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Stacey Abrams On Voting Rights, COVID-19, And Being Vice President

Melissa Harris-Perry Elle
Abrams's impulse to reach for the lessons of history while staying fixed on the necessity of service to the future suggests she may be the singularly remarkable leader America needs in this time of unprecedented economic and social change.

Emmy Noether and the Myth of Genius

Thomas Lewton Lady Science
Ideas about what genius is have changed through history and can change again—but can they ever become ungendered?

Friday Nite Videos | March 6, 2020

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Coronavirus | John Oliver. Rock Me Baby | Beverly "Guitar" Watkins. Surge | Movie. Hold Truth to Power. How to Tell Matter From Antimatter.

Surge | Movie

 A record number of first-time female candidates ran, won and upended politics in the historic 2018 midterm elections. This film asks the question: is this a moment or a movement?

The Elizabeth Warren Example

Jamil Smith Rolling Stone
Rather than obsess over who Warren will endorse, let’s see Biden and Sanders lift up her ideas and principles

What Do Swing Women Voters Want?

Karen Nussbaum The American Prospect
There’s an appetite for progressive policies — but it’s complicated out there, and we need to engage voters one-on-one. There is a narrow path to beating Trump in 2020, and it goes in part through these swing women voters.

Celia Sánchez Manduley: The Most Famous Woman You Have Never Heard Of

Tiffany A. Sippial History News Network
Sánchez was the highest ranking, most revered woman within the Cuban revolutionary government. She earned the status of “first guerrilla of the Sierra Maestra,” as Fidel Castro’s primary confidant, and as the Cuban Revolution’s staunchest loyalist.
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