in the November midterm elections, here is one thing we know for sure about 2018: It will be the Year of the Woman — supercharged.

February 7, 2018
For every woman in political office in the United States, there are three men.

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, an unprecedented number of women — primarily Democrats — are running for office in 2018.

Running Start's Young Women’s Political Leadership Program

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January 30, 2018

Running Start's Young Women’s Political Leadership Program

Running Start’s flagship program introduces high school girls to the power of political leadership.

Running Start’s flagship program introduces high school girls to the power of political leadership.

January 24, 2018
There’s now a searchable database of the black women running for office in 2018

Hundreds of thousands of women marched on the streets in response to Donald Trump’s electio