The Michigan congressional candidate talks with us about what she learned from President Trump, the need for business voices in Congress and why the GOP needs more women leaders.
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Running Women Q&A: Fayrouz Saad on Why She’s Running for Congress and How She’ll Win
The Michigan Democrat talks with us about her decision to run, awkward asks for money and her strategy for winning a hotly contested swing seat.
Michelle Lujan Grisham
The New Mexico congresswoman and Hispanic Caucus chair will step down to run for governor. She would become the first Democratic woman of color to lead a state.
Crowdpac’s Funding Engine is Powering Women Candidates
Former Google executive Gisel Kordestani co-founded the nonpartisan crowdfunding platform to get big money out of politics. She may also help level the playing field for women candidates.
VoteRunLead Wants Women in Power, Regardless of Party
Can Erin Vilardi, founder of nonpartisan nonprofit VoteRunLead, manage huge post-Trump demand for candidate training from progressive women, and bring Republican women along?
Emerge America is Embracing a 50-State Strategy
Amid a surge in blue activism this year, Andrea Dew Steele is expanding Emerge America, which today recruits and trains Democratic women to run for local, state and federal offices in 23 states. Now, she’s going nationwide.
Emily’s List Aims to Seize Its Moment
The 2016 electoral loss to Donald Trump was heartbreaking, but angry Democratic women are planning to run for office in numbers not seen before. Here’s how Emily’s List President Stephanie Schriock plans to turn a female candidate surge into an 2018 electoral wave.
Two Women Tech Investors to Raise $30 Million Robotics Fund
Jennifer Gill Roberts and Kelly Coyne, who are combining forces as Grit Labs, want to invest in promising robotics and artificial intelligence startups — and to save us from a future of sexist robots.
Meet the Men Who Invest in Women Entrepreneurs
Male investors who make it part of their investment strategy to fund women-led firms are a rare breed. Will their outsized returns convince more men to join in and help close the gap in women’s access to capital?
Sydney Mayor Clover Moore on Heat, Trees and Women in Charge
The Australian mayor tells us about an increasingly hot Sydney, the urgent need to “hit the brakes on catastrophic climate change,” and how her city is thriving at a time of record female leadership.
Mayor Muriel Bowser on Heatwaves and Local Leadership
Washington, D.C.’s mayor talks about managing heatwaves and other effects of climate change — and how U.S. cities like hers will stand up for the environment during the Trump era.
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille on Protecting Society’s Vulnerable
The South African mayor explains how her city is coping with severe drought — and declares it the responsibility of women mayors to safeguard vulnerable women from climate change.
In Rural Uganda, Women Supporting Women
Seven Ugandan women farmers banded together in 2015 to found the Network of Women in Agribusiness and Development. They’re already giving hundreds of poor women in rural communities the skills and confidence to improve their lives.
Love for a Sensual Dance Fuels a Body-Positivity Mission
Oreet Jehassi Schwartz of Philadelphia designed SharQui, a belly dance class for fitness fans. Then it became the foundation for lasting a business — and a tool to help women around the world love the bodies they’ve got.
Building Schools and Futures in Central America
Boston’s Kate Curran started School the World to build schoolhouses and change the lives of children living in extreme poverty. It turns out she’s transforming the lives of privileged kids, too.