Virginia’s new lieutenant governor is a Black Republican woman. That identity is more common than you may think.
Winsome Sears represents a persistent minority viewpoint in Black politics.
Big-name Democrats are campaigning in Virginia’s race for governor. Does that help candidates?
They won’t change minds. But Obama, Abrams and Bottoms are likely to help get more Black voters to cast ballots.
What persuades white Southerners to remove Confederate flags and monuments?
What doesn’t? Making an analogy to Germany’s ban on Nazi symbols.
Legally, Confederate statues in public spaces aren’t a form of free speech
Who’s likely to make this claim? People who have unfavorable views of black Americans.
The U.S. hasn’t signed the world’s foremost women’s rights treaty. Activists have gotten local versions passed instead.
These aren’t just symbolic laws. They affect women’s lives.
In July, the Trump-era wave of protests started taking a back seat to campaign rallies
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The Equal Rights Amendment is one state from ratification. Now what?
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Democrats are contesting more state legislative seats than they have in decades.
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This one map shows the Republicans’ problem in Virginia
The Republican Party had a bad night Tuesday in the
How the tea party learned to love Donald Trump
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Will Tim Kaine deliver Virginia (and Catholics)? Don’t count on it.
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Why Cantor lost
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