Sep 5 2018
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On Tuesday night, 44-year-old Boston city councilor Ayanna Pressley won the Democratic primary for the seventh…
Feb 23 2017
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Aug 24 2016
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Close your eyes and think back to your early years of sexual activity, where every finished basement was also a hand…
Dec 15 2015
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In a timely and brave show of solidarity with Christian Santa, 36 House Republicans signed onto a resolution Monday…
Oct 8 2015
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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy very, very, very abruptly dropped out of the race to become House Speaker just…
Oct 6 2015
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All aboard the Unbelievable Waste of Time Express as it departs the station for an indeterminate,…
Oct 5 2015
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North Carolina Republican Congressman Mark Meadows, currently one of the people leading the charge to defund Planned…
Aug 19 2015
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After a predictably huge amount of public outrage, the Missouri House is dropping the idea of proposing a dress code for interns to cut down on all the sexual harassment by lawmakers. St. Louis Public Radio reports that House Speaker Todd Richardson nixed the idea, saying that although several Republican lawmakers… Read more
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Aug 18 2015
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In the embarrassing wake of two scandals involving two different Missouri lawmakers who have both been forced to…
Mar 9 2015
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U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards of Maryland is reportedly about to announce her bid for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Barbara Mikulski. The Washington Post reports that Edwards will announce her candidacy on Tuesday.
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Feb 19 2015
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A new startup that analyzes legislative data has confirmed what we long suspected: female Senators are more…
Jan 22 2015
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The GOP's forever war on abortion suffering an embarrassing little hiccup yesterday, when a bill banning abortion…
Jan 7 2015
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Never ones to waste a second in their unending quest to fuck you over, on the first day of the new Congress, House…
Nov 20 2014
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Though the midterm elections were a slight disaster, some good did come out of them: over 100 women were elected to…
Nov 13 2014
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Azealia Banks' debut album Broke With Expensive Taste, which she surprise-released last week after easing out from…
Oct 17 2014
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It's a good time to be a 21-year-old R&B artist, probably: you can pay homage to those that came before you, but you…
Feb 20 2014
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Olivia Wilde is sharply aware of her place in Hollywood, and recently had some great things to say about women…
Jan 23 2013
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You, a sane person, might think the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act — something that's a proven…
Jan 2 2013
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You'd think the Violence Against Women Act was a nonpartisan no-brainer: can't we all agree that the federal…
Dec 19 2012
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In case you needed another reason to feel disillusioned today, we live in a country where politicians are having a…