Kay Steiger covers Washington DC politics for RH Reality Check in a biweekly column and is an associate editor at CampusProgress.org, as well as a former editorial assistant at The American Prospect. She graduated from the University of Minnesota.
Both candidates want to fix our nation’s broken health care system. How will women fare under John McCain’s plan? Under Barack Obama’s?
Is it wise for anti-choicers to bring a direct challenge to Roe to the Supreme Court, as they would if either the South Dakota or Colorado ballot initiative passes? Anti-choice activists are divided on the strategy.
Pay discrimination, paid family and medical leave, and flexible work hours get little attention from pundits. But the candidates running for president have very different positions on these critical economic issues.
John McCain has said he’ll nominate "strict constructionist" Supreme Court justices. Sarah Palin opposes abortion even in cases of rape or incest. What’s a pro-choice Republican to do?
With all the focus on youth in this election, where are they at the RNC?
Normally foreign policy discussions include wonky discussions about strategic planning and hawkish declarations about protecting America’s freedoms from foreign enemies. But tonight the discussion includes Tammy Duckworth, the Illinois director of veterans affairs.
Kathleen Sebelius, Hillary Clinton, and Deval Patrick all called for comprehensive health care reform at the DNC this morning.
Today Cecile Richards, daughter of former Governor of Texas Ann Richards and president of Planned Parenthood Action, addressed the Democratic National Convention
Today at the DNC, organizations supported women politicians encouraged young women to run for public office.
The narrative about voters who still support Clinton is that they are either bitter or a myth. The answer is somewhere in between.
