By ANNA PALMER and KATIE GLUECK for POLITICO – Democrats are publicly rooting for Wendy Davis to turn Texas blue. But privately, many of her supporters are resigned to her losing. And, already,…

An OB/GYN’s Open Letter To George Will About His Rape Column AP Photo / Tom Gannam DR. JEN GUNTER – JUNE 16, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT Dear Mr. Will, I read your recent column on…

Huffington Post – In the scramble to pinpoint the reason for Jill Abramson’s unceremonious ouster from The New York Times earlier this month, pundits floated countless theories about the players involved. Many…

(CNN) — Maya Angelou, a renowned poet, novelist and actress whose work defied description under a simple label, has died, her literary agent, Helen Brann, said Wednesday. She died at her home…

WASHINGTON (AP) — American women have served and died on the nation’s battlefields from the first. They were nurses and cooks, spies and couriers in the Revolutionary War. Some disguised themselves as…

Washington Post – Tuesday’s primary races included a number of high-profile female candidates seeking national or statewide office. Some won: Alison Lundergan Grimes, for example, will now officially face Mitch McConnell in…