Chelsea Greenwood

Virginia’s Tuesday election – with Democrats taking full control of state government for the first time in 26 years – not only has implications for the 2020 presidential election but may tip the scales in a fight that’s been waged for nearly a century: ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). This amendment, written in 1923 and languishing in the halls of government on and off since, declares sex discrimination a federal crime when it comes to divorce, property, employment, and other...

This morning, Judge Brett Kavanaugh came one step closer to being confirmed as a Justice on the Supreme Court, after an FBI investigation into his past spurred by three women's sexual assault allegations against him. Much of the nation watched, transfixed, last Thursday, as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh each gave testimony about his alleged assault of her when they were in high school, and eagle-eyed viewers spotted a familiar but unexpected face in the crowd: Alyssa Milano.