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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Planned Parenthood Was Always Meant to Be Controversial
Cecile Richards stepped down at a perilous moment for the reproductive-rights movement—but she leaves behind a potent legacy.
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Mary Altaffer / AP Hillary Clinton's High Profile Is Hurting the Democrats
She dismisses those who tell her to step aside, but at this rate she will harm her political future and aid the GOP.
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Mark Wilson / Getty The High Cost of Free Labor on Capitol Hill
Congress will have to study the effect of this long-standing practice, while renewed attention to the issue is bringing it out of the shadows.
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Alex Brandon / AP Why Congress Remains Hostile to Women
The new rule allowing babies onto the Senate floor is a step in the right direction, but nonetheless underscores Congress’s tradition-loving, change-phobic culture.
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David Zalubowski / AP Why Is a Liberal LGBT Activist One of Trump's Nominees?
As the culture war between gay rights and religious liberty rages, conservatives are livid that the president renominated Chai Feldblum at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Why Sexual-Harassment Legislation Stalled in the Senate
Unless reformers can figure out a way to get iron-fisted Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to say “MeToo,” Congress may very well miss its reform moment.
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Andrew Harnik / AP What's on Congress's Legislative Agenda?
Few agenda items between now and the midterms qualify as a “must do”—meaning that most won’t get done.
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Patrick Semansky / AP ‘I’ve Personally Sacrificed My Entire Career for This’
The debate around sexual-harassment legislation is playing out in the Maryland General Assembly, where reform advocates say leadership is loath to embrace changes.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Baby Steps for Gun Reform
If there are any new restrictions on firearms, expect them to be minor.
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Colin Hackley / Reuters How Parkland Students Changed the Gun Debate
Possessed of that blend of innocence and savvy peculiar to teenagers, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas survivors indeed have emerged as a rare, perhaps even unique, voice in the dispute over guns.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Echoes of the Mommy Wars in #MeToo
In many ways, this intra-gender debate feels appropriate, healthy even. But is it inhibiting the movement’s progress?
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Charlie Neibergall / AP Why Senators Rebel
Republican lawmakers are showing small signs of revolt over the Trump administration’s nominees.
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Rick Bowmer / AP The GOP's Best Candidates Aren't the Loudest Ones
The most out-there political players, like Sheriff Joe Arpaio, typically aren’t the ones considered to be the future of their parties.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Turning the Hill's 'Me Too' Moment Into Legislation
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are attempting to curb sexual harassment in Congress.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Perfect Pairing of Subject and Chronicler
Disdain for playing by the rules, delight in shocking their audiences, and hunger for the approval of the elites they mock—there’s a lot that Michael Wolff and Donald Trump share in common.
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Marvin Gentry / Reuters How Trump Made Special Elections Great Again
Off-year contests are often snoozefests, but last year voters turned out in droves.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters What Does 'Sexual Misconduct' Actually Mean?
The almost infinite shades of creepy misbehavior on display are challenging the legal and cultural categories used to describe them.
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Alex Wong / Getty Trump Tests the Limits of Shame
The president attacked a senator who has emerged as a crusader against all manner of sexual misbehavior by political leaders.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP A Taxonomy of Capitol Hill Predators
There are multiple categories of creeps and creepiness that female aides, interns, and even members quickly learn to look out for.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Women Exit the Party of Trump
After laboring for years to close the gender gap, GOP strategists are suddenly facing a gender chasm.
