Results for: elizabeth warren
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Democratic Debate #9: Elizabeth Warren Showcases Her Strategy for Beating Trump by Eviscerating Mike Bloomberg
Aside from launching skilled attacks at her opponents, she was always ready to pivot back to a story about a Nevadan or highlight the specific plight of black and brown people. I think she made her case that if you want a candidate who can go toe-to-toe with an “arrogant billionaire,” she’s ready.
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How To Fight Back Against Book Bans
However you choose to engage with Banned Books Week, I hope you’ll think about the books that have led you to the person you are today.
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Extra! Extra!: VEEPSTAKES Edition
In this week’s Extra! Extra!, we take a break from our usual fare and instead offer commentary on some of the women who are on the short list to be Joe Biden’s Vice President.
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Super Tuesday Breakdown: Biden’s Swift Rise Really Doesn’t Have to Be the End
Yes, there’s Biden and Bernie and Elizabeth Warren, but also what about the smaller races you didn’t even know you cared about — like Georgette Gomez vying to become the first out queer Latina in Congress!
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Six Key Takeaways From the 8th Democratic Presidential Debate
New Hampshire voters go to the polls in three days. From Elizabeth Warren demonstrating growth when talking about the issues that matter for people of color to Biden’s continued slip away from the pack, here six takeaways from Friday’s debate.
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Democratic Debate #7: Only 19 Days Left Until the Iowa Caucus
With polling showing four candidates — Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren — within five points of each other in Iowa, last night’s debate offered candidates their last, best shot at separating themselves from the pack.
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Extra! Extra!: As the Dust Settles, Here’s What We’ve Learned So Far in the 2020 Election
Last week I was full of the nervous anxiety you feel when you know something big is about to happen, and you’re just counting down the clock. This week I’ve been full of the nervous anxiety of indefinite waiting. And yet, in that time, so much has happened in the world. In this week’s Extra! Extra! we share some reflections on the 2020 election and news on events from Vienna to Poland to Ethiopia to the Philippines to New Zealand to Chile.
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Democratic Debate #6: Klobuchar Wins, Unequivocally
The highs, the lows, and everything in between.
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Democratic Debate #5 Recap: It’s Kamala Harris and Cory Booker’s Time to Shine
In most primary campaigns, staffers and consultants tell candidates not to do what Kamala Harris did last night — but I think she edged out Cory Booker for winner of the debate.
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Extra! Extra! LGBTQ+ Frontline Workers Face Health Risks Today, Unemployment Tomorrow
This week’s Extra! Extra! COVID-19 takes a look at how the pandemic continues to harm vulnerable populations around the world, the raging fight in the US over how seriously to take any of this, the state of stimulus packages during the pandemic and a look at LGBTQ+ rights during the pandemic.
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Extra! Extra!: What the New Normal Means for Voter ID, Democracy and More
This week’s Extra! Extra! takes a look at the state of democracy, the use of the pandemic as an excuse for discrimination and harassment, climate change and more.
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Booker and Warren Shine, Biden Grates at First-Ever GLAAD LGBTQ Forum
Last night, ten contenders for the Democratic nomination gathered in the First in the Nation caucus state for the LGBTQ Presidential Forum. Organized by One Iowa, The Gazette, The Advocate and GLAAD, the forum offered the most robust discussion of LGBT issues of the 2020 campaign thus far.
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Extra! Extra!: Let’s Look at What Freedom Means During Times of Crisis
This week’s Extra! Extra! takes a look at a variety of human rights and governance issues which have existed for a long time. Some of these problems are being exacerbated by or taking on new dimensions because of the pandemic. Others are flying under the radar as the COVID-19 crisis has drawn our collective attention.
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Extra! Extra!: Is That Big Tech in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
This week’s Extra! Extra! covers a few topics that haven’t gotten much attention in our coverage lately: big tech and the surveillance state, a look at America’s broken education system from several angles and violence against women. We continue to provide an update on the Black Lives Matter protests, immigration and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Warren Leads Autostraddle’s Politics Survey, Sanders Is Second and Everyone Else Is Far Far Away
Who do the LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people who took our Politics Survey plan on voting for in the Democratic Primary?
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Democratic Debate #10: Well That Sure Was Something, Namely a Mess
Because you’ve already heard from me on a lot of these issues already this week, I recruited one of Autostraddle’s newest contributors, Himani — the brains behind our expansive political survey — to join me to discuss all the fireworks from Charleston.
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Extra! Extra!: Anti-Trans Legislation Succeeds, But So Do Whole Foods and Instacart Strikes (Sort Of)
It’s been a long week, you guys. This week’s Extra! Extra! covers all the news you didn’t even know was happening.
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Real Candidates and Party Reps on What’s at Stake for Trans Rights in the 2020 Election
Autostraddle spoke to reps from US political parties – including third parties – to ask them directly about their commitment to trans issues and what we can expect from them going into this election.
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Democratic Debate Night One: It’s Warren’s Debate, We’re Just Living In It
Warren’s standout performance, Castro’s defining moments, an emphasis on LGBT issues and the first-ever primary debate with more than one woman candidate.
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Democratic Debate 3: Maybe Civility Didn’t Win the Day, but Neither Did Biden
Let’s recap the highlights and lowlights for each candidate and talk about what we mean when we bring up “civility.”