First used in the 1970s, the social theory known as intersectionality triggered widespread debate on racial identifications and the interplay among categories.
Jahana Hayes (left) and Lauren Underwood were reelected to the House of Representatives.
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To many, the idea that states might cancel or postpone their primary elections as a response to the COVID-19 epidemic sounds undemocratic. What’s the political effect of these postponements?
Support is growing for easier access for birth control pills.
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Sarah Lynch, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Support for over-the-counter birth control pills is growing. But a drawback could be that insurers would not pay for them. Also, some people have safety concerns. Could pharmacists be the solution?
This now iconic picture shows representatives Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They react at a press conference after Trump’s xenophobic remarks.
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In the US, women politicians from minority communities have become the leading faces of a new generation of politicians – one that will drive the 2020 elections.
President Trump told four Democratic Congresswomen of color to ‘go back’ to the ‘corrupt’ countries they came from.
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John M. Murphy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Difficult to pronounce, synecdoche is the form of rhetoric used by President Trump when he told four Democratic congresswomen of color to “go back” to the “corrupt” countries they came from.