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Kirsten Gillibrand announces 2020 presidential exploratory committee

Her main message: Women are the future of the Democratic Party.

Theresa May lost the Brexit vote because Brexit was a lie

May was tasked with negotiating a deal that neither she nor anyone else could deliver on.

Cory Booker presses William Barr on racism and criminal justice

Barr has previously said that white and black offenders are treated the same by the criminal justice system.

Microcredit was a hugely hyped solution to global poverty. What happened?

Studies have shown it hasn’t really lifted people out of poverty. But it’s still made a difference in the lives of the poor.

House Democrats are frustrated the shutdown is drowning out the rest of their agenda

A government shutdown was a really weird way for the new majority to start.

“The Pussy Grabber Plays” puts the stories of Trump’s accusers onstage

More than a dozen women accused Trump of sexual misconduct. A new production shows the aftermath.

Why Gillette’s toxic masculinity ad is annoying both sexists and feminists

The Procter & Gamble-owned razor company used its Super Bowl ad to weigh in on #MeToo.

A judge has stopped the Trump administration from asking about citizenship in the census

Judge Jesse M. Furman ruled the Department of Commerce lied about why it wanted to add a citizenship question in 2020, which violated federal law.