We were tired of having the same conversations again and again about advancing women in politics. So we decided to try something different. Consider this: Women make up 51 percent of the population but 18 percent of Congress. Donor fatigue...
Reminder: This Sunday is Father's Day! Women-focused organizations (including us) are quick to leverage Mother's Day for activism and support ----- but why are we always leaving out the Dads? Very likely there is a father in your life who told...
From the administration's move to block millions of women from receiving affordable birth control to the official declaration that the United States would pull out of the Paris climate agreement, we're seeing an all-out war on our future. Take heart though -----...
Two quick reminders: First, this Sunday is Mother's Day. If you haven't picked up something yet for the special mom in your life, there's still time! A donation to the WomenCount 2018 Victory Fund in her honor makes a great...
Since Thursday, there's been a lot of chatter about targeting the 35 House Republicans in swing districts who voted to repeal Obamacare and, among other things, do away with essential health benefits such as mammograms and pap smears. Here's an...
It's been a roller-coaster of a week for LGBTQ rights: On Tuesday, Congressional champions of equality re-introduced the Equality Act, legislation that would update federal civil rights law to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in housing, employment and public spaces,...
This weekend, scientists and other defenders of truth, facts and Mother Earth will gather in cities across the country for the March for Science. It's predicted to be the biggest outpouring of support for our shared American values since January's...
Senate Democrats are digging in to filibuster Gorsuch, and right now it looks like they have the votes to pull it off. Those Democrats who will hold the 60-vote mandate include three swing-state Democrats — Sens. Tammy Baldwin, Claire McCaskill and...
It's been a week from hell. On Monday, confirmation hearings for Neil Gorsuch kicked off in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and he came in for a tough line of questioning from the three Democratic women senators who sit on the...
The projections are now in: Under the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare 14 million Americans would lose their insurance by 2018, many due to increasing premiums—which the Congressional Budget Office said will rise by 20%—as well as cuts to Medicaid....
Today is International Women's Day, and women across the country will be striking for A Day Without A Woman. Others who can't afford to strike will be wearing red in solidarity. The strike got us thinking: What would it be like...
