Kara Jenkins wants to bring fresh energy and ideas – not to mention, better representation for people of color – to Sin City’s electoral politics.
Economic Development
Reba McEntire Is Restoring Her Oklahoma Hometown, With Help From the Choctaw Nation
The country music legend has opened Reba’s Place in Atoka, Oklahoma, to boost the area’s economy.
These Businesswomen Are Fed Up and Running for Congress in 2020
More women are running for office than ever before — and some business-minded candidates are bringing a startup spirit to their campaigns.
This Woman Candidate Took on Minnesota’s Male Power Structure, and Lost. She’s Not Sorry
Political newcomer Leah Phifer mounted a grassroots campaign for Congress that took her to the top of a crowded Democratic field, but she won’t be on the primary ballot. She explains why.
Leah Phifer Releases Plan to Improve District’s Economy
Running Women: The Minnesota congressional hopeful introduced an economic development plan, born from her summer motorcycle listening tour, in time for statewide causes on Tuesday.
TSE Quick Take: Urban Entrepreneurship
A recent report looks at the benefits of entrepreneurship for women in New York City – and offers lessons for policymakers everywhere.
The United States of Female Entrepreneurship
Which parts of America are best for women business owners?
Walmart: Future Feminist Icon?
Women and Walmart have often been in the headlines in recent years as the result of a multitude of discrimination allegations. That’s probably why this headline by The Atlantic caught me way off guard: How Walmart is Making the World More Feminist.
Win-Win: U.S. Helping Female African Entrepreneurs
Forty-six women from 37 African nations travelled to the U.S. in the last few weeks to learn about running an export business as part of a US State Department program aimed at helping African countries rely less on foreign aid that began in 2000.