Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a cultural icon – the millennial face of US politics – but little more than a year ago, she was working as a waitress and living in The Bronx. Netflix’s lates…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says bartending gave her a great BS detector, after widely-praised Congress questioning
People have been quick to write-off congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez due to her young age, apparent lack of experience, her dancing videos (a source of much fear and angst for many Republicans) …
‘You weren’t supposed to do that’: Trump upstaged by the women in white
There are 103 women in the 116th Congress, making it the most female Congress ever. And yesterday during President Donald Trump’s State Of The Union Address the large cohort of women certainly m…
US politics’ most powerful woman Nancy Pelosi puts climate crisis on the agenda
Nancy Pelosi received a standing ovation for her first address as Speaker of the House, with her firm comments on climate change standing out at a time when the Trump administration has largely reject…
An extraordinary year for women as record numbers contest US midterm elections
It was said that 2018 would be the ‘year of women’, and next week’s midterm elections in the United States could be the serious test of just what that means. A record number of women…
